Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center
Altoona · PA · Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center · Public
📄 Shareable scorecard →Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Williamsburg Community JSHS → The New Academy CS → Spectrum CS → Forbes Road JSHS → HOPE for Hyndman Charter School → Shanksville-Stonycreek HS → Western Secure Treatment Unit → Sheffield Area MS/HS →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- Academic signals not yet ingested for this school
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center compares for families
What families should know about Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Williamsburg Community JSHS, The New Academy CS, Spectrum CS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center
Get an email when Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $32,875/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +13.2%/year, projecting from 2024's 60 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Williamsburg Community JSHS Williamsburg |
Public | 10.7 | 146 | -3.9% |
| The New Academy CS Pittsburgh |
Public · charter | 83.1 | 73 | -6.4% |
| Spectrum CS Monroeville |
Public · charter | 71.1 | 48 | — |
| Forbes Road JSHS Waterfall |
Public | 34.2 | 98 | +10.1% |
| HOPE for Hyndman Charter School Hyndman |
Public · charter | 50.4 | 40 | — |
| Shanksville-Stonycreek HS Shanksville |
Public | 43.1 | 90 | +4.7% |
| Western Secure Treatment Unit Emlenton |
Public | 84.1 | 38 | — |
| Sheffield Area MS/HS Sheffield |
Public | 90.0 | 107 | -24.6% |