Nitro Elementary School

Summary:

Nitro Elementary School is a public elementary school serving grades PK-5 in Nitro, West Virginia, with a student population of 364 as of the 2022-2023 school year. The school is part of the Kanawha County Schools district, which is ranked 30 out of 55 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Nitro Elementary has a significantly higher percentage of white students (84.07%) compared to the state average, with lower percentages of African American (3.85%) and Hispanic (1.37%) students. The school's academic performance is mixed, with 3rd-grade students outperforming the state and district averages in mathematics and English language arts, but underperforming in the upper elementary grades. Nitro Elementary has seen a decline in its statewide ranking, from a high of 82 out of 383 schools in 2018-2019 to a low of 288 out of 368 schools in 2022-2023, and its SchoolDigger rating has dropped from 4 stars to 1 star during this period.

Compared to nearby schools in the Kanawha County district, Nitro Elementary has a higher percentage of white students and lower percentages of minority students, but its academic performance is generally on par with or slightly below these nearby schools. In contrast, the Putnam County school district, which is ranked 1st in the state, has several elementary schools that significantly outperform Nitro Elementary in academic assessments, particularly in mathematics and English language arts.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 1921 19th St
       Nitro, WV  25143-1751


(304) 755-2451

District: Kanawha County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
210th of 368 West Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,171 Help


Students who attend Nitro Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Andrew Jackson Middle School
High:    Nitro High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.9 Help
Number of students:  364

Racial breakdown:

White:
84.1%
Two or more races:
9.6%
African American:
3.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61.1% Help


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Compare Details Nitro Elementary School ranks worse than 57.1% of elementary schools in West Virginia. It also ranks 18th among 41 ranked elementary schools in the Kanawha County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.27. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (84.1%), two or more races (9.6%), African American (3.8%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Nitro Elementary School is 16.9. 34 elementary schools in the Kanawha County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Nitro Elementary School is $12,171. 31 elementary schools in the Kanawha County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Nitro Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Nitro Elementary School 210th of 368 West Virginia public elementary schools. (See Nitro Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Kanawha County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Kanawha County Schools 30th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Nitro Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 55.57 178th 420 57.6%
2010 51.83 190th 427 55.5%
2011 52.54 184th 426 56.8%
2012 38.08 287th 426 32.6%
2013 48.91 206th 428 51.9%
2014 44.23 247th 422 41.5%
2015 43.18 248th 408 39.2%
2016 33.90 291st 402 27.6%
2017 36.90 275th 399 31.1%
2018 40.86 238th 392 39.3%
2019 71.18 82nd 383 78.6%
2021 48.45 181st 380 52.4%
2022 27.47 301st 375 19.7%
2023 29.06 288th 368 21.7%
2024 44.27 210th 368 42.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 56.88 72nd 218 67.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 19.26 83rd 98 15.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 58.44 89th 377 76.4%
2018 86.27 12th 258 95.3%
2019 92.98 13th 185 93.0%
2023 56.82 64th 180 64.4%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 41.28 235th 382 38.5%
2018 44.01 226th 368 38.6%
2021 52.38 132nd 335 60.6%
2022 29.57 282nd 347 18.7%
2023 38.45 220th 333 33.9%
2024 50.86 154th 336 54.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 40.45 257th 381 32.5%
2018 50.94 179th 366 51.1%
2019 69.76 76th 339 77.6%
2021 50.11 140th 322 56.5%
2022 24.20 277th 325 14.8%
2023 29.60 248th 317 21.8%
2024 47.69 163rd 316 48.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 36.45 269th 382 29.6%
2018 34.37 270th 364 25.8%
2019 70.21 79th 338 76.6%
2021 45.32 180th 333 45.9%
2022 36.05 226th 330 31.5%
2023 32.62 241st 322 25.2%
2024 39.08 215th 325 33.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 72.50 21st 187 88.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 50.26 66th 156 57.7%
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Rank History for White students at Nitro Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 34.91 272nd 382 28.8%
2018 40.99 227th 374 39.3%
2019 72.62 76th 373 79.6%
2021 52.38 159th 376 57.7%
2022 29.95 286th 373 23.3%
2023 34.57 260th 366 29.0%
2024 43.01 217th 367 40.9%
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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.

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Data source: West Virginia Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Nitro Elementary School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 310 310
1990 283 7 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 291
1991 263 8 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 271
1992 271 6 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 277
1993 330 5 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 341
1994 319 1 3 3 0 n/a n/a 0 326
1995 327 6 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 335
1996 327 6 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 335
1997 337 7 0 3 0 n/a n/a 0 347
1998 332 6 0 2 0 n/a n/a 0 340
1999 341 8 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 350
2000 355 11 1 3 0 n/a n/a 0 370
2001 349 13 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 364
2002 349 15 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 369
2003 349 15 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 369
2004 357 15 0 10 0 n/a n/a 0 382
2005 336 13 0 7 0 n/a n/a 0 356
2006 326 20 2 9 2 n/a n/a 0 359
2007 336 32 1 13 1 n/a n/a 0 383
2008 339 34 1 13 1 n/a n/a 0 388
2009 308 30 1 10 2 n/a n/a 0 351
2010 357 24 1 9 2 0 1 0 394
2011 392 26 0 11 3 0 2 0 434
2012 363 19 0 10 1 0 2 0 395
2013 385 18 3 7 1 0 3 0 417
2014 353 22 3 5 1 0 4 0 388
2015 368 16 4 5 0 0 13 0 406
2016 382 11 3 8 0 0 19 0 423
2017 370 10 1 6 0 0 17 0 404
2018 372 15 2 7 0 0 19 0 415
2019 324 24 3 4 0 0 19 0 374
2020 323 18 2 5 0 1 31 0 380
2021 296 18 2 3 0 1 27 0 347
2022 294 21 5 3 0 0 30 0 353
2023 306 14 4 5 0 0 35 0 364

