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Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center

Altoona · PA · Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center · Public

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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

Share of students absent 15+ days
1068.3%
Well above the national average (~16%). At this level, chronic absence becomes a leading driver of enrollment loss as families rotate to other schools.
Students absent 15+ days
641
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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:

2025
69
2027
90
2029
118

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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
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%

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