Greater Johnstown Senior High School - Johnstown, Pennsylvania/PA

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Greater Johnstown Senior High School

222 Central Ave, Johnstown, PA, 15902-2405 -

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Definition of Terms

Greater Johnstown Senior High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Cambria County, PA

Students & Faculty

Total Students

1023 students

% Male / % Female

51% / 49%

Total Classroom Teachers

77 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 265 students

Grade 10 - 253 students

Grade 11 - 256 students

Grade 12 - 249 students

This School

(PA) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:13

1:16

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(PA) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	n/a	2%
% Hispanic	1%	3%
% Black	23%	14%
% White	76%	81%

Additional Student Information

This School

(PA) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

64%

20%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

11%

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(PA) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Greater Johnstown Sd School District

This School's Agency

(PA) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	4	4
Number of Students Managed	3,277 students	2,220 students
District Total Revenue	$37,899,000	$24,078,000
District Expenditure	$37,451,000	$23,565,000
District Revenue / Student	$11,565	$10,846
District Expenditure / Student	$11,428	$10,615
District Graduation Rates	87%	95%

Greater Johnstown High School is a high school located in between the neighborhoods of Moxham, 8th Ward and Hornerstown in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It is the senior high school for the Greater Johnstown School District. The current Superintendent is Barbara Parkins, herself a graduate of the school district. The first recorded alumni of the school are listed as graduating in 1882. Over 50,000 students have graduated from this high school. The current Secretary of Education for the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, Dr. Gerald Zahorchak, is himself a 1975 graduate of Johnstown High. Other notable graduates include: Saturday Night Live actor, Tim Kazurinsky, actress Carroll Baker, former Pittsburgh Steeler Pro-Bowler Carlton Haselrig and Spiderman comics co-creator, Steve Ditko. In the 1930s dancing legend, Gene Kelly, was the choreographer for the Johnstown High School Musicals.
Athletics
Johnstown participates in high school athletics as a member of the Laurel Highlands Athletics Conference (LHAC) and the school has won many LHAC titles. Johnstown's most recent moment of glory was appearing in the 2005 PIAA State Class AAA Boy Basketball title game before falling to Steelton-Highspire High School.
Traditions
Alma Mater (To Dear Old Johnstown High)
In the shadow of the mountain/With the stream meandering by/rises glorious Johnstown High School/O'er surroundings towering high/
CHORUS: Raise your voices, waft the echoes/Thru the valleys' far away/Hoist the black and pale blue banner/With our praises let it sway/
From thy chapel in the morning/Where thy Maker's help is sought/To the end of every session/Truth and steadfastness are taught/
CHORUS
In athletics as in studies/Mingles honor of thy name/Which spurs our men to victory/And makes them known to fame/
CHORUS
So to thee our inspiration/Lift we this, our song of praise /While to thy most faithful guidance/We Will trust our future days/
CHORUS
Fight song
Trojan Power/Going strong/Out in Front/Where we belong/Push for victory/Bring success/We're the finest,/We're the best/So come on Trojans*/Win this game/Bring us forture/Bring us fame /Our men of Troy /Will meet the test/Johnstown High School /is the Best/
This line is not consistent. The Website has it Published as "So fight on Johnstown," but at the football games where it is played by the marching band when the football team scores a touchdown, you hear the crowd sing the line printed on this website.
The cadence is also very famous among The locals and features the entire percussion section playing a very danceable beat.

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