Forest Hills School District

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Not to be confused with Forest Hills Local School District.
Forest Hills School District
Map of Cambria County Pennsylvania School Districts.png
Address
549 Locust Street
Sidman
, Cambria County, Pennsylvania, 15955
United States
District information
TypePublic
Students and staff
ColorsGreen and gold
Other information
Websitewww.fhrangers.org

The Forest Hills School District is a small, rural, public school district in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. It serves the boroughs of Wilmore, Summerhill, South Fork, and Ehrenfeld, plus the townships of Adams, Summerhill, and Croyle. The Forest Hills School District encompasses approximately 96 square miles (250 km2). According to 2000 US Census Bureau data, it served a resident population of 13,597 people. By 2010, the district's population declined to 12,641 people.[1] The educational attainment levels for the Forest Hills School District population (25 years old and over) were 88.7% high school graduates and 16.1% college graduates.[2] The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The district operates 2 schools, providing kindergarten (5 years old) through 12th grade. Since 2009, the district has provided taxpayer funded preschool to 4-year-olds.

According to the , 44.8% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the Federal Poverty level as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012.[3] In 2010, the district residents’ per capita income was $14,904, while the median family income was $37,099.[4] In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501[5] and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010.[6] In Cambria County, the median household income was $39,574.[7] By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.[8]

Schools[]

School Name
Grade Level 		Address
Forest Hills Elementary School
Preschool-6 		547 Locust Street
Sidman, Pennsylvania 15955
Forest Hills Junior-Senior High School
Grades 7-12 		549 Locust Street
Sidman, Pennsylvania 15955

High school students may choose to attend for training in the construction and mechanical trades as well as other careers. The Appalachia Intermediate Unit IU8 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, background checks for employees, state mandated recognizing and reporting child abuse training, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars[]

Forest Hills School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded sports program.[9]

Sports[]

The district funds:

Varsity

According to PIAA directory July 2015[10]

References[]

  1. ^ US Census Bureau, 2010 Census Poverty Data by Local Education Agency, 2011
  2. ^ proximityone (2014). "School District Comparative Analysis Profiles".
  3. ^ Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, Education Facts Student Poverty Concentration by LEA, 2012
  4. ^ US Census Bureau, American Fact Finder, 2010
  5. ^ US Census Bureau (2010). "American Fact Finder, State and County quick facts".
  6. ^ US Census Bureau (September 2011). "Income, Poverty, and Health Insurance Coverage in the United States: 2010" (PDF).
  7. ^ US Census Bureau (2014). "Pennsylvania Median household income, 2006-2010 by County".
  8. ^ Michael Sauter; Alexander E.M. Hess (August 31, 2013). "America's most popular six-figure jobs". USA Today.
  9. ^ "Disclosure of Interscholastic Athletic Opportunities". Pennsylvania Department of Education. 2013.
  10. ^ "PIAA School Directory". Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletics Association. 2015.

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