Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center
Chillicothe · OH · Pickaway-Ross County JVSD · Public · K-12 combined
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Zane Trace High School → Ross County Christian Academy → Unioto High School → Chillicothe High School → Southern Ohio Career Academy → Crossroads Christian Academy → Logan Elm Middle/High School → Circleville High School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 40% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Pickaway-Ross Career & Technology Center compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ LocallyOH students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Zane Trace High School, Ross County Christian Academy, Unioto 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 +8.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 760 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zane Trace High School Chillicothe |
Public | 1.5 | 330 | -20.7% |
| Ross County Christian Academy Chillicothe |
Private | 5.6 | 336 | +44.2% |
| Unioto High School Chillicothe |
Public | 5.8 | 578 | -2.2% |
| Chillicothe High School Chillicothe |
Public | 7.0 | 795 | -9.1% |
| Southern Ohio Career Academy Chillicothe |
Public · charter | 7.5 | 48 | — |
| Crossroads Christian Academy Circleville |
Private | 8.9 | 64 | — |
| Logan Elm Middle/High School Circleville |
Public | 10.1 | 479 | -5.5% |
| Circleville High School Circleville |
Public | 11.8 | 528 | -15.8% |