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AUTHOR White, Doris A., Comp.TITLE West Virginia Report Cards Trend Data 1993-1994 through

1997-1998.INSTITUTION West Virginia State Dept. of Education, Charleston.PUB DATE 1998-00-00NOTE 51p.

PUB TYPE Numerical/Quantitative Data (110)EDRS PRICE MF01/PC03 Plus Postage.DESCRIPTORS *Achievement Tests; Advanced Placement; Attendance; College

Entrance Examinations; Dropouts; Educational Finance;*Educational Trends; Elementary Secondary Education;*Enrollment; *Report Cards; Tables (Data); *Test Results;Trend Analysis

IDENTIFIERS *West Virginia

ABSTRACTA series of tables presents information about trends in

educational data from West Virginia from 1993-94 through 1997-98. Data areorganized into the following categories: (1) Advanced Placement Testinformation; (2) American College Testing scores; (3) attendance rate; (4)

average class size; (5) classrooms with split grades; (6) dropout rate; (7)

educational experience of professional staff; (8) enrollment by subject areain grades 9-12; (9) exemptions to teacher/pupil ratio; (10) graduates; (11)

level of education for professional staff; (12) per pupil expenditures; (13)

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test results; (14) pupil/administrator ratio;(15) Scholastic Aptitude (Assessment) Test results; (16) Stanford AchievementTest results, grades 3 through 11; (17) student enrollment; and (18) numbersof teachers. Contains a list of definitions and sources. (SLD)

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WEST VIRGINIA REPORT CARDSTREND DATA

1993-1994 THROUGH 1997-1998

U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATIONOffice of Educational Research and Improvement

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Advanced Placement Test (APT)Test Takers:

le Grade 1

11`h Grade 212' Grade 3

12th Grade Test Takers Scoring 3 or Higher on APT 4American College Testing (ACT):

Test Takers 5Composite Score 6

Attendance Rate 7Average Class Size 8Classrooms with Split Grades 9Dropout Rate 10Educational Experience for Professional Staff 11Enrollment by Subject Area:

English Language Arts 12Foreign Language 13Mathematics 14Science 15Social Studies 16

Exemptions to Teacher/Pupil Ratio:Classrooms Requested 17Classrooms Granted 18

Graduates 19Level of Education:

Bachelor's Degree 20Bachelor's Degree +15 21Master's Degree 22Master's Degree +15 23Master's Degree +30 24Master's Degree +45 25Doctorate 26Other 27

Per Pupil Expenditures 28Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT):

le Grade 2911th Grade 30

Pupil/Administrator Ratio 31Pupil/Teacher Ratio 32Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT):

Test Takers 33Math Mean Score 34Verbal Mean Score 35

Stanford Achievement Test - Total Basic Skills Percentile ScoreGrade 3 36Grade 4 37Grade 5 38Grade 6 39Grade 7 40Grade 8 41Grade 9 42Grade 10 43Grade 11 44

Student Enrollment 45Teachers 46

Definitions and Sources 47

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEST (APT) (COLLEGE BOARD)Unduplicated Count of 10th Grade Students (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Berkeley 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Boone 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Braxton 0.0 0.0 0.0 3.0 1.5Brooke 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Cabe 11 0.6 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.1Calhoun 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9Clay 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Doddridge 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Fayette 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0Gilmer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Grant 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Greenbrier 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Hampshire 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Hancock 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Hardy 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Harrison 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.1Jackson 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0Jefferson 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2Kanawha 0.0 0.2 0.1 0.2 0.2Lewis 0.0 0.9 0.0 0.8 0.0Lincoln 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Logan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Marion 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Marshall 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Mason 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Mercer 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.0Mineral 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Mingo 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Monongalia 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0Monroe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Morgan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0McDowell 0.0 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0Nicholas 1.7 0.0 1.5 1.0 0.0Ohio 0.2 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.0Pendleton 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Pleasants 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Pocahontas 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0Preston 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Putnam 0.0 0.0 0.5 0.4 0.0Raleigh 0.1 0.3 0.3 0.1 0.5Randolph 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Ritchie 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Roane 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Summers 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Taylor 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Tucker 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Tyler 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Upshur 0.0 0.3 0.0 0.0 0.0Wayne 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3Webster 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Wetzel 0.0 0.4 0.4 0.0 0.0Wirt 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Wood 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.2Wyoming 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

County Total 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1

Maximum 1.7 0.9 1.5 3.0 1.5Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: The percentages are for public school students only.

