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Schools in Penn Farms

Penn Farms’s public schools

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

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?5/5schools above Pennsylvania’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 97% 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
68%
2021–22
Math proficiency
49%
2021–22
Graduate on time
91%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.1K
▼ 31% vs PA $21.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
13.7
PA 13.4
Schools in town
0
3,061 students on the public path
In brief

Penn Farms’s schools, in brief

School by school

5 of Penn Farms’s 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s 2,693 public schools. Hollidaysburg Area SHS places highest (better than 92%); Hollidaysburg Area JHS lowest (56%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

Three elementary schools serve Penn Farms, graded from B to B+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then one middle school and one high school: Hollidaysburg Area SHS. 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 Penn Farms, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
K–63 schoolsDepends on your addressB to B+
7–9Hollidaysburg Area JHSin HollidaysburgB
10–12Hollidaysburg Area SHSin HollidaysburgA

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hollidaysburg 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.

Hollidaysburg Area School DistrictGrades K–12 · 5 schools · 3,061 students, down 4% since 2020–21 · 13.7 per teacher (PA 13.4)
$15,101PA $21,758 · FY2024
A−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading68%
State average 55.1% · 1673 students tested
Math49%
State average 36.1% · 1607 students tested

Penn Farms vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Pennsylvania towns that share Penn Farms’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Penn Farms—Hollidaysburg Area
BlairA−Hollidaysburg Area
HollidaysburgA−Hollidaysburg Area
DuncansvilleA−Hollidaysburg Area

All 3 neighbors share Hollidaysburg Area with Penn Farms, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Penn Farms

5 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 Penn Farmsin other towns
Frankstown El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Hollidaysburg
B+
622 students14:1Rate it →
Foot of Ten El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Duncansville
B+
476 students12:1Rate it →
Charles W Longer El Sch
Elementary · Grades K–6 · Hollidaysburg
B
414 students15:1Rate it →
Hollidaysburg Area JHS
Middle · Grades 7–9 · Hollidaysburg
B
756 students13:1Rate it →
Hollidaysburg Area SHS
High · Grades 10–12 · Hollidaysburg
A
793 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Penn Farms’s schools

Are Penn Farms’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Penn Farms. Hollidaysburg Area School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Penn Farms. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 5 of its 5 district schools with test results score above the middle of Pennsylvania’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Penn Farms in?

Hollidaysburg Area School District.

Where do Penn Farms kids go to high school?

Hollidaysburg 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.