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Keyser High School

Summary:

Keyser High School is a public high school in Keyser, West Virginia, serving 671 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Mineral County Schools district, which is ranked 36 out of 55 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Keyser High School's academic performance, as measured by the West Virginia Assessment, is consistently lower than the state and district averages across all subject areas. In the most recent school year, the school's Mathematics proficiency rate was 8%, compared to the state average of 17.9% and the district average of 15.6%. The school's statewide ranking has fluctuated over the years, ranging from a high of 27th out of 117 West Virginia high schools in 2014-2015 to a low of 93rd out of 115 schools in 2013-2014. In the most recent school year, the school ranked 83rd out of 112 high schools in the state, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Keyser High School's student population is significantly less diverse than the state average, with 90.91% of students identifying as white in the 2022-2023 school year. This is higher than nearby schools like Hampshire Senior High School (94.5%) and Frankfort High School (96.93%). The school's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups, with low socioeconomic status students and students with disabilities performing significantly worse than the state average.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 328 One Tornado Way
       Keyser, WV  26726-7076

(304) 788-4230

District: Mineral County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
83rd of 112 West Virginia High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,247 Help


Student/teacher ratio:  16.2 Help
Number of students:  671

Racial breakdown:

White:
90.9%
African American:
5.8%
Hispanic:
1.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  37.9% Help


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Compare Details Keyser High School ranks worse than 74.1% of high schools in West Virginia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 26.63. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Keyser High School has the largest high school student body size in the Mineral County Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (90.9%), African American (5.8%), Hispanic (1.5%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Keyser High School is 16.2, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Mineral County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Keyser High School is $11,247. 1 high schools in the Mineral County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Keyser High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Keyser High School 83rd of 112 West Virginia public high schools. (See Keyser High School in the ranking list.)

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Mineral County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Mineral County Schools 36th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Keyser High School

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Rank History for all students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 61.34 37th 111 66.7%
2010 43.18 70th 112 37.5%
2011 56.87 42nd 113 62.8%
2012 52.79 46th 113 59.3%
2013 51.47 53rd 114 53.5%
2014 30.86 93rd 115 19.1%
2015 67.17 27th 117 76.9%
2016 47.58 59th 119 50.4%
2017 41.11 79th 122 35.2%
2018 34.26 77th 115 33.0%
2019 52.14 51st 114 55.3%
2021 53.07 52nd 113 54.0%
2022 57.55 42nd 112 62.5%
2023 30.94 78th 112 30.4%
2024 26.63 83rd 112 25.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 16.79 57th 62 8.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 36.77 78th 118 33.9%
2018 24.59 78th 103 24.3%
2019 26.00 63rd 85 25.9%
2023 37.33 55th 89 38.2%
2024 27.42 71st 89 20.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 31.15 95th 121 21.5%
2018 24.83 93rd 112 17.0%
2021 24.82 89th 111 19.8%
2022 30.94 81st 109 25.7%
2023 14.82 98th 107 8.4%
2024 15.49 102nd 110 7.3%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 39.36 81st 119 31.9%
2018 39.96 74th 111 33.3%
2019 60.79 42nd 109 61.5%
2021 43.54 63rd 110 42.7%
2022 58.37 41st 108 62.0%
2023 27.93 80th 108 25.9%
2024 29.05 83rd 110 24.5%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 20.72 72nd 84 14.3%
2022 67.04 16th 91 82.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 41.50 83rd 122 32.0%
2018 28.33 79th 111 28.8%
2019 47.48 56th 109 48.6%
2021 59.92 45th 110 59.1%
2022 52.34 51st 108 52.8%
2023 34.82 70th 108 35.2%
2024 27.77 82nd 109 24.8%
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Rank History for African American students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 33.90 59th 82 28.0%
2018 43.00 21st 31 32.3%
2019 12.80 23rd 23 0.0%
2024 69.72 6th 22 72.7%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 14.76 56th 59 5.1%
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Rank History for Native American students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 21.38 12th 18 33.3%
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Rank History for White students at Keyser High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 46.55 69th 122 43.4%
2018 36.04 71st 113 37.2%
2019 53.44 44th 112 60.7%
2021 51.60 52nd 113 54.0%
2022 58.31 43rd 111 61.3%
2023 30.47 77th 112 31.3%
2024 23.75 84th 111 24.3%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for White Students!

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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by a teacher
Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Open Quote I work for KHS and these students are WILD! They never listen to what you say, the parents DO NOT CARE about what their child does in school, it is like a babysitting area for BRATS! The administration is DOWNRIGHT DISRESPECTFUL only CARING ABOUT THE FOOTBALL RECORD and not ACADEMIC RECORD! Kids MISS school and have total DISRESPECT for everyone! This area is FLOODED with DRUGS and IT GOES INTO OUR SCHOOL AND KIDS ARE CAUGHT WITH MARIJUANA!!!!!

