Enrollment
375
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARBON CAREER & TECHNICAL INSTITUTE·NCES 428013007054
Carbon Career & Technical Institute
150 West 13th Street, Jim Thorpe, PA 18229 · (570) 325-3682 · Carbon County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNCAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL375 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 30% of Pennsylvania public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Pennsylvania public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
31 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
106 students
STATE 75%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 10 | 110 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 120 | 32% |
| Grade 12 | 100 | 27% |
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
STATE 59% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
63.6%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.3pp since 2023
Math
37.8%
PA avg 43.0% . -8.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Pennsylvania schools, those numbers are about 51 and 43. Reading and writing scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 63.6% | 37.8% |
| 2023-24 | 61.3% | 46.2% |
% Proficient or Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: PSSA + Keystone. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
48.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.5%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Carbon Career & Technical Institute
Carbon Career & Technical Institute's state test result (48.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carbon Career & Technical Institute this school | 375 | 28.3% | 48.7% |
| Brandywine Heights High School Mertztown | 413 | 31.2% | 44.0% |
| Southern Columbia High School Catawissa | 348 | 27.6% | 54.3% |
| Palisades High School Kintnersville | 465 | 30.5% | 59.2% |
| Wilmington Area JSHS New Wilmington | 444 | 25.7% | 49.0% |
| Fairfield Area High School Fairfield | 277 | 24.9% | 43.9% |
Matched among Pennsylvania high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Carbon Career & Technical Institute ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Carbon County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.7% | #325 of 576 | #5 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #323 of 626 ▼ 102 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #260 of 626 ▲ 48 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 375 | #503 of 713 | #5 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #143 of 601 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 14.4% | #448 of 604 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.3% | #545 of 619 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #230 of 373 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
375
-25 (-6%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 322
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 13.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 375 | 30.8 | 12.2:1 | 28% (106) |
| 2023-24 | 391 | 31.5 | 12.4:1 | 27% (106) |
| 2022-23 | 394 | 30.5 | 12.9:1 | 38% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 30 | 13.3:1 | 32% (126) |
| 2017-18 | 406 | 31 | 13.1:1 | 32% (129) |
| 2015-16 | 334 | 31 | 10.8:1 | 42% (141) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 31 | 10.7:1 | 27% (88) |
| 2000-01 | 322 | 33 | 9.8:1 | 29% (94) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carbon Career & Technical Institute.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (406 to 375); teachers down 1% (31 to 30.8).
About Carbon Career & Technical Institute
Carbon Career & Technical Institute is a small high school in Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania, one of the schools in Carbon Career & Technical Institute. Federal data show 375 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Pennsylvania average about 738 students, which makes this school 49% below average.
Carbon Career & Technical Institute is its own local education agency in federal data.
White students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. It is also 7% Hispanic. Among Carbon County residents, the White share is about 89%. A diversity index of 14% means there is a 14% chance two randomly chosen students at Carbon Career & Technical Institute are from different groups.
There are 30.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 12.2:1. It is about the same as the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Of all students at Carbon Career & Technical Institute, 28% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Carbon County is 65%.
Carbon Career & Technical Institute earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 30% of Pennsylvania public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Carbon Career & Technical Institute, the prediction is 65.5% and the result is 48.7%.
The school is in Carbon County, where the median household earns about $67,554 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Carbon County, 18 public schools serve about 8,111 students.
L B Morris Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away, is the closest public school. Within five miles of Carbon Career & Technical Institute, there are 6 other public schools. Carbon Career & Technical Institute is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Fringe.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 6%, from 400 to 375. The number of students per teacher dropped from 13.3 to 12.2 over 4 years.
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Carbon County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,382
Census ACS
Median income
$67,554
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
8,111 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jim Thorpe
- L B Morris Elementary SchoolElementary · 615 students
- Jim Thorpe Area High SchoolHigh · 490 students
Nearby schools
- L B Morris Elementary School0.3 mi · 615
- Jim Thorpe Area High School0.4 mi · 490
- Lehighton Area Middle School3.5 mi · 478
- Lehighton Area Elementary Center3.9 mi · 1,005
- Lehighton Area High School4.0 mi · 630
- Panther Valley Elementary School4.6 mi · 556
Frequently asked questions
About Carbon Career & Technical InstituteWhat is the total enrollment at Carbon Career & Technical Institute?
Carbon Career & Technical Institute enrolls approximately 375 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Carbon Career & Technical Institute serve?
Carbon Career & Technical Institute serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carbon Career & Technical Institute?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carbon Career & Technical Institute is approximately 12.2:1 (31 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Carbon Career & Technical Institute?
Carbon Career & Technical Institute reports a student body of 92% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Carbon Career & Technical Institute?
Carbon Career & Technical Institute is overseen by Carbon Career & Technical Institute in Carbon County.
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