Lake Career Technical Center

CAMDENTON · MO · CAMDENTON R-III · Public


📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 58th percentile by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Lake Career Technical Center compares for families

What families should know about Lake Career Technical Center.

  • LocallyMO sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: CAMDENTON HIGH, JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER, OSAGE HIGH and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.

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SAT / ACT participation

CRDC federal data · 2020-21

58th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
93
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.

👩‍🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC

Teacher experience & reliability

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
30.0%
Elevated — a quarter or more of teachers are in years 1-2. Often correlates with school instability.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
0.0%
Strong attendance culture among teachers.

Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.

🏛️ Your state's public flagship

University of Missouri-Columbia

77%
admit rate
$14,837
in-state tuition/yr · $36,056 out-of-state
1150–1330
SAT 25–75 · ACT 23–29

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 $20,268/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.

See the full University of Missouri-Columbia profile → Estimate your odds with your scores →

Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.

Counselor capacity

Counselor FTE
2.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
15
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.

Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
CAMDENTON HIGH
CAMDENTON
Public 0.6 1,285 -5.7%
JUVENILE JUSTICE CENTER
CAMDENTON
Public 1.7 8
OSAGE HIGH
OSAGE BEACH
Public 12.4 678 +4.0%
MACKS CREEK HIGH
MACKS CREEK
Public 13.0 103 +8.4%
STOUTLAND HIGH
STOUTLAND
Public 17.6 107 -17.1%
CLIMAX SPRINGS HIGH
CLIMAX SPRINGS
Public 18.7 61 -26.5%
RICHLAND HIGH
RICHLAND
Public 21.3 146 +0.0%
LEBANON TECH. CAREER CTR.
LEBANON
Public 21.8

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