The Greater Johnstown School District is a public

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in Cambria County, Pennsylvania. The district serves: the City of Johnstown, parts of Geistown Borough and the townships of Lower Yoder, Stonycreek, and West Taylor. Greater Johnstown School District encompasses approximately . According to 2000 federal census data, it served a resident population of 33,566. By 2010, the district's population declined to 27,641 people. The educational attainment levels for the school district population (25 years old and over) were 85.4% high school graduates and 13.2% college graduates. The district is one of the 500 public school districts of Pennsylvania. According to the Pennsylvania Budget and Policy Center, 79.7% of the district's pupils lived at 185% or below the

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as shown by their eligibility for the federal free or reduced price school meal programs in 2012. In 2009, the district residents’

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was $14,222, while the

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was $30,347. 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. According to Greater Johnstown School District officials, the district provided basic educational services to 3,212 pupils in 2009. It employed: 232 teachers, 99 full-time and part-time support personnel, and nineteen (19) administrators during the 2009–10 school year. The district received $23 million in state funding in the 2009–10 school year. In school year 2007–08, the Greater Johnstown School District reported having 3,193 pupils. It employed: 244 teachers, 99 full-time and part-time support personnel, and 12 administrators. Greater Johnstown School District received more than $23.3 million in state funding in school year 2007–08. High school students may choose to attend

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for training in the construction and mechanical trades;

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, allied health careers,

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, and graphic design. The

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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.

Schools

The district operates five schools. * Johnstown Elementary School - Formerly West Side Elementary School. Originally constructed as the Westwood School in 1959, West Side was renovated in 1991. It is located in the Westwood section of Lower Yoder Township. In 2017, the district merged East Side Elementary School with West Side to form Johnstown Elementary School. * Johnstown Middle School - Located in the Hornerstown section of Johnstown in the former East Side Elementary School building. Built in 1969, renovated in 1977, and renovated again in 1996 to close in "open classrooms" *

Johnstown High School Johnstown Jr.-Senior High School is a public high school located at 1 Sir Bills Circle, in Johnstown (city), New York, Johnstown, New York. Part of the Greater Johnstown School District, the school provides education in grades 8-12. It offers sum ...

- Located in the Moxham section of Johnstown. The school has been recently renovated. *Greater Johnstown School District's Cyber Academy opened July 2014 *Morrell Neighborhood Preschool - Located in the Cambria City section of Johnstown

Extracurriculars

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

Sport

The District funds: ;Varsity: ;Boys: *

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 ...

- AAA *

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 ...

- AAA *Ice hockey - AA * Cross country - AA *

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 ...

- AAA *

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 ...

& JV football - AA *

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

- 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 ...

- 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 ...

- AA ;Girls: *Basketball - AA *Cheer - AAAA *Soccer - AA *

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 ...

- AAA *Tennis - AA *Track and field - AAA *

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 ...

- AA ;Middle school sports: ;Boys: *Baseball *Basketball *Football - 7th grade and 8th grade *Soccer *Wrestling ;Girls: *Basketball *Soccer *Softball *Volleyball *PeeWee football is also provided According to PIAA directory July 2015

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External links

Greater Johnstown School District
Johnstown, Pennsylvania School districts in Cambria County, Pennsylvania