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Schools in Cedar Crest

Cedar Crest’s public schools

Mount Union Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cedar Crest. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/3schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 96% of students in Pennsylvania’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
36%
2021–22
Math proficiency
23%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$18.0K
▼ 17% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.8
PA 13.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
1,101 students on the public path
In brief

Cedar Crest’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Cedar Crest’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Mount Union Area SHS places highest (better than 51%); Mount Union Area JHS lowest (17%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Cedar Crest, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–2Mount Union-Kistler El Schin Mount UnionNo scores
3–5Shirley Twp El Schin Mount UnionC−
6–8Mount Union Area JHSin Mount UnionC−
9–12Mount Union Area SHSin Mount UnionB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mount Union Area School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Mount Union Area School DistrictGrades K–12 · 4 schools · 1,101 students, down 9% since 2020–21 · 9.8 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$17,954PA $21,758 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading36%
State average 55.1% · 579 students tested
Math23%
State average 36.1% · 522 students tested

Cedar Crest vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Cedar Crest’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Cedar Crest—Mount Union Area
BradyB−Huntingdon Area
WayneCMount Union Area

Every school in Cedar Crest

4 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Pennsylvania’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Cedar Crestin other towns
Mount Union-Kistler El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–2 · Mount Union
278 students9:1Rate it →
Shirley Twp El Sch
Elementary · Grades 3–5 · Mount Union
C−
279 students10:1Rate it →
Mount Union Area JHS
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Mount Union
C−
221 students10:1Rate it →
Mount Union Area SHS
High · Grades 9–12 · Mount Union
B−
323 students11:1Rate it →

Questions about Cedar Crest’s schools

Are Cedar Crest’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Cedar Crest. Mount Union Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Cedar Crest. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Cedar Crest in?

Mount Union Area School District.

Where do Cedar Crest kids go to high school?

Mount Union Area SHS.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.