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Parkersburg South 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
1511 Blizzard Dr
Parkersburg, WV 26101
Phone
(304) 420-9610
District
WOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
WOOD COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
1454
Classroom Teachers
88

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

6

(10 is best)

Better than 51.8% of all WV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Parkersburg South High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
49%
49%
56%
57%
41%
41%
49%
49%
56%
57%
41%
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
17
13
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 26.3%
Grade 10 370 25.4%
Grade 11 332 22.8%
Grade 12 370 25.4%
Total 1454 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 96.5% 96.0% 92.4%
Black 1.3% 1.5% 4.4%
Hispanic 1.5% 1.7% 2.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.6% 0.7% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.1% 0.1% 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 84,272 1,770,071
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 229.9 73
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.3% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.7% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 28.5% 30.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 27.4% 26.5%
65 OR OLDER 21.0% 20.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 35,544 721,448
Single Parent Households With Children 7.6% 7.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.9% 88.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 22.0% 23.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.4% 11.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.8% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.7% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 17.5% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.5% 17.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 16.6% 14.6%
$15,000 or less 11.4% 12.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,241 $84,446,000 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $914 $10,660,000 6.8%
Staff $516 $6,015,000 3.8%
General Administration $167 $1,947,000 1.2%
School Administration $706 $8,236,000 5.2%
Operation $1,243 $14,492,000 9.2%
Transportation $683 $7,960,000 5.1%
Other $224 $2,614,000 1.7%
Total Support $4,452 $51,924,000 33.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,764 $20,574,000 13.1%
Total Expenditures $13,457 $156,944,000 100.0%
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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