Spectrum CS
Monroeville · PA · Spectrum CS · Public charter · K-12 combined
📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Spectrum CS compares for families
What families should know about Spectrum CS.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Forbes Road Career and Technology Center, The New Academy CS, McKeesport Area Technology Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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
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
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 strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 +16.8%/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forbes Road Career and Technology Center Monroeville |
Public | 1.0 | 19 | — |
| The New Academy CS Pittsburgh |
Public · charter | 12.0 | 73 | -6.4% |
| McKeesport Area Technology Center McKeesport |
Public | 7.7 | — | — |
| Environmental CS at Frick Park Pittsburgh |
Public · charter | 7.9 | 172 | +52.2% |
| Passport Academy CS Pittsburgh |
Public · charter | 13.2 | 146 | +44.6% |
| Propel CS-Braddock Hills Pittsburgh |
Public · charter | 5.8 | 216 | -27.3% |
| HOPE for Hyndman Charter School Hyndman |
Public · charter | 68.4 | 40 | — |
| Western Secure Treatment Unit Emlenton |
Public | 50.8 | 38 | — |