Impact of COVID-19 on Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School
The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America.
Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased.
SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school.
Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores,
enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.
Rankings
Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Ranks 500th of 891 Middle schools | Ranks 336th of 893 Middle schools | 18.5% |
Ranks 429th of 693 High schools | Ranks 398th of 674 High schools | 2.9% |
Test Scores
|
% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
7th Grade Math (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 25.7 | 18.8 | 6.9% |
7th Grade Math (Pennsylvania) | 38.2 | 33.2 | 5% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 57.1 | 55.1 | 2% |
7th Grade English Language Arts (Pennsylvania) | 60.5 | 54.5 | 6% |
8th Grade Math (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 15.2 | 33.3 | 18.1% |
8th Grade Math (Pennsylvania) | 32.2 | 26 | 6.2% |
8th Grade Science (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 63.1 | 63.4 | 0.3% |
8th Grade Science (Pennsylvania) | 58.2 | 57 | 1.2% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 57.5 | 62.8 | 5.3% |
8th Grade English Language Arts (Pennsylvania) | 57.9 | 52.8 | 5.1% |
11th Grade Algebra I (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 50 | 27.2 | 22.8% |
11th Grade Algebra I (Pennsylvania) | 63.3 | 34.1 | 29.2% |
11th Grade Biology (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 69 | 54.9 | 14.1% |
11th Grade Biology (Pennsylvania) | 63.2 | 50.7 | 12.5% |
11th Grade Literature (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 66.7 | 53.3 | 13.4% |
11th Grade Literature (Pennsylvania) | 71.5 | 65.3 | 6.2% |
All Grades Math (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 19.7 | 25.3 | 5.6% |
All Grades Math (Pennsylvania) | 42.4 | 39.3 | 3.1% |
All Grades Science (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 63.1 | 63.4 | 0.3% |
All Grades Science (Pennsylvania) | 68 | 65.6 | 2.4% |
All Grades English Language Arts (Ferndale Area Junior/Senior High School) | 57.3 | 58.7 | 1.4% |
All Grades English Language Arts (Pennsylvania) | 60.9 | 53.8 | 7.1% |
Student Body
|
Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019) |
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023) |
Change (%) |
Total Students | 285 | 283 | 0.7% |
African American | 18 | 26 | 44.4% |
American Indian | 0 | 0 | |
Asian | 0 | 2 | |
Hispanic | 6 | 15 | 150% |
Pacific Islander | 0 | 0 | |
White | 242 | 220 | 9.1% |
Two or More Races | 19 | 20 | 5.3% |
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients | 63.9% | 56.9% | 7% |