Forest Hills School District | |
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Address | |
549 Locust Street Sidman, Pennsylvania, Cambria County 15955 United States |
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Information | |
Type | Public |
School board | 9 locally elected members |
Superintendent |
Edwin Bowser, Salary $113,300 (2013) (contract August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2016) |
Administrator |
Chris Reighard, Business Manager Salary $89,955 (2013) |
Principal | Lucas Jacobs, ES |
Principal | Edward Alexander, MS $87,377 |
Principal | Curt P Vasas, HS $94,411 |
Faculty | 132 teachers (2013) |
Grades | Pre-K-12 |
Age | 4 years old preschool to 21 years old special education pupils |
Pupils |
1946 pupils (2014) |
• Kindergarten | 139 (2012), 121 (2010) |
• Grade 1 | 143 (2012), 139 |
• Grade 2 | 127 (2012), 124 |
• Grade 3 | 141 (2012), 127 |
• Grade 4 | 124 (2012),142 |
• Grade 5 | 129 (2012), 144 |
• Grade 6 | 139 (2012), 157 |
• Grade 7 | 146 (2012), 148 |
• Grade 8 | 164 (2012), 149 |
• Grade 9 | 146 (2012), 166 |
• Grade 10 | 143 (2012), 175 |
• Grade 11 | 167 (2012), 179 |
• Grade 12 | 166 (2012), 186 (2010) |
• Other | 59 pupils (2012) 35 pupils (2009) |
Language | English |
Color(s) | Green and Yellow |
Team name | Rangers |
Budget |
$45,168,864 (2014-15) |
Per pupil spending | $10,450 (2008) |
Per pupil spending | $11,829.03 (2012) |
Website | https://www.fhrangers.org/ |
Edwin Bowser, Salary $113,300 (2013) (contract August 1, 2011 to July 31, 2016)
Chris Reighard, Business Manager Salary $89,955 (2013)
Vanessa A Sral, Education Administrator salary $107,411 (2013)
James T Lashinsky, salary $102,262
1946 pupils (2014)
1,933 pupils (2012)
1,957 pupils (2010)
2,064 pupils (2008)
2,258 pupils (2006)
$45,168,864 (2014-15)
$23,807,084 (2009)
$22,819,644 (2008)
$23,824,106 (2007)
$22,954,134 (2006)
$21,035,787 (2005)
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. 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. The District is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. The District operates 3 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 Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 44.7% 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. In 2010, the District residents’ per capita income was $14,904, while the median family income was $37,099. In the Commonwealth, the median family income was $49,501 and the United States median family income was $49,445, in 2010. In Cambria County, the median household income was $39,574. By 2013, the median household income in the United States rose to $52,100.