Berks Career and Technology Center-West Campus

Berks Career and Technology Center-West Campus is a 9-12 campus of micro-enrollment scale in Leesport, Pennsylvania, operated by Berks Career and Technology Center, teacheing 21 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 97% leaner than typical.

Berks Career and Technology Center-West Campus is one of 2 schools operated by Berks Career and Technology Center, a district that instructs 44 students overall.

Demographically, Berks Career and Technology Center-West Campus lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder reads as 5% Hispanic, 5% Black. By comparison, Berks County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 0.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Berks County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, census data for Berks County shows median household income runs about $79,777, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Berks Career and Technology Center-West Campus is one of 95 public schools in Berks County (combined enrollment of about 62,375 students).

The closest other public school is Spring Ridge El Sch, roughly 3.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Inside the community feed, members of the Berks Career and Technology Center-West Campus community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.