Northwest PA Collegiate Academy

As a reasonably sized four-year high school in Erie, Pennsylvania, Northwest PA Collegiate Academy educates 750 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Erie City SD.

Erie City SD runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,473 students. Northwest PA Collegiate Academy is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Northwest PA Collegiate Academy reports that 54% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 22% Black, 10% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.8:1 average. About 100% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Erie County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Northwest PA Collegiate Academy is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 34.9%; this one delivers 72.7%, a residual of +37.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Erie County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $63,354 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Erie County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,738 students), Northwest PA Collegiate Academy is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Jefferson El Sch, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts Northwest PA Collegiate Academy at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 15.6%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Northwest PA Collegiate Academy has contracted 12%, going from 853 students in 2018 to 750 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 70% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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