I WOULD NEVER RECOMMEND THIS SCHOOL. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Keyser High 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 880 880
1990 781 42 7 6 1 n/a n/a 0 837
1991 784 38 9 2 2 n/a n/a 0 835
1992 754 39 7 4 3 n/a n/a 0 807
1993 771 39 4 2 3 n/a n/a 0 819
1994 795 36 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 835
1995 793 41 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 841
1996 793 41 4 3 0 n/a n/a 0 841
1997 774 44 5 2 2 n/a n/a 0 827
1998 874 48 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 926
1999 836 46 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 887
2000 780 53 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 838
2001 724 58 4 6 0 n/a n/a 0 792
2002 734 60 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 801
2003 734 60 5 2 0 n/a n/a 0 801
2004 738 49 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 792
2005 780 45 1 1 0 n/a n/a 0 827
2006 763 53 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 821
2007 772 56 0 6 0 n/a n/a 0 834
2008 753 49 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 806
2009 738 48 0 5 0 n/a n/a 0 791
2010 709 35 0 6 0 0 1 0 751
2011 691 28 2 4 0 0 4 0 729
2012 662 30 0 2 0 0 3 0 697
2013 643 32 1 4 0 0 6 0 686
2014 634 39 2 8 0 0 7 0 690
2015 607 46 1 8 0 0 7 0 669
2016 595 52 4 9 1 0 9 0 670
2017 622 50 6 9 1 0 9 0 697
2018 577 45 3 7 1 0 4 0 637
2019 610 49 4 5 0 0 4 0 672
2020 614 43 5 8 0 0 2 0 672
2021 613 39 5 4 0 0 4 0 665
2022 645 37 5 7 0 0 7 0 701
2023 610 39 4 10 0 0 8 0 671

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 Keyser High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 880 46.5 18.9 n/a
1990 837 43.5 19.2 23.4
1991 835 42.1 19.8 26.7
1992 807 42.7 18.8 29.7
1993 819 45.0 18.2 29.7
1994 835 44.6 18.7 33.4
1995 841 44.2 19.0 30.3
1996 841 44.2 19.0 30.3
1997 827 46.7 17.7 32
1998 926 52.3 17.7 29.4
1999 887 51.8 17.1 42.2
2000 838 51.6 16.2 42.7
2001 792 48.8 16.2 40
2002 801 46.6 17.2 42.1
2003 801 46.6 17.2 42.1
2004 792 46.4 17.1 39.1
2005 827 47.2 17.5 38.7
2006 821 48.0 17.1 37.1
2007 834 49.7 16.8 41
2008 806 49.3 16.3 37.6
2009 791 48.3 16.4 43.5
2010 751 45.7 16.4 45.1
2011 729 42.8 17.0 38
2012 697 41.2 16.8 45.3
2013 686 39.0 17.5 53.8
2014 690 40.2 17.1 47.4
2015 669 39.0 17.1 53.2
2016 670 40.0 16.7 59.4
2017 697 39.6 17.5 59.3
2018 637 38.6 16.4 59.2
2019 672 37.3 17.9 37.6
2020 672 36.3 18.4 37.6
2021 665 37.3 17.7 37.9
2022 701 40.3 17.3 n/a
2023 671 41.3 16.2 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 Keyser High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 880 46.5 18.9 n/a
1990 837 43.5 19.2 23.4
1991 835 42.1 19.8 26.7
1992 807 42.7 18.8 29.7
1993 819 45.0 18.2 29.7
1994 835 44.6 18.7 33.4
1995 841 44.2 19.0 30.3
1996 841 44.2 19.0 30.3
1997 827 46.7 17.7 32
1998 926 52.3 17.7 29.4
1999 887 51.8 17.1 42.2
2000 838 51.6 16.2 42.7
2001 792 48.8 16.2 40
2002 801 46.6 17.2 42.1
2003 801 46.6 17.2 42.1
2004 792 46.4 17.1 39.1
2005 827 47.2 17.5 38.7
2006 821 48.0 17.1 37.1
2007 834 49.7 16.8 41
2008 806 49.3 16.3 37.6
2009 791 48.3 16.4 43.5
2010 751 45.7 16.4 45.1
2011 729 42.8 17.0 38
2012 697 41.2 16.8 45.3
2013 686 39.0 17.5 53.8
2014 690 40.2 17.1 47.4
2015 669 39.0 17.1 53.2
2016 670 40.0 16.7 59.4
2017 697 39.6 17.5 59.3
2018 637 38.6 16.4 59.2
2019 672 37.3 17.9 37.6
2020 672 36.3 18.4 37.6
2021 665 37.3 17.7 37.9
2022 701 40.3 17.3 n/a
2023 671 41.3 16.2 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 Keyser High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $729 (6.5%) $10,518 (93.5%) $11,247

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Keyser High 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 51st of 114 High schoolsRanks 78th of 112 High schools
 24.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Keyser High School)25.716.8
 8.9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Mineral County Schools)3320.4
 12.6%
   11th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)2421.5
 2.5%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Keyser High School)46.141.3
 4.8%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Mineral County Schools)53.846.8
 7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)51.849.9
 1.9%
11th Grade Science (Keyser High School)28.318.5
 9.8%
   11th Grade Science (Mineral County Schools)33.725.5
 8.2%
   11th Grade Science (West Virginia)29.227.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students672671
 0.1%
African American4939
 20.4%
American Indian00
Asian44
Hispanic510
 100%
Pacific Islander00
White610610
Two or More Races48
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Keyser High School ranks 83rd of 112 West Virginia high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Keyser High School are 91% White, 6% African American, 1% Hispanic, 1% Two or more races.

In the 2022-23 school year, 671 students attended Keyser High School.


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