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEST (APT) (COLLEGE BOARD)Unduplicated Count of 11th Grade Students (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Berkeley 7.6 5.5 6.7 4.9 7.1Boone 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.5Braxton 4.5 6.4 2.4 6.5 7.4Brooke 2.7 0.3 1.2 2.1 0.0Cabell 4.8 3.6 5.5 6.4 8.9Calhoun 2.8 2.6 8.5 4.7 9.5Clay 7.8 3.7 5.1 4.9 5.7Doddridge 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Fayette 0.1 0.9 0.5 1.6 0.2Gilmer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Grant 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Greenbrier 3.8 2.2 8.1 8.1 6.5Hampshire 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Hancock 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Hardy 5.8 12.4 13.3 6.8 3.3Harrison 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1Jackson 0.3 17.6 5.9 4.7 12.0Jefferson 3.5 4.0 3.5 4.0 2.1Kanawha 1.9 1.7 3.4 3.2 3.3Lewis 2.9 4.8 6.6 5.7 4.7Lincoln 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Logan 2.7 3.4 2.8 2.5 1.7Marion 11.8 7.0 8.5 9.4 4.5Marshall 5.7 5.8 6.6 8.2 6.7Mason 0.6 5.2 6.4 7.1 4.2Mercer 6.7 4.0 4.6 6.2 3.8Mineral 3.7 3.8 5.4 2.7 1.0Mingo 1.5 2.6 2.9 1.0 0.4M onongalia 9.3 6.5 11.2 8.8 12.6Monroe 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Morgan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0McDowell 1.1 4.7 3.6 2.3 0.0Nicholas 1.9 2.5 2.4 2.4 0.5Ohio 11.1 12.3 12.1 15.6 12.6Pendleton 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.9 0.0Pleasants 6.2 7.7 10.7 7.3 8.0Pocahontas 0.0 0.9 0.8 0.8 4.8Preston 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Putnam 5.8 4.9 6.9 6.8 6.1Raleigh 4.7 3.3 4.2 4.5 2.6Randolph 4.3 4.8 0.3 0.9 1.4Ritchie 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Roane 0.0 0.4 1.4 1.0 0.5Summers 4.0 0.7 5.0 7.4 0.0Taylor 0.0 0.0 1.6 0.0 0.5Tucker 4.5 3.9 4.3 4.5 1.7Tyler 10.9 13.7 0.0 0.0 0.0Upshur 9.8 7.3 6.1 8.6 7.4Wayne 4.0 1.8 0.4 0.7 0.2Webster 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Wetzel 13.3 13.4 22.4 14.6 1.4Wirt 1.2 11.0 6.1 0.0 1.0Wood 0.4 0.7 1.0 1.1 0.8Wyoming 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.1 2.4

County Total 3.4 3.5 4.0 3.9 3.5

Maximum 13.3 17.6 22.4 15.6 12.6Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: The percentages are for public school students only.

