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Pathfinder Vocational Technical School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
240 Sykes Street
Palmer, MA 01069
Phone
(413) 283-9701
District
PATHFINDER REGIONAL VOCATIONAL TECHNICAL
County
HAMPDEN COUNTY
Type of School
Vocational/technical
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
629
Classroom Teachers
70

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Massachusetts

2

(10 is best)

Better than 14.1% of all MA schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Pathfinder Vocational Technical School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
52%
35%
57%
25%
48%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
9
9
12
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 173 27.5%
Grade 10 176 28.0%
Grade 11 145 23.1%
Grade 12 135 21.5%
Total 629 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 89.6% 89.6% 58.3%
Black 1.8% 1.8% 9.8%
Hispanic 8.3% 8.3% 24.0%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 7.6%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.2% 0.2% 0.3%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION Unreported 6,981,974
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) Unreported 889
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW Unreported 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD Unreported 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD Unreported 33.7%
45-64 YEARS OLD Unreported 26.6%
65 OR OLDER Unreported 17.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households Unreported 2,740,995
Single Parent Households With Children Unreported 7.5%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma Unreported 91.2%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree Unreported 45.9%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more Unreported 30.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 Unreported 17.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 Unreported 11.3%
$50,000 - $74,999 Unreported 12.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 Unreported 10.5%
$15,000 - $29,999 Unreported 8.8%
$15,000 or less Unreported 8.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $15,570 $9,746,820 57.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $2,085 $1,305,210 7.8%
Staff $1,139 $713,014 4.2%
General Administration $1,002 $627,252 3.7%
School Administration $754 $472,004 2.8%
Operation $2,534 $1,586,284 9.4%
Transportation $1,490 $932,740 5.5%
Other $778 $487,028 2.9%
Total Support $9,781 $6,122,906 36.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,529 $957,154 5.7%
Total Expenditures $26,880 $16,826,880 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $12,021 $10,957,524,359 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,684 $1,534,703,819 7.2%
Staff $914 $833,015,705 3.9%
General Administration $276 $251,849,785 1.2%
School Administration $979 $892,630,457 4.2%
Operation $1,659 $1,511,998,563 7.1%
Transportation $848 $773,223,628 3.6%
Other $478 $436,154,533 2.1%
Total Support $6,839 $6,233,540,894 29.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $4,416 $4,024,919,077 19.0%
Total Expenditures $23,275 $21,215,885,470 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%