Forbes Road Career and Technology Center

Forbes Road Career and Technology Center, a micro-enrollment secondary school in Monroeville, Pennsylvania, overseen by Forbes Road Career and Technology Center, caters to 19 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Forbes Road Career and Technology Center sits 97% leaner than that benchmark.

Forbes Road Career and Technology Center sits inside Forbes Road Career and Technology Center, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, Forbes Road Career and Technology Center logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Other groups include 16% Black, 11% Hispanic, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 0.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. Around 84% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Allegheny County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Zooming out to the county, Allegheny County reports that median household income runs about $78,548, 46% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Allegheny County runs 277 public schools (combined enrollment of about 141,392 students), of which Forbes Road Career and Technology Center is one.

Nearest neighbor: Gateway MS, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Forbes Road Career and Technology Center community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.