Enrollment Trends at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 224 where 220 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

Total enrollment fluctuated between 2016 and 2025, with 5 year-over-year increases and 4 decreases. It peaked at 320 students in 2019 and was lowest at 127 in 2023. Overall, enrollment dropped from 287 to 220 students, a net loss of 67 (23.3%).

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	287	65	222
2016-17	292 5	76 11	216 -6
2017-18	234 -58	65 -11	169 -47
2018-19	320 86	56 -9	264 95
2019-20	216 -104	63 7	153 -111
2020-21	133 -83	52 -11	81 -72
2021-22	233 100	69 17	164 83
2022-23	127 -106	33 -36	94 -70
2023-24	174 47	51 18	123 29
2024-25	220 46	62 11	158 35
Average	224	59	164

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 91.36%. The percentage was 95.82% 10 years ago and Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center still has a high percentage of white students. 0.91% of enrolled students is Asian and 5.00% is black students. Hispanic students comprise 1.82% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 95.82% to 91.36%. Asian enrollment grew from 0.00% to 0.91%. Black student enrollment increased from 2.09% to 5.00%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 0.35% to 1.82%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.1623 which indicates that not very diverse. This increased from 0.0813 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	2015-16	1	0	6	1	1	275	3
2016-17	1	2	3	4	0	271	5
2017-18	1	2	2	4	0	215	8
2018-19	1	4	10	10	0	273	11
2019-20	4	2	7	6	0	195	2
2020-21	0	1	4	0	0	124	4
2021-22	0	3	8	1	0	218	3
2022-23	0	1	3	2	0	112	1
2023-24	0	0	10	8	1	150	2
2024-25	0	2	11	4	0	201	1
Average	1	2	6	4	0	203	4

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

Greater Altoona Career & Technology Center does not offer online degree/certificate programs. All Students have enrolled in on-campus programs.