Johnstown High School: Learn Here

Just outside of downtown, in Moxham, sits Greater Johnstown High School. Started in 1895, the school has served approximately eight hundred students per year. It was featured promiently in the 1985 football film All the Right Moves starring Tom Cruise.

With a newly constructed building in 2010 came new problems. The school's academic report is currently falling. It's high on Pennsylvania's lowest-performing schools list, averaging about 15th position. Latest polls show that students test below average on the PSSA tests, and about 17% of students will go on to college, a steep drop compared to the rest of the state.