Peterson-Central Elementary School

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Peterson-Central Elementary School is a public elementary school in Weston, West Virginia, serving 459 students in grades PK-5 as part of the Lewis County Schools district, which is ranked 53 out of 55 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

The school faces significant challenges, with a student population that is 97.17% white and consistently low academic performance. Peterson-Central Elementary ranks in the bottom quartile of West Virginia elementary schools, with proficiency rates in mathematics, English language arts, and science that are significantly lower than the state and district averages. The school's performance is particularly low for certain student subgroups, such as female students, male students, white students, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, all of which rank in the bottom quartile of the state. While the school has a relatively low student-teacher ratio, it spends slightly more per student than the state average, suggesting that additional resources may not be translating into improved outcomes.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Roanoke Elementary School, Jane Lew Elementary School, and other schools in the Harrison County Schools and Upshur County Schools districts, Peterson-Central Elementary consistently performs worse on state assessments and has a lower overall ranking. The school's high percentage of students from low socioeconomic backgrounds (69.47%) may be a contributing factor to its academic struggles, and its lack of racial and ethnic diversity may also be a concern.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 509 Berlin Rd
       Weston, WV  26452-8323


(304) 269-8330

District: Lewis County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
324th of 368 West Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,881 Help


Students who attend Peterson-Central Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Robert L. Bland Middle School
High:    Lewis County High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.4 Help
Number of students:  459

Racial breakdown:

White:
97.2%
Two or more races:
1.1%
Asian:
0.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  69.5% Help


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Compare Details Peterson-Central Elementary School ranks worse than 88% of elementary schools in West Virginia. It also ranks last among 4 ranked elementary schools in the Lewis County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 20.8. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Peterson-Central Elementary School has the largest elementary school student body size in the Lewis County Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (97.2%), two or more races (1.1%), Asian (0.7%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Peterson-Central Elementary School is 16.4, which is the highest among 4 elementary schools in the Lewis County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Peterson-Central Elementary School is $10,881, which is the lowest among 4 elementary schools in the Lewis County Schools District!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Peterson-Central Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Peterson-Central Elementary School 324th of 368 West Virginia public elementary schools. (See Peterson-Central Elementary School in the ranking list.)

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Lewis County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Lewis County Schools 53rd of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Peterson-Central Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 29.46 348th 420 17.1%
2010 35.40 298th 427 30.2%
2011 40.38 269th 426 36.9%
2012 35.55 311th 426 27.0%
2013 20.79 396th 428 7.5%
2014 33.75 323rd 422 23.5%
2015 32.77 314th 408 23.0%
2016 20.71 357th 402 11.2%
2017 18.22 377th 399 5.5%
2018 20.82 358th 392 8.7%
2019 16.73 357th 383 6.8%
2021 19.52 346th 380 8.9%
2022 18.88 343rd 375 8.5%
2023 19.29 322nd 368 12.5%
2024 20.80 324th 368 12.0%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 24.88 190th 218 12.8%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 27.89 334th 377 11.4%
2018 16.76 250th 258 3.1%
2019 27.09 152nd 185 17.8%
2023 32.84 134th 180 25.6%
2024 28.38 149th 183 18.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 21.94 355th 382 7.1%
2018 17.98 355th 368 3.5%
2021 27.75 288th 335 14.0%
2022 19.40 327th 347 5.8%
2023 11.09 329th 333 1.2%
2024 19.23 314th 336 6.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 23.41 345th 381 9.4%
2018 19.11 344th 366 6.0%
2019 14.17 328th 339 3.2%
2021 22.50 285th 322 11.5%
2022 24.12 278th 325 14.5%
2023 23.28 277th 317 12.6%
2024 17.21 293rd 316 7.3%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 31.01 116th 146 20.5%
2022 26.51 137th 154 11.0%
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Rank History for Male students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 21.29 356th 382 6.8%
2018 27.45 308th 364 15.4%
2019 24.34 287th 338 15.1%
2021 22.02 294th 333 11.7%
2022 16.53 306th 330 7.3%
2023 17.23 298th 322 7.5%
2024 26.07 270th 325 16.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 53.73 49th 156 68.6%
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Rank History for White students at Peterson-Central Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 18.05 359th 382 6.0%
2018 19.99 348th 374 7.0%
2019 16.65 352nd 373 5.6%
2021 19.53 342nd 376 9.0%
2022 19.12 340th 373 8.8%
2023 18.86 328th 366 10.4%
2024 19.87 327th 367 10.9%
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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 Peterson-Central 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 497 497
1990 580 4 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 585
1991 378 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 380
1992 468 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 470
1993 479 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 481
1994 481 0 2 0 2 n/a n/a 0 485
1995 487 0 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 490
1996 487 0 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 490
1997 465 0 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 466
1998 408 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 409
1999 381 2 2 1 1 n/a n/a 0 387
2000 409 1 0 1 1 n/a n/a 0 412
2001 432 1 0 5 1 n/a n/a 0 439
2002 427 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 432
2003 427 5 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 432
2004 461 6 0 0 1 n/a n/a 0 468
2005 438 4 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 442
2006 412 4 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 418
2007 407 14 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 426
2008 407 9 6 0 0 n/a n/a 0 422
2009 421 4 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 429
2010 419 3 3 3 0 0 11 0 439
2011 417 2 3 3 0 0 7 0 432
2012 446 0 4 4 0 0 10 0 464
2013 462 1 0 2 0 0 7 0 472
2014 468 2 0 3 0 0 3 0 476
2015 450 2 0 5 0 0 3 0 460
2016 470 2 3 3 0 0 5 0 483
2017 497 2 2 6 0 0 6 0 513
2018 502 3 2 5 2 0 7 0 521
2019 501 2 0 5 3 0 6 0 517
2020 489 3 1 5 1 0 4 0 503
2021 443 3 1 3 0 0 2 0 452
2022 451 2 2 5 0 0 3 0 463
2023 446 2 3 3 0 0 5 0 459

