High school (grades 9-12) · Scranton, PA

Ctc of Lackawanna County

Federal NCES profile for Ctc of Lackawanna County, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 20/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 428026009930
0/100100/10020/100
📚 AP courses
10
🌟 Gifted program
30
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Ctc of Lackawanna County earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Pennsylvania.

20
Resource Index · Lower
94.4%
free-lunch eligible
12
students enrolled

Enrollment

12

Pennsylvania · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

26.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Free-lunch eligible

94.4%

vs 58.1% Pennsylvania avg

+62% vs state

What stands out at Ctc of Lackawanna County

Ctc of Lackawanna County is a high-poverty, small high school in Scranton, Pennsylvania, enrolling 12 students.

Economic need runs somewhat above the state's typical profile, with 94.4% of students eligible for free meals.

This is a small campus: fewer students than 99% of Pennsylvania schools, with 12 enrolled.

Its student body is led by White (75%) and Hispanic or Latino (17%) (diversity index 40/100).

Its district draws 15.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Among Scranton's high schools, it stands alongside West Scranton Hs (1,404 students): Ctc of Lackawanna County is smaller than that campus by headcount.

Ctc of Lackawanna County operates only this one school, so Ctc of Lackawanna County has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 12 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Pennsylvania's single-school districts.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Ctc of Lackawanna County compares

Ctc of Lackawanna County on the metrics families compare, against Pennsylvania and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs Pennsylvania Pennsylvania avg U.S. avg
Free-lunch eligible 94.4% ▲ 62% 58.1% 51.7%
Enrollment 12 top 99% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

12
Bigger than 2% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
94.4%
free-lunch eligible - 62% above the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 75.0%
Hispanic or Latino 16.7%
African American 8.3%

Largest group: White at 75.0% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 40.3/100

Simpson diversity index - at 40.3, Ctc of Lackawanna County is more mixed than the Pennsylvania school average of 37.3.

Similar high schools in Scranton

1 comparable high schools (grades 9-12) serving the same city.

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Pennsylvania, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Ctc of Lackawanna County's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Ctc of Lackawanna County

How many students attend Ctc of Lackawanna County?

Ctc of Lackawanna County has 12 students enrolled. It is a high school in Scranton, PA.

What percentage of students receive free lunch at Ctc of Lackawanna County?

94.4% of students at Ctc of Lackawanna County are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Pennsylvania average of 58.1%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Ctc of Lackawanna County?

The largest demographic group at Ctc of Lackawanna County is White at 75.0% of enrollment, in Scranton, PA.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Ctc of Lackawanna County?

Ctc of Lackawanna County has a Resource Investment Index of 20/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 2 factors: student-teacher ratio. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology). Limited indicators were available, so the index reflects partial data.

Is Ctc of Lackawanna County a good school?

Ctc of Lackawanna County earns 20/100 on the Resource Investment Index on federal resource data. It is also one of the smallest schools in Pennsylvania. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Ctc of Lackawanna County?

None reported; Ctc of Lackawanna County operates only Ctc of Lackawanna County as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

Every figure on PlainSchools is rendered directly from the source NCES, CRDC and F-33 federal records, no number is typed in by an editor. Each school's figures reflect its most recent NCES/CRDC submission on file. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of June 2026.