Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center
Altoona · PA · Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center · Public
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Altoona Area HS → Great Commission Schools → Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School → Soaring Heights School - Mifflintown → Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS → Soaring Heights School → Merakey Education Center → Hollidaysburg Area SHS →📋 At a glance
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How Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center compares for families
What families should know about Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Altoona Area HS, Great Commission Schools, Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +14.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 60 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Altoona Area HS Altoona |
Public | 0.2 | 2,254 | +1.3% |
| Great Commission Schools Altoona |
Private | 0.4 | 131 | +8.3% |
| Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic High School Altoona |
Private | 0.9 | 307 | -1.3% |
| Soaring Heights School - Mifflintown Mifflin |
Private | 2.7 | 24 | — |
| Central Pennsylvania Digital Learning Foundation CS Altoona |
Public · charter | 2.8 | 110 | +61.8% |
| Soaring Heights School Altoona |
Private | 2.8 | 49 | — |
| Merakey Education Center Altoona |
Private | 3.0 | 22 | — |
| Hollidaysburg Area SHS Hollidaysburg |
Public | 4.6 | 793 | -1.2% |