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Weir Middle School

Serves grades 5 - 8

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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 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
125 Sinclair Ave
Weirton, WV 26062
Phone
(304) 748-6080
District
HANCOCK COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
HANCOCK COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
538
Classroom Teachers
43

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

5

(10 is best)

Better than 43.1% of all WV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

4

(10 is best)

Weir Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

60 50 40 30 20 10 0
53%
51%
54%
54%
52%
47%
    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
13
12
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 5 128 23.8%
Grade 6 134 24.9%
Grade 7 125 23.2%
Grade 8 151 28.1%
Total 538 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 93.9% 94.9% 92.1%
Black 4.5% 3.2% 4.5%
Hispanic 1.6% 1.4% 2.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.0% 0.3% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 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 28,658 1,770,071
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 346.9 73
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.3% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 16.2% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 27.1% 30.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 28.3% 26.5%
65 OR OLDER 24.1% 20.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 12,891 721,448
Single Parent Households With Children 8.6% 7.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 89.9% 88.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 20.2% 23.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 9.2% 11.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 17.3% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.1% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.0% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 17.3% 17.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.1% 14.6%
$15,000 or less 11.1% 12.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,580 $29,019,000 53.5%
Support Expenditures
Student $887 $3,000,000 5.5%
Staff $274 $926,000 1.7%
General Administration $417 $1,409,000 2.6%
School Administration $820 $2,772,000 5.1%
Operation $1,579 $5,340,000 9.8%
Transportation $1,167 $3,948,000 7.3%
Other $431 $1,458,000 2.7%
Total Support $5,575 $18,853,000 34.7%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,896 $6,413,000 11.8%
Total Expenditures $16,051 $54,285,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,259 $2,039,047,000 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $885 $218,571,000 5.6%
Staff $518 $127,993,000 3.3%
General Administration $202 $49,884,000 1.3%
School Administration $742 $183,111,000 4.7%
Operation $1,438 $354,980,000 9.1%
Transportation $1,069 $263,978,000 6.8%
Other $293 $72,416,000 1.9%
Total Support $5,148 $1,270,933,000 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,385 $588,939,000 15.1%
Total Expenditures $15,793 $3,898,919,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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