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEST (APT) (COLLEGE BOARD)Unduplicated Count of 12th Grade Students (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 8.7 4.2 1.6 8.3 1.8Berkeley 2.6 6.7 7.1 5.0 3.4Boone 3.2 4.5 5.9 5.0 2.6Braxton 0.6 1.1 1.1 2.9 1.2Brooke 9.5 10.2 14.0 13.8 7.6Cabell 4.7 3.6 3.1 3.2 6.9Calhoun 0.0 2.0 12.2 1.0 0.8Clay 5.0 1.9 1.3 0.7 0.6Doddridge 11.8 0.0 3.3 2.3 0.9Fayette 4.0 5.4 6.3 6.1 3.4Gilmer 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Grant 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Greenbrier 5.0 8.6 7.0 8.0 7.9Hampshire 6.3 4.9 6.4 3.6 4.8Hancock 3.9 2.6 0.5 1.9 1.6Hardy 0.0 3.5 11.2 0.0 0.0Harrison 3.2 3.7 3.3 2.3 2.2Jackson 11.9 13.4 17.5 14.7 16.2Jefferson 6.3 7.7 9.9 14.4 10.7Kanawha 8.5 7.2 6.0 6.0 5.0Lewis 2.0 4.4 6.6 4.9 3.9Lincoln 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Logan 2.4 8.2 4.5 6.7 6.4Marion 10.8 11.0 6.4 9.6 10.3Marshall 7.9 4.8 8.3 11.1 8.5Mason 8.7 7.0 5.0 4.1 2.4Mercer 8.1 8.6 6.8 8.5 8.5Mineral 0.3 1.1 2.0 0.3 0.3Mingo 6.8 3.4 2.7 1.8 1.6Monongalia 9.1 12.9 9.1 13.9 16.4Monroe 0.0 4.0 6.7 8.3 2.3Morgan 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0McDowell 8.8 11.5 5.4 5.3 5.8Nicholas 2.9 2.3 2.1 0.3 1.4Ohio 6.4 9.0 8.5 8.9 9.8Pendleton 2.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Pleasants 0.0 0.0 2.0 0.0 0.9Pocahontas 5.3 6.2 5.9 3.6 4.3Preston 2.3 4.0 3.1 3.0 4.8Putnam 5.5 3.6 6.8 7.0 5.7Raleigh 4.4 5.8 4.5 5.7 4.2Randolph 3.2 1.8 3.9 1.0 2.5Ritchie 0.0 5.8 0.0 0.0 0.7Roane 1.1 0.0 4.3 0.0 1.4Summers 2.2 2.1 5.8 3.3 13.2Taylor 4.5 9.1 0.6 3.2 3.7Tucker 8.9 10.7 14.9 10.0 10.9Tyler 6.3 5.7 6.3 4.6 5.8Upshur 7.8 10.3 16.1 12.3 10.5Wayne 4.7 5.9 1.5 0.6 0.2Webster 0.7 7.2 2.8 2.3 0.8Wetzel 15.1 15.2 13.7 14.3 12.6Wirt 2.6 3.8 0.0 5.5 1.3Wood 6.4 11.1 9.8 12.3 11.8Wyoming 3.8 5.2 4.8 3.0 1.7

County Total 5.6 6.4 5.8 6.0 5.6

Maximum 15.1 15.2 17.5 14.7 16.4Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: The percentages are for public school students only.

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ADVANCED PLACEMENT TEST (APT) (COLLEGE BOARD)12th Grade Test Takers with APT Score of 3 or Higher (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 68.8 25.0Berkeley NA NA NA 73.5 52.0Boone NA NA NA 17.6 11.1Braxton NA NA NA 80.0 50.0Brooke NA NA NA 54.8 55.0Cabell NA NA NA 61.3 55.9Calhoun NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Clay NA NA NA 100.0 100.0Doddridge NA NA NA 50.0 100.0Fayette NA NA NA 36.8 39.1Gilmer NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Grant NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Greenbrier NA NA NA 66.7 57.6Hampshire NA NA NA 75.0 40.0Hancock NA NA NA 57.1 16.7Hardy NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Harrison NA NA NA 63.2 61.1Jackson NA NA NA 23.4 13.6Jefferson NA NA NA 54.0 69.0Kanawha NA NA NA 61.9 52.1Lewis NA NA NA 50.0 50.0Lincoln NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Logan NA NA NA 12.8 8.8Marion NA NA NA 49.2 51.4Marshall NA NA NA 54.7 65.0Mason NA NA NA 35.7 25.0Mercer NA NA NA 56.6 63.0Mineral NA NA NA 100.0 0.0Mingo NA NA NA 75.0 37.5Monongalia NA NA NA 70.8 56.5Monroe NA NA NA 41.7 100.0Morgan NA NA NA 0.0 0.0McDowell NA NA NA 36.4 28.6Nicholas NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Ohio NA NA NA 82.5 73.3Pendleton NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Pleasants NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Pocahontas NA NA NA 75.0 20.0Preston NA NA NA 90.0 77.8Putnam NA NA NA 75.0 73.0Raleigh NA NA NA 69.5 86.8Randolph NA NA NA 100.0 62.5Ritchie NA NA NA 0.0 0.0Roane NA NA NA 0.0 100.0Summers NA NA NA 40.0 33.3Taylor NA NA NA 50.0 28.6Tucker NA NA NA 54.5 35.7Tyler NA NA NA 60.0 62.5Upshur NA NA NA 44.4 51.6Wayne NA NA NA 66.7 0.0Webster NA NA NA 33.3 0.0Wetzel NA NA NA 17.6 12.5Wirt NA NA NA 50.0 100.0Wood NA NA NA 62.1 56.2Wyoming NA NA NA 46.2 28.6

