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Preston High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
400 Knight Drive
Kingwood, WV 26537
Phone
(304) 329-0400
District
PRESTON COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
PRESTON COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1178
Classroom Teachers
84

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

2

(10 is best)

Better than 19.1% of all WV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

3

(10 is best)

Preston High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
42%
49%
50%
57%
33%
41%
42%
49%
50%
57%
33%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
14
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 373 31.7%
Grade 10 309 26.2%
Grade 11 240 20.4%
Grade 12 256 21.7%
Total 1178 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 98.5% 98.8% 92.4%
Black 0.3% 0.5% 4.4%
Hispanic 1.1% 0.6% 2.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.1% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.0% 0.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 34,206 1,770,071
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 52.7 73
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.6% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.2% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.3% 30.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.0% 26.5%
65 OR OLDER 19.9% 20.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,623 721,448
Single Parent Households With Children 5.0% 7.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.8% 88.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 17.6% 23.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.7% 11.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 16.0% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.9% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 19.6% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.7% 17.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 11.5% 14.6%
$15,000 or less 11.6% 12.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,022 $28,718,000 57.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $683 $2,793,000 5.6%
Staff $351 $1,436,000 2.9%
General Administration $199 $814,000 1.6%
School Administration $590 $2,414,000 4.8%
Operation $1,067 $4,366,000 8.7%
Transportation $933 $3,817,000 7.6%
Other $101 $413,000 0.8%
Total Support $3,925 $16,053,000 31.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,356 $5,548,000 11.0%
Total Expenditures $12,303 $50,319,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,751 $1,947,216,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $803 $201,761,000 5.4%
Staff $533 $133,799,000 3.6%
General Administration $201 $50,578,000 1.4%
School Administration $719 $180,663,000 4.8%
Operation $1,356 $340,557,000 9.1%
Transportation $924 $232,104,000 6.2%
Other $274 $68,841,000 1.8%
Total Support $4,810 $1,208,303,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,285 $574,146,000 15.4%
Total Expenditures $14,846 $3,729,665,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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