Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center
Wilkes-Barre · PA · Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center · Public
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Northeast Secure Treatment Unit → Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy → Monroe Career and Technical Institute → Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County → Evergreen Community CS → Weatherly Area HS → Old Forge JSHS → West Side Career & Technology Center →At a glance
- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center compares for families
What families should know about Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Northeast Secure Treatment Unit, Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy, Monroe Career and Technical Institute 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.
Counselor capacity
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -12.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 30 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Northeast Secure Treatment Unit Pittston Township |
Public | 5.6 | 37 | — |
| Wilkes-Barre Area SD STEM Academy Plains |
Public | 2.5 | 93 | +17.7% |
| Monroe Career and Technical Institute Bartonsville |
Public | 32.3 | 29 | — |
| Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County Scranton |
Public | 15.6 | 12 | — |
| Evergreen Community CS Cresco |
Public · charter | 28.4 | 58 | -6.5% |
| Weatherly Area HS Weatherly |
Public | 22.3 | 125 | -19.4% |
| Old Forge JSHS Old Forge |
Public | 8.3 | 298 | +2.8% |
| West Side Career & Technology Center Kingston |
Public | 4.9 | 437 | +13.8% |