Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School

Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, a compact four-year high school in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, operated by Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, works with 609 students, covering grades 9 through 12.

Operationally, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School answers to Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Other groups include 5% multiracial, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Columbia County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 53% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.9%; this one comes in at 27.6%, -27.3 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Columbia County) records that median household income runs about $64,644, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Columbia County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,501 students), Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is one campus in the mix.

Central Columbia El Sch is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School's enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 645 (now 609). Over the same period, the White share fell from 96% to 89%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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