Lehigh Career & Technical Institute

Lehigh Career & Technical Institute is a small high school in Schnecksville, PA, serving 33 students in grades 9-12 in the Lehigh Career & Technical Institute school district. That headcount is above the 33-student average for schools in the district.

On the latest EDFacts assessments, 27% of students met grade-level proficiency in combined math and reading. EDFacts reports this rate at the district level and each state sets its own cut score, so it reads best as a relative marker rather than a verdict on any one classroom. That tracks the 27% district average closely, within a few points either way. Against the 46% Pennsylvania statewide average, the school sits 19 points lower.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has fallen by about 9 points. As a high school, it reports a 66% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 0.4 to 1, well below the U.S. average of about 16 to 1; unusually low ratios often reflect specialty programs or small-by-design campuses. 97% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a predominantly low-income student body. It receives Title I federal funding, which flags a higher share of low-income students rather than measuring school quality.