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George Washington 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 2021 – 2022 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2020
  • Educational Environment: 2021 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2023

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School Overview

Address
1522 Tennis Club Rd
Charleston, WV 25314
Phone
(304) 348-7729
District
KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
KANAWHA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1192
Classroom Teachers
48

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

10

(10 is best)

Better than 100.0% of all WV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

8

(10 is best)

George Washington High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

80 60 40 20 0
68%
49%
76%
57%
59%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

30 25 20 15 10 5 0
25
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 9 382 32.0%
Grade 10 274 23.0%
Grade 11 274 23.0%
Grade 12 262 22.0%
Total 1192 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 86.6% 86.5% 92.7%
Black 5.9% 11.0% 4.3%
Hispanic 1.0% 1.1% 2.2%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 6.4% 1.2% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.2% 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 181,953 1,782,959
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 199.7 74
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.2% 5.2%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.0% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.7% 30.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.5% 27.2%
65 OR OLDER 20.7% 19.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 76,919 711,352
Single Parent Households With Children 8.3% 7.0%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.3% 88.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 27.4% 21.8%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.3% 8.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 12.4% 12.9%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.6% 11.8%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.1% 17.7%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.3% 18.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 17.0% 16.9%
$15,000 or less 13.3% 13.7%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,532 $191,531,228 53.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $663 $16,859,427 4.7%
Staff $300 $7,628,700 2.1%
General Administration $108 $2,746,332 0.8%
School Administration $665 $16,910,285 4.7%
Operation $1,350 $34,329,150 9.6%
Transportation $630 $16,020,270 4.5%
Other $320 $8,137,280 2.3%
Total Support $4,035 $102,606,015 28.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,448 $62,250,192 17.5%
Total Expenditures $14,014 $356,362,006 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,479 $1,890,007,370 52.9%
Support Expenditures
Student $728 $183,944,710 5.1%
Staff $445 $112,342,335 3.1%
General Administration $202 $51,142,744 1.4%
School Administration $721 $182,197,081 5.1%
Operation $1,309 $330,738,383 9.3%
Transportation $945 $238,885,722 6.7%
Other $248 $62,682,269 1.8%
Total Support $4,598 $1,161,883,242 32.5%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,064 $521,669,123 14.6%
Total Expenditures $14,140 $3,573,531,633 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,794 $384,567,026,223 49.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $841 $41,500,431,613 5.3%
Staff $665 $32,787,987,253 4.2%
General Administration $269 $13,273,339,703 1.7%
School Administration $756 $37,281,585,830 4.8%
Operation $1,191 $58,747,506,944 7.6%
Transportation $504 $24,858,475,672 3.2%
Other $491 $24,247,526,162 3.1%
Total Support $4,716 $232,696,768,378 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,247 $160,183,697,619 20.6%
Total Expenditures $15,757 $777,446,989,564 100.0%

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