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 Peterson-Central Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 497 33.8 14.7 n/a
1990 585 38.9 15.0 50.8
1991 380 30.2 12.5 55
1992 470 34.0 13.8 60.9
1993 481 36.0 13.4 66.9
1994 485 35.4 13.7 75.5
1995 490 37.1 13.2 62.9
1996 490 37.1 13.2 62.9
1997 466 36.7 12.7 61.4
1998 409 28.9 14.2 70.7
1999 387 29.4 13.2 84.5
2000 412 33.5 12.3 73.8
2001 439 31.5 13.9 66.7
2002 432 32.5 13.3 63.4
2003 432 32.5 13.3 63.4
2004 468 30.5 15.3 62.6
2005 442 29.0 15.2 58.8
2006 418 28.9 14.5 63.2
2007 426 29.2 14.6 63.8
2008 422 28.2 15.0 55.5
2009 429 26.9 15.9 58.5
2010 439 25.9 16.9 63.1
2011 432 28.6 15.0 61.8
2012 464 29.9 15.5 58.8
2013 472 30.9 15.2 61.9
2014 476 30.2 15.7 66.4
2015 460 30.0 15.3 63.5
2016 483 31.0 15.5 67.1
2017 513 32.1 15.9 51.9
2018 521 32.5 16.0 68.7
2019 517 32.5 15.8 65.8
2020 503 32.6 15.4 67.6
2021 452 31.7 14.2 69.5
2022 463 29.2 15.8 n/a
2023 459 27.9 16.4 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 Peterson-Central Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 497 33.8 14.7 n/a
1990 585 38.9 15.0 50.8
1991 380 30.2 12.5 55
1992 470 34.0 13.8 60.9
1993 481 36.0 13.4 66.9
1994 485 35.4 13.7 75.5
1995 490 37.1 13.2 62.9
1996 490 37.1 13.2 62.9
1997 466 36.7 12.7 61.4
1998 409 28.9 14.2 70.7
1999 387 29.4 13.2 84.5
2000 412 33.5 12.3 73.8
2001 439 31.5 13.9 66.7
2002 432 32.5 13.3 63.4
2003 432 32.5 13.3 63.4
2004 468 30.5 15.3 62.6
2005 442 29.0 15.2 58.8
2006 418 28.9 14.5 63.2
2007 426 29.2 14.6 63.8
2008 422 28.2 15.0 55.5
2009 429 26.9 15.9 58.5
2010 439 25.9 16.9 63.1
2011 432 28.6 15.0 61.8
2012 464 29.9 15.5 58.8
2013 472 30.9 15.2 61.9
2014 476 30.2 15.7 66.4
2015 460 30.0 15.3 63.5
2016 483 31.0 15.5 67.1
2017 513 32.1 15.9 51.9
2018 521 32.5 16.0 68.7
2019 517 32.5 15.8 65.8
2020 503 32.6 15.4 67.6
2021 452 31.7 14.2 69.5
2022 463 29.2 15.8 n/a
2023 459 27.9 16.4 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 Peterson-Central Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,350 (12.4%) $9,531 (87.6%) $10,880

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Peterson-Central Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 357th of 383 Elementary schoolsRanks 322nd of 368 Elementary schools
 5.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Peterson-Central Elementary School)3134.8
 3.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Lewis County Schools)33.340.9
 7.6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)50.951.6
 0.7%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Peterson-Central Elementary School)26.424.6
 1.8%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Lewis County Schools)25.626.2
 0.6%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)4439.9
 4.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Peterson-Central Elementary School)38.331.5
 6.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Lewis County Schools)39.541.4
 1.9%
   4th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)47.345.7
 1.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Peterson-Central Elementary School)33.331.5
 1.8%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Lewis County Schools)35.834.5
 1.3%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)48.844.2
 4.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students517459
 11.2%
African American22
American Indian30
 100%
Asian03
Hispanic53
 40%
Pacific Islander00
White501446
 11%
Two or More Races65
 16.7%


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Peterson-Central Elementary School ranks in the bottom 12.0% of West Virginia elementary schools.

Students at Peterson-Central Elementary School are 97% White, 1% Two or more races.

Students who attend Peterson-Central Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Robert L. Bland Middle School
High : Lewis County High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 459 students attended Peterson-Central Elementary School.


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