Original Research by School Decision on Youth Forestry Camp #3
Youth Forestry Camp #3 is a state-operated educational program serving adjudicated delinquent male youth in a residential juvenile justice facility in Huntingdon County. It is not a school district that families select by moving to an area; rather, it serves a specific population of court-involved youth ages 13 through 18 who are placed there by the state.
The enrollment is small, with the majority of students concentrated in grades 9 and 10, followed by grade 11. The student body is predominantly Black, with a smaller Hispanic presence and very few white students. No data on free-or-reduced-price lunch status, special education enrollment, or English learner counts were available.
State assessment results and graduation rate data were not available for this entity. Because Youth Forestry Camp #3 serves an adjudicated youth population in a residential justice setting rather than a traditional public school enrollment, it sits outside the standard accountability measures states report for most districts. Its educational mission centers on serving youth already involved in the juvenile justice system.
One attendance metric did appear in the state data: chronic absenteeism is reported at zero. Within the comparison of county districts, this places Youth Forestry Camp #3 in the top quartile. In a residential facility context, this measure reflects the operational structure rather than typical school engagement patterns.
No information was found regarding recent changes to the program, strategic priorities, course offerings, or staffing. The facility's website and publicly available program details were not located during research. A parent or resident seeking more detail about what educational and support services are provided, how the program is structured, or how youth transition out would need to contact the facility directly or request information from Pennsylvania's Department of Human Services or related state agencies that oversee juvenile justice programming.
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