Vern Riffe Career Technology C
Piketon · OH · Pike County Area · Public · K-12 combined
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Miracle City Academy → Piketon Jr/Sr High School → Waverly High School → Pike Christian Academy → Eastern High School → Valley High School → Northwest High School → Huntington High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 29% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Vern Riffe Career Technology C compares for families
What families should know about Vern Riffe Career Technology C.
- ▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Miracle City Academy, Piketon Jr/Sr High School, Waverly High School 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.
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.
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 -0.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 445 students:
≈ 8 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miracle City Academy Piketon |
Private | 0.3 | 50 | — |
| Piketon Jr/Sr High School Piketon |
Public | 1.1 | 280 | -4.1% |
| Waverly High School Waverly |
Public | 5.4 | 435 | -8.2% |
| Pike Christian Academy Waverly |
Private | 5.6 | 104 | +19.5% |
| Eastern High School Beaver |
Public | 8.8 | 163 | -6.9% |
| Valley High School Lucasville |
Public | 12.0 | 279 | +10.7% |
| Northwest High School Mc Dermott |
Public | 12.8 | 313 | -13.1% |
| Huntington High School Chillicothe |
Public | 13.5 | 300 | +3.8% |