Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center
Mechanicsburg · PA · Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center · Public
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Cumberland Valley HS → Faith Tabernacle School → Mechanicsburg Area SHS → Heritage Christian Academy → River Rock Academy-Shiremanstown → Al-Huda → East Pennsboro Area SHS → Camp Hill SHS →📋 At a glance
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center compares for families
What families should know about Cumberland Perry Area Career & Technical Center.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Cumberland Valley HS, Faith Tabernacle School, Mechanicsburg Area SHS and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🏛️ Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.
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 +23.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 28 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumberland Valley HS Mechanicsburg |
Public | 1.7 | 3,163 | +7.4% |
| Faith Tabernacle School Mechanicsburg |
Private | 2.9 | 100 | — |
| Mechanicsburg Area SHS Mechanicsburg |
Public | 3.7 | 1,412 | +12.7% |
| Heritage Christian Academy Mechanicsburg |
Private | 4.4 | 97 | +32.9% |
| River Rock Academy-Shiremanstown Lancaster |
Private | 5.0 | 40 | — |
| Al-Huda Camp Hill |
Private | 5.6 | 100 | +14.9% |
| East Pennsboro Area SHS Enola |
Public | 5.8 | 779 | +5.1% |
| Camp Hill SHS Camp Hill |
Public | 5.9 | 400 | -5.2% |