Parkway West Career and Technology Center

Parkway West Career and Technology Center is a small high school located in Oakdale, Pennsylvania. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 14 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Pennsylvania is about 738 students, so this school is 98% smaller than average.

Federal records list Parkway West Career and Technology Center as its own district.

Parkway West Career and Technology Center's enrollment is 100% White. The county population is about 76% White.

Parkway West Career and Technology Center counts 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 0.4 students for each one. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 12.8:1 average for high schools in Pennsylvania. The lunch program counts 79% of students at Parkway West Career and Technology Center as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Allegheny County, the school's rate is higher.

In the county around the school, Allegheny County, the median household income is $78,548, about 46% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Allegheny County is home to 277 public schools and about 141,392 public school students.

The shortest distance from Parkway West Career and Technology Center to another public school is about 2.1 miles, to McKee Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Under the NCES locale system, Parkway West Career and Technology Center is Rural: Fringe.

Federal data put enrollment at 5 in 2020-21 and 14 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years.

Discussions about Parkway West Career and Technology Center may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.