Enrollment
418
High
STATE 738
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAWRENCE COUNTY CAREER AND TECHNICAL CENTER·NCES 421339004940
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center
750 Phelps Way, New Castle, PA 16101 · (724) 658-3583 · Lawrence County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE ICAREER AND TECHNICAL SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
32 FTE teachers
STATE 12.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
393 students
STATE 75%
Community
0
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 10 | 146 | 35% |
| Grade 11 | 136 | 33% |
| Grade 12 | 136 | 33% |
Student demographics
23%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
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PSSA + Keystone 2024-25 . % Proficient or AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
42.5%
PA avg 51.1% . +2.8pp since 2023
Math
22.7%
PA avg 43.0% . +0.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the PSSA + Keystone, Pennsylvania's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
PSSA + Keystone results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 42.5% | 22.7% |
| 2023-24 | 39.7% | 22.5% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
31.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on PA schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% typical for Pennsylvania schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Pennsylvania's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Lawrence County Career and Technical Center
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center's state test result (31.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lawrence County Career and Technical Center this school | 418 | 94.0% | 31.8% |
| Reynolds JSHS Greenville | 426 | 94.8% | 46.9% |
| Brownsville Area High School Brownsville | 457 | 93.0% | 33.5% |
| Shenango High School New Castle | 449 | 96.2% | 57.5% |
| Bethlehem-Center JSHS Fredericktown | 448 | 97.8% | 37.5% |
| Springdale JSHS Springdale | 421 | 99.5% | 45.6% |
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 Lawrence County Career and Technical Center ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Pennsylvania | In Lawrence County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.8% | #482 of 576 | #9 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.7% | #481 of 626 ▼ 13 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.5% | #493 of 626 ▲ 42 | #8 of 9 ▲ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #473 of 713 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #249 of 601 | #6 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 23.4% | #348 of 604 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.0% | #226 of 619 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +2.5% | #176 of 221 | 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
418
+37 (+10%) vs 2020
-40% since 1990-91, when it was 696
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 418 | 31.5 | 13.3:1 | 94% (393) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 31.5 | 12.5:1 | 100% (393) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 30.8 | 12.3:1 | 100% (378) |
| 2020-21 | 381 | 32 | 11.9:1 | 99% (378) |
| 2017-18 | 408 | 34.8 | 11.7:1 | 69% (280) |
| 2015-16 | 434 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 67% (291) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 35 | 10.2:1 | 50% (180) |
| 2000-01 | 413 | 32 | 12.9:1 | 40% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 696 | 41 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lawrence County Career and Technical Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (408 to 418); teachers down 9% (34.8 to 31.5).
About Lawrence County Career and Technical Center
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is a low-enrollment high school found in New Castle, Pennsylvania. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 418 students in 2024-25. Across high schools in Pennsylvania, the average enrollment is about 738.
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is its own local education agency in federal data.
White students account for 87% of the school's enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 7% multiracial and 5% Black. Among Lawrence County residents, the White share is about 90%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 23%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is 13.3:1, based on 31.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. Lawrence County Career and Technical Center counts 94% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 67% average for public schools in Lawrence County, the school's rate is higher.
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center sits between the top and bottom 10% of Pennsylvania schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 31.8% and a predicted 37.3%.
The school is in Lawrence County, where the median household earns about $61,931 a year, about 23% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Lawrence County Career and Technical Center shares Lawrence County with 24 other public schools.
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center's nearest public school is Shenango Elementary School (about 0.9 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Lawrence County Career and Technical Center ranks 6th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 381 to 418, a 10% rise. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.3:1) than in 2020-21 (11.9:1).
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Lawrence County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
85,024
Census ACS
Median income
$61,931
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
11,015 students
Quick facts
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- New Castle SHSHigh · 740 students
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- Neshannock Memorial Elementary SchoolElementary · 688 students
Nearby schools
- Shenango Elementary School0.9 mi · 485
- Shenango High School1.2 mi · 449
- Harry W Lockley Early Learning Center1.7 mi · 736
- New Castle Junior High School2.0 mi · 689
- New Castle SHS2.1 mi · 740
- Washington Intrmd School2.9 mi · 707
Frequently asked questions
About Lawrence County Career and Technical CenterHow large is Lawrence County Career and Technical Center?
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center enrolls approximately 418 students in grades 09-12.
Is Lawrence County Career and Technical Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lawrence County Career and Technical Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is approximately 13.3:1 (32 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Lawrence County Career and Technical Center?
Student demographics at Lawrence County Career and Technical Center are roughly 87% White, 1% Hispanic, 5% Black, 7% Two or more.
Is Lawrence County Career and Technical Center public or private?
Lawrence County Career and Technical Center is a public K-12 school, overseen by Lawrence County Career and Technical Center.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.