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Enrollment
609
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COLUMBIA-MONTOUR AREA VOCATIONAL-TECHNICAL SCHOOL·NCES 420636505178
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School
5050 Sweppenheiser Drive, Bloomsburg, PA 17815 · (570) 784-8040 · Columbia County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL609 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
48 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
53%
323 students
STATE 75%
Community
1
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 | 166 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 161 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 142 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 140 | 23% |
Student demographics
21%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
Test scores
PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
33.8%
PA avg 51.1% . +6.5pp since 2023
Math
27.1%
PA avg 43.0% . +5.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 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 6 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 33.8% | 27.1% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 22.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of PA schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
27.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.9%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-27.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School's state test result (27.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School this school | 609 | 53.0% | 27.6% |
| Southern Huntingdon Co HS/MS Three Springs | 595 | 53.3% | 35.5% |
| Lincoln JSHS Ellwood City | 682 | 50.6% | 41.3% |
| North Penn-Mansfield JSHS Mansfield | 544 | 52.4% | 37.3% |
| North East High School North East | 521 | 55.1% | 60.6% |
| Southmoreland SHS Alverton | 566 | 53.0% | 39.7% |
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 Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Columbia County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.6% | #495 of 576 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.1% | #439 of 626 ▲ 35 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #542 of 626 ▲ 41 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 609 | #330 of 713 | #2 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #198 of 601 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.2% | #369 of 604 | #3 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.0% | #319 of 619 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.6% | #266 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
609
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 548
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 609 | 47.6 | 12.8:1 | 53% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 617 | 46.7 | 13.2:1 | 52% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 609 | 48.5 | 12.6:1 | 48% (294) |
| 2020-21 | 614 | 45 | 13.6:1 | 46% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 45.4 | 14.2:1 | 53% (339) |
| 2015-16 | 642 | 43 | 14.9:1 | 50% (319) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 39% (244) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 44 | 14.9:1 | 22% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 548 | 35 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (645 to 609); teachers up 5% (45.4 to 47.6).
About Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is a public high school in Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 609 students.
The school serves as its own district in federal records.
Most students at Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School are White: 89% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 5% multiracial and 4% Hispanic. County-wide, about 91% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 21%.
The teaching staff at Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is 47.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 12.8:1. High schools in Pennsylvania have a similar average ratio of 12.8:1. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 53%.
BeatsExpectations places Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School in the bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools. The measure fits a line through proficiency and free or reduced-price lunch share for each state, and this school sits 27.3 points below it (27.6% actual, 54.9% predicted).
Census estimates describe Columbia County this way: median household income is about $64,644, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Columbia County number 20 and enroll about 7,501.
The closest public school to Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is Central Columbia Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, there are 3 other public schools. On proficiency, Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is behind the 62.6% nearby average, ranking 9th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (614) to 2024-25 (609).
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Columbia County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,362
Census ACS
Median income
$64,644
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
7,501 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Bloomsburg
- Central Columbia Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Central Columbia SHSHigh · 601 students
- Central Columbia Middle SchoolMiddle · 587 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 405 students
- Bloomsburg Area Middle SchoolMiddle · 380 students
- Bloomsburg Area High SchoolHigh · 362 students
Nearby schools
- Central Columbia Elementary School0.3 mi · 705
- Central Columbia Middle School0.5 mi · 587
- Central Columbia SHS0.6 mi · 601
- Memorial Elementary School5.3 mi · 405
- Bloomsburg Area High School5.5 mi · 362
- Bloomsburg Area Middle School5.5 mi · 380
Frequently asked questions
About Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical SchoolHow large is Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School?
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School enrolls approximately 609 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School serve?
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is approximately 12.8:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School?
At Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School, the student body is approximately 89% White, 4% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Two or more.
Is Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School public or private?
Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Columbia-Montour Area Vocational-Technical School.
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