The Cambria Heights School District covers the Boroughs of Carrolltown, Chest Springs,

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and

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as well as Chest Township, Clearfield Township, East Carroll Township, Elder Township and West Carroll Township in

Cambria County, Pennsylvania Cambria County is a county in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. As of the 2020 census, the population was 133,472. Its county seat is Ebensburg. The county was created on March 26, 1804, from parts of Bedford, Huntingdon, and Somerset Countie ...

. The district encompasses approximately . According to 2010

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data, it serves a resident population of 9,884 people. According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 7,120. According to 2007 local census data, it served a resident population of 10,299. The educational attainment levels for the Cambria Heights School District population (25 years old and over) were 90% high school graduates and 12% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 36.3% 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’

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was $19,545, while the

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was $39,787. 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.

Schools

There are three schools within the district. Cambria Heights Elementary School is located in Carrolltown Boro and consists of district students in Grades K-5. The Cambria Heights Middle School and Cambria Heights High School is located just off State Route 36 in Clearfield Township. The middle school consists of district students in Grades 6–8. Cambria Heights High School grades 9–12. All three schools were renovated at the beginning of the 21st century. High school students may choose to attend

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for training in the construction and mechanical trades. The district also offers a cyber school to high school aged students called Cambria Heights Cyber Academy. Graduates of the cyber academy receive a Cambria Heights School District diploma. They have access to all the districts extracurriculars and programs. The

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IU8 provides the district with a wide variety of services like specialized education for disabled students and hearing, speech and visual disability services and professional development for staff and faculty.

Extracurriculars

Cambria Heights School District offers a wide variety of clubs, activities and an extensive, publicly funded sports program.

Sports

The following athletics are offered at Cambria Heights: ;Varsity Boys athletics *

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...

– Class AA *

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

- Class AA * Cross Country – Class A *

Football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ...

- Class A *

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

- Class A *

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and

Diving Diving most often refers to: * Diving (sport), the sport of jumping into deep water * Underwater diving, human activity underwater for recreational or occupational purposes Diving or Dive may also refer to: Sports * Dive (American football), a ...

– Class AA *

Track and Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

– Class AA *

Wrestling Wrestling is a series of combat sports involving grappling-type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. Wrestling techniques have been incorporated into martial arts, combat ...

– Class AA ;Girls athletics *

– Class AA * Cross Country – Class A *

– Class A *

Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

– Class AA *

and

– Class AA *

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

– Class AA ;Middle School Sports: ;Boys: * Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Soccer * Track and Field * Wrestling ;Girls: * Basketball * Cross Country * Softball (Fall) * Track and Field * Volleyball According to PIAA directory July 2015

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Cambria Heights School District

Penna. Inter-Scholastic Assn.
School districts in Cambria County, Pennsylvania