Pathfinder Vocational Technical

In Palmer, Massachusetts, Pathfinder Vocational Technical is a small high school. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 660 students.

For district matters, Pathfinder Vocational Technical falls under Pathfinder Regional Vocational Technical.

At Pathfinder Vocational Technical, 83% of students are White. After that, the student body is 11% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Hampden County is about 64% White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 29%.

Pathfinder Vocational Technical reported 66.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 9.9:1. High schools in Massachusetts average 23.4:1, 13.5 more students per teacher than here.

American Community Survey estimates for Hampden County show that the median household earns about $71,306 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. Hampden County has 168 public schools with about 68,540 students, including Pathfinder Vocational Technical.

Pathfinder Vocational Technical's closest public school neighbor is Old Mill Pond, about 0.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 2 other public schools are within five miles.

The NCES locale for Pathfinder Vocational Technical is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Pathfinder Vocational Technical had a net gain of 50 students, or 8%.

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