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 Nitro Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 310 16.0 19.3 n/a
1990 291 18.0 16.1 35.7
1991 271 17.0 15.9 38.7
1992 277 17.0 16.2 39
1993 341 21.3 16.0 35.8
1994 326 19.5 16.7 31
1995 335 20.5 16.3 32.5
1996 335 20.5 16.3 32.5
1997 347 21.0 16.5 38
1998 340 20.5 16.6 42.9
1999 350 22.5 15.6 48.3
2000 370 18.5 20.0 55.1
2001 364 22.0 16.5 50.5
2002 369 20.0 18.5 45.3
2003 369 20.0 18.5 45.3
2004 382 23.5 16.3 52.4
2005 356 21.0 17.0 48.6
2006 359 20.0 18.0 49
2007 383 24.0 16.0 51.4
2008 388 22.0 17.6 51.8
2009 351 21.0 16.7 59.3
2010 394 23.0 17.1 60.2
2011 434 21.9 19.7 63.4
2012 395 30.0 13.1 60.5
2013 417 24.0 17.3 63.5
2014 388 22.0 17.6 n/a
2015 406 24.0 16.9 52
2016 423 24.0 17.6 54.4
2017 404 24.0 16.8 47.8
2018 415 23.0 18.0 60.5
2019 374 24.0 15.5 56.4
2020 380 25.0 15.2 55.5
2021 347 23.0 15.0 61.1
2022 353 24.0 14.7 n/a
2023 364 21.5 16.9 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 Nitro Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 310 16.0 19.3 n/a
1990 291 18.0 16.1 35.7
1991 271 17.0 15.9 38.7
1992 277 17.0 16.2 39
1993 341 21.3 16.0 35.8
1994 326 19.5 16.7 31
1995 335 20.5 16.3 32.5
1996 335 20.5 16.3 32.5
1997 347 21.0 16.5 38
1998 340 20.5 16.6 42.9
1999 350 22.5 15.6 48.3
2000 370 18.5 20.0 55.1
2001 364 22.0 16.5 50.5
2002 369 20.0 18.5 45.3
2003 369 20.0 18.5 45.3
2004 382 23.5 16.3 52.4
2005 356 21.0 17.0 48.6
2006 359 20.0 18.0 49
2007 383 24.0 16.0 51.4
2008 388 22.0 17.6 51.8
2009 351 21.0 16.7 59.3
2010 394 23.0 17.1 60.2
2011 434 21.9 19.7 63.4
2012 395 30.0 13.1 60.5
2013 417 24.0 17.3 63.5
2014 388 22.0 17.6 n/a
2015 406 24.0 16.9 52
2016 423 24.0 17.6 54.4
2017 404 24.0 16.8 47.8
2018 415 23.0 18.0 60.5
2019 374 24.0 15.5 56.4
2020 380 25.0 15.2 55.5
2021 347 23.0 15.0 61.1
2022 353 24.0 14.7 n/a
2023 364 21.5 16.9 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 Nitro Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,918 (15.8%) $10,253 (84.2%) $12,171

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Nitro Elementary School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 82nd of 383 Elementary schoolsRanks 288th of 368 Elementary schools
 56.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Nitro Elementary School)63.350
 13.3%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kanawha County Schools)52.445.6
 6.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)50.951.6
 0.7%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Nitro Elementary School)5136.4
 14.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kanawha County Schools)42.636.5
 6.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)4439.9
 4.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Nitro Elementary School)66.131.8
 34.3%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kanawha County Schools)51.346.5
 4.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)47.345.7
 1.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Nitro Elementary School)44.134.1
 10%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Kanawha County Schools)49.441.9
 7.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)48.844.2
 4.5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Nitro Elementary School)43.630.6
 13%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Kanawha County Schools)44.836.6
 8.2%
   5th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)4038.1
 1.9%
5th Grade English Language Arts (Nitro Elementary School)64.134.7
 29.4%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (Kanawha County Schools)4741.8
 5.2%
   5th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)47.244.3
 2.9%
5th Grade Science (Nitro Elementary School)53.914.3
 39.6%
   5th Grade Science (Kanawha County Schools)33.125.1
 8%
   5th Grade Science (West Virginia)35.430.8
 4.6%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students374364
 2.7%
African American2414
 41.7%
American Indian00
Asian34
 33.3%
Hispanic45
 25%
Pacific Islander00
White324306
 5.6%
Two or More Races1935
 84.2%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Nitro Elementary School

Students at Nitro Elementary School are 84% White, 10% Two or more races, 4% African American, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian.

Nitro Elementary School ranks 210th of 368 West Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 364 students attended Nitro Elementary School.

Students who attend Nitro Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Andrew Jackson Middle School
High : Nitro High School


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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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