Kimmel Alternative School
Altoona · PA · Altoona Area SD · Public · K-12 combined
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Great Commission Schools → Altoona Area HS → Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center → Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School → Soaring Heights School - Mifflintown → Soaring Heights School → Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS → Merakey Education Center →📋 At a glance
- Program details not reported to CRDC
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Kimmel Alternative School compares for families
What families should know about Kimmel Alternative School.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Great Commission Schools, Altoona Area HS, Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 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.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Commission Schools Altoona |
Private | 1.0 | 131 | +8.3% |
| Altoona Area HS Altoona |
Public | 1.2 | 2,254 | +1.3% |
| Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center Altoona |
Public | 1.3 | 60 | — |
| Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School Altoona |
Private | 2.0 | 307 | -1.3% |
| Soaring Heights School - Mifflintown Mifflin |
Private | 3.7 | 24 | — |
| Soaring Heights School Altoona |
Private | 3.8 | 49 | — |
| Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS Altoona |
Public · charter | 4.0 | 110 | +61.8% |
| Merakey Education Center Altoona |
Private | 4.0 | 22 | — |