Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering

Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering is a 9-12 campus of micro-enrollment scale in Phoenixville, Pennsylvania, part of Chester County Technical College High School, hosting 79 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 89% leaner than the typical public school in Pennsylvania, which averages around 738 students.

Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering is one of 3 schools operated by Chester County Technical College High School, a district that instructs 172 students overall.

Demographically, Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest reads as 9% Black, 6% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Chester County runs at roughly 38%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 36.4%; this one comes in at 9.8%, -26.6 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Chester County indicate median household income runs about $127,208, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering is one of 111 public schools in Chester County (combined enrollment of about 83,468 students).

Nearest neighbor: Phoenixville Early Learning Ctr, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), Chester County Technical College High School - Pickering ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

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