Best Public Schools in Cowen, WV

Summary:

The city of Cowen, West Virginia has only one public school, Glade Elementary School, which serves students from pre-kindergarten through 6th grade. The school's performance on standardized tests is consistently lower than the district average for Webster County Schools and the state of West Virginia, with particularly low proficiency rates in mathematics and English language arts.

Glade Elementary School has a predominantly white student population, with 99.74% of students identifying as white. The school's academic performance, as measured by the West Virginia Assessment tests, is significantly below the district and state averages across multiple grade levels and subject areas. For example, the 6th-grade mathematics proficiency rate is only 15.4%, and the 5th-grade English language arts proficiency rate is just 20%.

Despite the school's higher-than-average per-student spending of $11,427, its overall ranking within the state is low, ranging from 256 out of 368 elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 329 out of 375 in 2021-2022. The school's overall rating by SchoolDigger is 1 out of 5 stars, indicating below-average performance. These findings suggest that the school may be facing systemic challenges that go beyond just resource allocation, and may require targeted interventions and support to improve educational outcomes for its students.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2024)				WV Assessment English Language Arts (2024)				WV Assessment Science (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	WV Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Glade Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	25 Mill St	Cowen	26206	Webster County	Webster County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 226-5353	378	26	14.4		377 (99.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28.1	290^th of 368 public elementary schools	21.2%		35.1	256^th of 368 public elementary schools	30.4%	34	45.8	53.3	22.0	15.4	39.6	46.7	20.0	33.3	18.0	$11,427	$2,080	$9,348

Cities Near Cowen

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Upperglade	2.74 mi	1	222^nd
Webster Springs	6.78 mi	1	84^th
Craigsville	10.25 mi	5	236^th
Birch River	12.42 mi	1
Sutton	13.6 mi	4	160^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.

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