Schools · Cassandra

Cassandra, PA schools

Kids attend Portage Area El Sch.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

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Cassandra’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Cassandra’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 79% of Pennsylvania’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

A-Test scoresC+Graduation

Pennsylvania school districts we grade (683)Better than 79%

Lower resultsHigher results

Pennsylvania towns with similar household incomes (1,425)Better than 87%

Good confidence. Built on 408 tested students and a graduating class of 65; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.

How the School Grade works

Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Pennsylvania’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Pennsylvania only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Pennsylvania with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.

School path

Where Cassandra kids go to school

Grades PK–6

A-Portage Area El Sch 401 students · Portage Portage Area School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

State test results

Math (grades PK–6, Portage Area)46%

State average 37.1%

Graduation · class of 2020

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

PA: 87.5%

Graduating class

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Cassandra

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Portage Area School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 740 students

$18,286 per studentPA $21,758A-

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Cassandra

There’s no college in Cassandra, but 7 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Mount Aloysius College in Cresson, 4.1 miles away.

Mount Aloysius CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Cresson4.1 mi2,880 students Saint Francis UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Loretto6.8 mi2,421 students

YTI Career Institute-AltoonaCareer school · For-profit · Altoona13.7 mi112 students

University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownUniversity or college · Public · Richland14.2 mi1,940 students Pennsylvania Highlands Community CollegeCommunity college · Public · Richland14.4 mi1,935 students Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaUniversity or college · Public · Altoona15.2 mi2,418 students Commonwealth Technical InstituteCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Upper Yoder17.7 mi132 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Cassandra. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

We don’t have any schools located in Cassandra yet.