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
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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% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantWilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center is a public high school in Wilkes-Barre, PA, enrolling 30 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
It has about 15 students per school counselor.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many students attend Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center? Wilkes-Barre Area Career & Technical Center is a public high school in Wilkes-Barre, PA, enrolling 30 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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