Washington Irving Middle School

Summary:

Washington Irving Middle School is a public middle school in Clarksburg, West Virginia, serving around 540 students in grades 6-8. The school is part of the Harrison County Schools district, which is ranked 19 out of 55 districts in the state.

Academically, Washington Irving Middle School faces significant challenges. The school has consistently ranked in the bottom half of West Virginia middle schools, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. Its proficiency rates in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science are significantly lower than the district and state averages. For example, in 2023-2024, only 12.7% of 6th-grade students were proficient in Mathematics, compared to 36% for the district and 30.9% for the state. The school's rankings for specific student groups, such as Female Students, Male Students, and White Students, are also in the bottom half of West Virginia middle schools, indicating that the academic challenges are not limited to a particular subgroup.

Interestingly, the nearby schools in the Harrison County Schools district, such as South Harrison Middle School and Lincoln Middle School, generally perform better academically than Washington Irving Middle School. Additionally, Bridgeport Middle School, also in the Harrison County Schools district, is a standout performer, ranking in the top 3 middle schools in West Virginia and consistently achieving high proficiency rates. The high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds at Washington Irving Middle School may be a significant factor contributing to the school's academic challenges, as research has shown that socioeconomic status can have a substantial impact on student achievement.


Detail:

Public 6-8

 443 Lee Ave
       Clarksburg, WV  26301-3648


(304) 326-7420

District: Harrison County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
122nd of 169 West Virginia Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,034 Help


Students who attend Washington Irving Middle School usually attend:

High:    Robert C Byrd High School

Feeder schools for Washington Irving Middle School:

Elementary:    Nutter Fort Intermediate School
    Nutter Fort Primary School

Student/teacher ratio:  12.5 Help
Number of students:  540

Racial breakdown:

White:
86.7%
Two or more races:
5.2%
Hispanic:
4.1%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  55% Help


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Compare Details Washington Irving Middle School ranks worse than 72.2% of middle schools in West Virginia. It also ranks last among 5 ranked middle schools in the Harrison County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.96. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (86.7%), two or more races (5.2%), Hispanic (4.1%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Washington Irving Middle School is 12.5, which is the 3rd best among 5 middle schools in the Harrison County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Washington Irving Middle School is $13,034, which is the 2nd highest among 5 middle schools in the Harrison County Schools District.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Washington Irving Middle School:

SchoolDigger ranks Washington Irving Middle School 122nd of 169 West Virginia public middle schools. (See Washington Irving Middle School in the ranking list.)

Middle School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Harrison County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Harrison County Schools 19th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Washington Irving Middle School

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Rank History for all students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 44.24 104th 171 39.2%
2010 45.71 95th 171 44.4%
2011 51.95 75th 171 56.1%
2012 52.95 70th 172 59.3%
2013 48.05 89th 174 48.9%
2014 60.09 47th 172 72.7%
2015 39.59 106th 173 38.7%
2016 48.20 81st 172 52.9%
2017 44.60 105th 176 40.3%
2018 43.21 99th 170 41.8%
2019 27.38 139th 171 18.7%
2021 36.73 106th 171 38.0%
2022 36.76 111th 169 34.3%
2023 29.86 131st 168 22.0%
2024 30.96 122nd 169 27.8%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 24.43 101st 107 5.6%
2021 45.21 10th 20 50.0%
2024 35.93 20th 29 31.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 20.90 63rd 67 6.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 54.82 45th 174 74.1%
2018 51.17 54th 142 62.0%
2019 32.85 99th 130 23.8%
2023 35.93 96th 132 27.3%
2024 42.20 75th 128 41.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 53.56 76th 176 56.8%
2018 42.67 94th 165 43.0%
2021 38.43 110th 164 32.9%
2022 29.32 133rd 162 17.9%
2023 19.44 152nd 162 6.2%
2024 23.91 145th 164 11.6%
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Rank History for Homeless students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 14.36 10th 10 0.0%
2021 65.92 3rd 13 76.9%
2022 48.29 7th 15 53.3%
2023 12.50 24th 24 0.0%
2024 49.51 13th 28 53.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 48.67 95th 174 45.4%
2018 48.30 89th 166 46.4%
2019 25.78 141st 162 13.0%
2021 27.81 131st 162 19.1%
2022 32.28 120th 164 26.8%
2023 35.55 110th 158 30.4%
2024 33.05 109th 158 31.0%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 55.79 36th 129 72.1%
2022 51.96 43rd 131 67.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 41.00 117th 176 33.5%
2018 38.81 109th 164 33.5%
2019 32.20 124th 161 23.0%
2021 46.01 81st 164 50.6%
2022 42.00 90th 161 44.1%
2023 24.91 131st 158 17.1%
2024 30.56 128th 165 22.4%
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Rank History for Asian students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 56.12 27th 56 51.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 59.74 24th 124 80.6%
2018 61.89 7th 36 80.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 42.10 61st 97 37.1%
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Rank History for White students at Washington Irving Middle School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 45.41 103rd 176 41.5%
2018 43.50 99th 167 40.7%
2019 27.60 136th 168 19.0%
2021 37.76 103rd 170 39.4%
2022 37.21 108th 168 35.7%
2023 33.59 122nd 168 27.4%
2024 33.63 117th 169 30.8%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: West Virginia Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Washington Irving Middle School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1994 736 35 4 0 1 n/a n/a 0 776
1995 680 32 6 4 0 n/a n/a 0 722
1996 680 32 6 4 0 n/a n/a 0 722
1997 690 32 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 729
1998 707 37 4 5 1 n/a n/a 0 754
1999 690 41 3 5 0 n/a n/a 0 739
2000 650 40 7 3 0 n/a n/a 0 700
2001 635 41 4 1 0 n/a n/a 0 681
2002 608 42 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 656
2003 608 42 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 656
2004 608 46 6 0 0 n/a n/a 0 660
2005 605 46 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 657
2006 619 54 4 6 0 n/a n/a 0 683
2007 609 56 2 8 0 n/a n/a 0 675
2008 543 47 0 11 0 n/a n/a 0 601
2009 534 49 2 12 0 n/a n/a 0 597
2010 527 44 3 11 0 0 1 0 586
2011 569 41 2 13 0 0 3 0 628
2012 567 45 1 10 1 0 5 0 629
2013 593 39 1 4 1 0 5 0 643
2014 535 35 0 10 0 0 6 0 586
2015 521 22 0 13 0 0 11 0 567
2016 516 28 4 11 0 0 10 0 569
2017 525 29 2 8 0 0 13 0 577
2018 532 25 1 11 0 0 19 0 588
2019 465 19 0 10 0 0 35 0 529
2020 512 18 0 10 0 0 33 0 573
2021 466 21 1 14 0 0 36 0 538
2022 488 19 3 13 0 1 23 0 547
2023 468 20 1 22 0 1 28 0 540

