Mercer County Career Center

Mercer County Career Center is a high school in Mercer, Pennsylvania, according to federal school records. The school serves grades 9 through 12. Enrollment is 8 students. High schools in Pennsylvania have about 738 students on average; enrollment here is 99% lower.

Mercer County Career Center is not part of a larger district; federal data list it as its own local education agency.

A large majority of enrollment at Mercer County Career Center is White, at 100%. Among all residents of Mercer County, the White share is about 88%.

The student-to-teacher ratio is 0.4:1. The school has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania is 12.3 students per teacher.

Mercer County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $59,976 a year, roughly 26% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Mercer County number 37, with about 12,815 students.

A public school about 1.5 miles away, Mercer Area Elementary School, is the closest to Mercer County Career Center. Mercer County Career Center has 3 other public schools within five miles.

Mercer County Career Center is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.

The school counted 2 students in 2020-21 and 8 in 2024-25. A shift in the grades offered could account for part of the difference.

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