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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 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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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
1209
Classroom Teachers
84

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

3

(10 is best)

Better than 20.7% 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 11

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
30%
38%
44%
52%
15%
24%
    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 9 348 28.8%
Grade 10 313 25.9%
Grade 11 283 23.4%
Grade 12 265 21.9%
Total 1209 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 98.6% 98.7% 92.7%
Black 0.6% 0.5% 4.3%
Hispanic 0.8% 0.8% 2.1%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.0% 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 0.0%
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.0%
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported 0.0%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 33,610 1,782,959
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 51.6 74
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 15.5% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 31.6% 30.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.9% 27.2%
65 OR OLDER 20.0% 19.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,430 711,352
Single Parent Households With Children 5.6% 7.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 86.5% 88.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 16.2% 21.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 7.3% 8.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.5% 12.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.1% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.4% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.0% 18.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 14.8% 16.9%
$15,000 or less 13.9% 13.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,075 $26,821,125 56.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $549 $2,423,835 5.1%
Staff $339 $1,496,685 3.2%
General Administration $203 $896,245 1.9%
School Administration $496 $2,189,840 4.6%
Operation $904 $3,991,160 8.4%
Transportation $1,005 $4,437,075 9.4%
Other $78 $344,370 0.7%
Total Support $3,575 $15,783,625 33.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,072 $4,732,880 10.0%
Total Expenditures $10,721 $47,333,215 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,354 $1,867,312,783 53.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $684 $173,755,056 5.0%
Staff $442 $112,145,027 3.2%
General Administration $206 $52,344,597 1.5%
School Administration $703 $178,518,057 5.1%
Operation $1,340 $340,228,811 9.7%
Transportation $987 $250,703,458 7.2%
Other $242 $61,522,593 1.8%
Total Support $4,604 $1,169,177,569 33.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,831 $464,875,995 13.3%
Total Expenditures $13,789 $3,501,362,712 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%