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Washington Irving Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1994 776 49.2 15.8 11.6
1995 722 50.4 14.3 13
1996 722 50.4 14.3 13
1997 729 48.5 15.0 43.5
1998 754 48.0 15.7 42
1999 739 50.3 14.7 58.6
2000 700 50.3 13.9 54.7
2001 681 48.1 14.2 57.4
2002 656 46.4 14.1 55.5
2003 656 46.4 14.1 55.5
2004 660 46.4 14.2 56.7
2005 657 45.1 14.6 55.6
2006 683 44.9 15.2 55.8
2007 675 45.8 14.7 59
2008 601 44.7 13.4 59.7
2009 597 44.0 13.6 59.3
2010 586 44.7 13.1 62.3
2011 628 47.4 13.2 56.2
2012 629 46.6 13.4 54.5
2013 643 46.8 13.7 62.1
2014 586 47.0 12.4 57.3
2015 567 47.0 12.0 58
2016 569 45.0 12.6 43.4
2017 577 42.6 13.5 36.7
2018 588 41.0 14.3 58
2019 529 41.0 12.8 52.6
2020 573 40.5 14.1 48.5
2021 538 40.6 13.2 55
2022 547 44.0 12.4 n/a
2023 540 43.1 12.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Washington Irving Middle School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1994 776 49.2 15.8 11.6
1995 722 50.4 14.3 13
1996 722 50.4 14.3 13
1997 729 48.5 15.0 43.5
1998 754 48.0 15.7 42
1999 739 50.3 14.7 58.6
2000 700 50.3 13.9 54.7
2001 681 48.1 14.2 57.4
2002 656 46.4 14.1 55.5
2003 656 46.4 14.1 55.5
2004 660 46.4 14.2 56.7
2005 657 45.1 14.6 55.6
2006 683 44.9 15.2 55.8
2007 675 45.8 14.7 59
2008 601 44.7 13.4 59.7
2009 597 44.0 13.6 59.3
2010 586 44.7 13.1 62.3
2011 628 47.4 13.2 56.2
2012 629 46.6 13.4 54.5
2013 643 46.8 13.7 62.1
2014 586 47.0 12.4 57.3
2015 567 47.0 12.0 58
2016 569 45.0 12.6 43.4
2017 577 42.6 13.5 36.7
2018 588 41.0 14.3 58
2019 529 41.0 12.8 52.6
2020 573 40.5 14.1 48.5
2021 538 40.6 13.2 55
2022 547 44.0 12.4 n/a
2023 540 43.1 12.5 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Washington Irving Middle School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $849 (6.5%) $12,185 (93.5%) $13,034

Data source: West Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Washington Irving Middle School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 139th of 171 Middle schoolsRanks 131st of 168 Middle schools
 3.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
6th Grade Mathematics (Washington Irving Middle School)18.512.8
 5.7%
   6th Grade Mathematics (Harrison County Schools)3427.1
 6.9%
   6th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)34.430.2
 4.2%
6th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Irving Middle School)30.127
 3.1%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (Harrison County Schools)4644
 2%
   6th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)45.345.4
 0.1%
7th Grade Mathematics (Washington Irving Middle School)28.324
 4.3%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Harrison County Schools)36.132.3
 3.8%
   7th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.830.7
 6%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Irving Middle School)40.732
 8.7%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Harrison County Schools)45.343.2
 2.1%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)42.638.8
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Washington Irving Middle School)30.623.4
 7.2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Harrison County Schools)39.630.2
 9.3%
   8th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.628.2
 8.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Washington Irving Middle School)29.938.1
 8.2%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Harrison County Schools)43.745.2
 1.5%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)43.942.7
 1.2%
8th Grade Science (Washington Irving Middle School)27.927.5
 0.4%
   8th Grade Science (Harrison County Schools)35.929.4
 6.5%
   8th Grade Science (West Virginia)33.127
 6.1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students529540
 2.1%
African American1920
 5.3%
American Indian00
Asian01
Hispanic1022
 120%
Pacific Islander01
White465468
 0.6%
Two or More Races3528
 20%


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Students who attend Washington Irving Middle School usually go on to attend Robert C Byrd High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 540 students attended Washington Irving Middle School.

Students at Washington Irving Middle School are 87% White, 5% Two or more races, 4% Hispanic, 4% African American.

Washington Irving Middle School ranks 122nd of 169 West Virginia middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.


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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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