Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Mt Joy

Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Mt Joy is one of the micro-enrollment secondary schools in Mount Joy, Pennsylvania, part of Lancaster County Career and Technology Center, with 15 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 738 students per school, that is 98% smaller than typical.

Lancaster County Career and Technology Center comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 66 students; Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Mt Joy is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Mt Joy records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). Beyond that, the school lists 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 0.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Lancaster County's rate of about 55%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Lancaster County put median household income runs about $86,959, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Lancaster County's 114 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,719 students), Lancaster County Career and Technology Center - Mt Joy is one campus in the mix.

Donegal Primary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.