Nitro Elementary School

Serves grades M - M

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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 2017 – 2018 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2016
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
1921 19 Th Street
Nitro, WV 25143
Phone
(304) 755-2451
District
KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
KANAWHA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
404
Classroom Teachers
24

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 48.3% of WV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

5

(10 is best)

Nitro Elementary School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 3

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 45 48
Proficiency in Reading 39 47
Proficiency in Math 50 49

Grade 4

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 34 45
Proficiency in Reading 33 45
Proficiency in Math 35 46

Grade 5

Discipline School State
Proficiency in Reading and Math 47 42
Proficiency in Reading 42 44
Proficiency in Math 51 40

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

Class Size
AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL 16.83
AVG FOR DISTRICT 14.47
AVG FOR STATE 14.14
AVG FOR NATION 16.50
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade pk 59 14.6%
Kindergarten 57 14.1%
Grade 1 57 14.1%
Grade 2 69 17.1%
Grade 3 48 11.9%
Grade 4 71 17.6%
Grade 5 43 10.6%
Grade 6 0 0.0%
Grade 7 0 0.0%
Grade 8 0 0.0%
Grade 9 0 0.0%
Grade 10 0 0.0%
Grade 11 0 0.0%
Grade 12 0 0.0%
Total 404 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 95.6% 86.2% 92.9%
Black 2.6% 11.4% 4.5%
Hispanic 1.6% 1.0% 1.7%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 1.3% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.1% 0.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED 6.1% 16.5%
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED 5.4% 14.2%
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED 0.7% 2.3%
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 187,827 1,805,832
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 206.2 74
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.6% 5.4%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.8% 17.5%
20-44 YEARS OLD 30.2% 30.5%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.7% 27.8%
65 OR OLDER 18.8% 18.8%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 80,267 734,676
Single Parent Households With Children 11.5% 9.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 88.3% 86.5%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 25.3% 20.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 6.8% 5.9%
$100,000 - $149,999 10.3% 10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 10.9% 11.0%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.8% 17.9%
$30,000 - $49,999 20.8% 20.1%
$15,000 - $29,999 18.0% 19.2%
$15,000 or less 14.3% 15.2%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,451 $176,409,046 56.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $598 $16,352,908 5.3%
Staff $283 $7,738,918 2.5%
General Administration $98 $2,679,908 0.9%
School Administration $616 $16,845,136 5.4%
Operation $1,224 $33,471,504 10.8%
Transportation $510 $13,946,460 4.5%
Other $320 $8,750,720 2.8%
Total Support $3,650 $99,812,900 32.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,281 $35,030,226 11.3%
Total Expenditures $11,382 $311,252,172 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $6,607 $1,809,407,994 54.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $584 $159,797,418 4.8%
Staff $415 $113,528,414 3.4%
General Administration $188 $51,544,801 1.5%
School Administration $620 $169,727,227 5.1%
Operation $1,185 $324,548,073 9.7%
Transportation $841 $230,380,527 6.9%
Other $203 $55,479,862 1.7%
Total Support $4,035 $1,105,009,544 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,561 $427,485,879 12.8%
Total Expenditures $12,203 $3,341,899,220 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,187 $370,071,182,734 52.0%
Support Expenditures
Student $632 $32,552,249,701 4.6%
Staff $522 $26,871,170,551 3.8%
General Administration $218 $11,205,514,316 1.6%
School Administration $643 $33,118,729,386 4.7%
Operation $1,057 $54,423,429,117 7.7%
Transportation $497 $25,596,058,378 3.6%
Other $416 $21,407,079,047 3.0%
Total Support $3,984 $205,172,626,109 28.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,638 $135,865,864,952 19.1%
Total Expenditures $13,810 $711,111,010,069 100.0%

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