Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School
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Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School compares for families
What families should know about Bethlehem Area Vocational-Technical School.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Freedom HS, Bethlehem Christian School, Notre Dame High 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
≥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 +4.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 18 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freedom HS Bethlehem |
Public | 0.3 | 1,792 | -4.1% |
| Bethlehem Christian School Bethlehem |
Private | 0.3 | 217 | — |
| Notre Dame High School Easton |
Private | 1.7 | 481 | -5.7% |
| Bethlehem Christian School Upper Campus Easton |
Private | 2.5 | 83 | -52.8% |
| Liberty HS Bethlehem |
Public | 3.1 | 2,541 | -6.0% |
| Lehigh Valley Charter High School for the Arts Bethlehem |
Public · charter | 4.1 | 550 | -9.8% |
| Easton Area HS Easton |
Public | 4.5 | 2,778 | -0.7% |
| Lehigh Valley Academy Regional CS Bethlehem |
Public · charter | 4.5 | 545 | +16.7% |