Lawrence County Career and Technical Center

As a cozy high school in New Castle, Pennsylvania, Lawrence County Career and Technical Center serves 418 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Lawrence County Career and Technical Center. By comparison, Pennsylvania's public schools average about 738 students each, so Lawrence County Career and Technical Center sits 43% below that benchmark.

Lawrence County Career and Technical Center sits inside Lawrence County Career and Technical Center, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, Lawrence County Career and Technical Center reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%); the rest reads as 7% multiracial, 5% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. The state averages about 12.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lawrence County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Lawrence County Career and Technical Center sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.3%; this one delivers 31.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Lawrence County indicate median household income runs about $61,931, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Lawrence County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,015 students), Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Shenango El Sch, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Lawrence County Career and Technical Center at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.0%.

Lawrence County Career and Technical Center operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Lawrence County Career and Technical Center's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 408 (now 418). White enrollment moved from 92% to 87% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.