Summary:
Weir Middle School is a public middle school located in Weirton, West Virginia, serving grades 2-8 with a student population of 565. The school is part of the Hancock County Schools district, which is ranked 4th out of 55 districts in West Virginia and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Weir Middle School has a predominantly white student population, with 88.85% of students identifying as white, which is higher than the state average and the nearby Brooke Middle School, which has a 95.24% white student population. The school has shown a mixed academic performance, with some subject areas and grade levels performing well, while others struggle. For example, the school's 8th-grade math proficiency rate of 45.5% was higher than the state average of 28.7%, but its 6th-grade math proficiency rate of 28.9% was lower than the state and district averages. Weir Middle School has also seen varying performance among different student subgroups, with the school performing well for female students, African American students, and Hispanic students, but struggling with the performance of special education students.
Weir Middle School's spending per student for the 2018-2019 school year was $12,260, which is higher than the $11,289 spent per student at the nearby Oak Glen Middle School. While Weir Middle School has consistently ranked in the top half of West Virginia middle schools for female student performance, its overall statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, suggesting that the school's performance may be influenced by factors that change over time. Compared to the nearby Oak Glen Middle School, which is ranked 17th out of 169 West Virginia middle schools, Weir Middle School's performance is generally lower, indicating that the Hancock County Schools district may have pockets of high-performing schools, but Weir Middle School is not among the top performers in the district.
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Detail:
Public 2-8
District:
Hancock County Schools
SchoolDigger Rank:
66th of 169 West Virginia Middle Schools
Per Pupil Expenditures: $12,260
Student/teacher ratio: 12.8
Number of students: 565
Racial breakdown:
White:
88.8%
African American:
5.1%
Two or more races:
5.0%
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Hispanic:
0.5%
Asian:
0.2%
American Indian:
0.2%
Pacific Islander:
0.2%
Free/discounted lunch recipients: 43%
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