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Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County

Scranton · PA · Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County · Public

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Programs & features
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Academic signals
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

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How Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County compares for families

What families should know about Career Technology Center of Lackawanna County.

  • LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Merakey Education And Autism Center, Dunmore JSHS, Scranton Preparatory School 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

7033.3%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

≥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

Share of students absent 15+ days
2383.3%
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
286
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 -12.6%/year, projecting from 2024's 12 students:

2025
10
2027
8
2029
6

A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.

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
Merakey Education And Autism Center
Scranton
Private 1.0 34
Dunmore JSHS
Dunmore
Public 2.0 434 -3.8%
Scranton Preparatory School
Scranton
Private 2.4 666 -8.8%
Scranton HS
Scranton
Public 2.6 1,696 +5.9%
Mid Valley Secondary Center
Throop
Public 2.6 580 +7.0%
Holy Cross High School
Dunmore
Private 2.7 350 +0.0%
Holy Cross High School
Dunmore
Private 2.7 340 -2.6%
Bnos Yisroel Girls High School
Scranton
Private 3.0 7

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