Worst 10 West Virginia Elementary Schools

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 368)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
540066001236	368	Duval Pk-8	Public	PK, KG-8	5304 Straight Frk	Griffithsville	25521	Lincoln County	Lincoln County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 524-2101	351	31	11.3		348 (99.1%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,477			$1,986			$10,491	7.2	10.3	360	8
540135001306	367	Hinton Area Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	121 Park Ave	Hinton	25951	Summers County	Summers County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 466-6024	310	25	12.4		278 (89.7%)	9 (2.9%)	6 (1.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.2%)	$10,439			$1,891			$8,549	7.5	16.5	338	29
540060000400	366	Grandview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	959 Woodward Dr	Charleston	25387	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 348-1928	172	13	13.2		101 (58.7%)	34 (19.8%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	35 (20.3%)	$12,957			$2,344			$10,613	8	20.6	318	48
540060001476	365	Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Florida St	Charleston	25302	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 348-1902	353	29	12.1		100 (28.3%)	179 (50.7%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (20.1%)	$15,331			$2,653			$12,678	9.1	12.3	355	10
540123001012	364	Stratton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1129 S Fayette St	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4604	279	21	13.2		111 (39.8%)	113 (40.5%)	9 (3.2%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	45 (16.1%)	$15,273			$2,684			$12,590	9.4	7.8	366	2
540126000999	363	Harman Elementary/High School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	22476 Allegheny Highway	Harman	26270	Randolph County	Randolph County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 227-4114	132	13	10.1		132 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$12,356			$1,822			$10,534	9.6	8.6	364	1
540081000669	362	Welch Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1235 Stewart St	Welch	24801	McDowell County	McDowell County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 436-4645	220	20	11.2		167 (75.9%)	37 (16.8%)	3 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.9%)	$13,978			$3,277			$10,701	10.4	20.5	319	43
540060000398	361	George C. Weimer Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3040 Kanawha Ter	Saint Albans	25177	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 722-0205	137	14	9.7		123 (89.8%)	5 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	7 (5.1%)	$13,187			$2,361			$10,825	10.4	17.1	335	26
540024000153	360	Lizemore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Lizemore Lion Road	Lizemores	25125	Clay County	Clay County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 587-4823	105	10	10.6		102 (97.1%)	2 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.0%)	$10,737			$2,030			$8,707	10.4	31.3	283	77
540012000065	359	Flatwoods Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	142 Flatwoods Corner Rd	Flatwoods	26621	Braxton County	Braxton County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 765-5821	173	12	14		166 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	$11,745			$1,982			$9,763	11.1	4.8	368	9

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on WV Assessment Mathematics, WV Assessment English Language Arts, WV Assessment Science test scores released by the West Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the West Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the West Virginia Department of Education.
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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.