Spectrum CS
Monroeville · PA · Spectrum CS · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Gateway SHS → Forbes Road Career and Technology Center → New Story → Franklin Regional SHS → Penn Hills SHS → Westinghouse Arts Academy CS → Plum SHS → Adelphoi Education At Hartford Heights →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Spectrum CS compares for families
What families should know about Spectrum CS.
- ▸ LocallyPA students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Gateway SHS, Forbes Road Career and Technology Center, New Story and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 +16.4%/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gateway SHS Monroeville |
Public | 0.5 | 1,152 | +2.5% |
| Forbes Road Career and Technology Center Monroeville |
Public | 1.0 | 19 | — |
| New Story Monroeville |
Private | 2.2 | 73 | — |
| Franklin Regional SHS Murrysville |
Public | 4.1 | 1,101 | +0.0% |
| Penn Hills SHS Pittsburgh |
Public | 4.2 | 1,049 | -2.6% |
| Westinghouse Arts Academy CS Wilmerding |
Public · charter | 4.4 | 282 | -7.2% |
| Plum SHS Plum |
Public | 5.1 | 1,220 | +3.1% |
| Adelphoi Education At Hartford Heights North Huntingdon |
Private | 5.2 | 36 | — |