Enrollment
130
Ohio · 2024-25 NCES data
High school (grades 9-12) · Uniontown, OH
Portage Lakes Career Center
Federal NCES profile for Portage Lakes Career Center, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 53/100.
2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 390634904123
👥 S:T ratio 86
📚 AP courses 10
🌟 Gifted program 30
🎓 Counselors 87
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Portage Lakes Career Center earns 53/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Ohio schools.
- #1 of 6
- public schools in Uniontown · Resource Index
- 53
- Resource Index · Higher
- 3.6:1
- small classes for Ohio
- 130
- students enrolled
Portage Lakes Career Center has class sizes smaller than 99% of Ohio schools. Computed live against every Ohio school reporting to NCES.
By Resource Investment Index, Portage Lakes Career Center ranks #1 of 6 public schools in Uniontown, OH.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
36.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
3.6:1
vs 18.2:1 Ohio avg
-80% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Portage Lakes Career Center compares with Ohio and U.S. medians
What stands out at Portage Lakes Career Center
Portage Lakes Career Center is a small high school in Uniontown, Ohio, enrolling 130 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 3.6:1, Portage Lakes Career Center is leaner than roughly 99% of Ohio schools and 80% under the state's 18.2:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
This is a small campus: fewer students than 91% of Ohio schools, with 130 enrolled.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 99% of the 3,574 Ohio schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Its student body is predominantly White (92% of enrollment) (diversity index 16/100).
No Advanced Placement courses are reported for this campus in the federal data.
Counselor coverage is strong, about 65 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Among Uniontown's high schools, it stands alongside Green High School (1,229 students): Portage Lakes Career Center is smaller than that campus by headcount.
Portage Lakes operates only this one school, so Portage Lakes Career Center has no district-mates to compare against locally. At 130 students, it is also a small operation, on the smaller end of Ohio'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 Portage Lakes Career Center compares
Portage Lakes Career Center on the metrics families compare, against Ohio and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Ohio | Ohio avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 3.6:1 | ▼ 80% | 18.2:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 130 | top 91% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
3.6:1
Leaner classes than 99% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
130
Bigger than 13% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
3.6:1
students per teacher
- 80% below state mean
Top 1% in Ohio - lower ratio than 100% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Support staff
Counselors2.0 FTE
Per 65 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 11 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 8.5 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
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 91.5%
African American 4.6%
Hispanic or Latino 1.5%
Two or More 1.5%
Asian 0.8%
Largest group: White at 91.5% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 16.0/100
Simpson diversity index - at 16.0, Portage Lakes Career Center is less mixed than the Ohio school average of 35.3.
Programs
AP program Not offered
Similar high schools in Uniontown
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 Ohio, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~130 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~3.6:1)
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Frequently asked questions about Portage Lakes Career Center
How many students attend Portage Lakes Career Center?
Portage Lakes Career Center has 130 students enrolled. It is a high school in Uniontown, OH.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Portage Lakes Career Center?
The student-teacher ratio at Portage Lakes Career Center is 3.6:1, which is 80% lower than the Ohio average of 18.2:1 and 77% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Portage Lakes Career Center?
The largest demographic group at Portage Lakes Career Center is White at 91.5% of enrollment, in Uniontown, OH.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Portage Lakes Career Center?
Portage Lakes Career Center has a Resource Investment Index of 53/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
How does Portage Lakes Career Center rank among public schools in Uniontown?
By Resource Investment Index, Portage Lakes Career Center ranks #1 of 6 public schools in Uniontown, OH. This compares federal resource and staffing data among local peers; it is not a test-score or academic ranking. See all public schools in Uniontown on the city page.
Is Portage Lakes Career Center a good school?
Portage Lakes Career Center earns 53/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 99% of Ohio schools. 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 Portage Lakes?
None reported; Portage Lakes operates only Portage Lakes Career Center as a public school district in NCES's records.
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