Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center

Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center, a minimally staffed high school in Altoona, Pennsylvania, one of the schools within Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center, teaches 60 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center sits 92% leaner than that benchmark.

Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center is a school of Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center logs that nearly all students (98%) are White.

On the resource side, On paper, Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 1.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.8:1, putting Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, census data for Blair County shows median household income runs about $62,382, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Blair County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,692 students), of which Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center is one.

Altoona Area HS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the Greater Altoona Career and Technology Center community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.