W est Virginia NA NA NA 55.9 51.2

Maximum NA NA NA 100.0 100.0Minimum NA NA NA 0.0 0.0

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AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING (ACT) PROGRAMTest Takers (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 54.3 48.1 51.5 56.5 51.5Berkeley 42.3 41.8 44.1 37.1 37.3Boone 42.8 57.2 53.1 47.1 51.0Braxton 64.9 65.7 59.3 55.9 53.3Brooke 63.7 63.4 67.0 62.3 57.7Cabell 59.5 58.2 57.2 57.1 58.7Calhoun 49.6 53.7 52.2 62.6 58.0Clay 49.3 58.4 42.7 51.6 50.7Doddridge 51.1 48.0 58.3 50.6 50.0Fayette 57.2 59.9 57.1 55.8 62.3Gilmer 56.8 66.2 58.0 59.5 60.5Grant 49.6 47.5 50.4 58.9 59.2Greenbrier 55.3 61.9 51.6 60.1 58.5Hampshire 38.0 53.0 51.7 40.7 45.2Hancock 54.6 55.9 56.0 57.1 56.9Hardy 37.9 53.4 41.0 40.8 49.2Harrison 61.4 61.9 60.8 61.7 60.5Jackson 58.7 63.2 61.0 63.6 52.9Jefferson 48.9 40.1 46.7 48.6 41.0Kanawha 61.1 58.5 60.1 62.5 59.1Lewis 40.0 45.0 45.4 50.5 50.0Lincoln 51.6 51.0 44.9 53.8 40.4Logan 38.6 40.2 41.5 49.9 42.4Marion 66.4 64.0 64.7 66.6 60.3Marshall 57.0 60.0 57.5 60.4 57.1Mason 57.3 56.9 51.2 53.3 47.0Mercer 52.7 50.6 48.8 52.3 46.6Mineral 46.3 46.4 47.8 56.4 50.2Mingo 44.9 44.6 45.7 39.1 36.1Monongalia 54.9 59.3 58.1 52.4 56.2Monroe 51.7 47.0 54.1 50.0 54.6Morgan 46.8 47.9 43.4 42.1 47.9McDowell 35.3 37.7 35.7 43.0 37.2Nicholas 60.2 58.9 57.5 55.7 56.2Ohio 58.1 55.9 59.1 57.7 54.1Pendleton 55.9 55.6 46.9 48.0 57.4Pleasants 60.0 58.4 60.0 54.8 70.8Pocahontas 56.5 62.6 54.9 50.9 45.0Preston 48.7 58.5 54.5 55.5 59.9Putnam 67.9 61.0 60.9 58.2 61.3Raleigh 51.2 55.2 56.6 51.5 52.2Randolph 59.8 60.6 64.2 62.2 59.1Ritchie 60.4 63.4 62.7 67.9 53.3Roane 41.8 44.3 46.6 45.3 43.6Summers 48.8 59.5 52.5 59.9 61.1Taylor 55.0 66.9 56.2 59.0 47.5Tucker 44.6 63.6 60.4 56.1 50.4Tyler 60.5 68.2 68.1 65.3 53.3Upshur 57.2 62.1 48.1 59.8 55.4Wayne 47.7 53.8 48.1 49.1 42.0Webster 59.2 65.0 64.3 59.5 50.8Wetzel 55.0 55.0 62.6 64.5 59.3Wirt 62.5 44.9 58.7 56.3 56.4Wood 62.3 66.7 61.5 64.0 63.8Wyoming 53.5 51.5 42.6 40.7 44.8

County Mean 54.5 55.9 54.5 55.2 53.5

Maximum 67.9 68.2 68.1 67.9 70.8Minimum 35.3 37.7 35.7 37.1 36.1

Note: The percentages of students taking the ACT are public school students only.

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AMERICAN COLLEGE TESTING (ACT) PROGRAMComposite Score (Mean)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 19.9 19.2 20.2 21.2 21.0Berkeley 19.7 20.1 20.9 20.1 21.1Boone 19.0 18.9 18.7 19.1 18.2Braxton 20.2 19.5 20.2 20.2 19.7Brooke 20.1 20.0 20.3 20.1 20.1Cabell 20.2 20.3 19.7 20.0 20.1Calhoun 20.1 21.2 20.5 19.5 20.3Clay 19.8 20.1 19.5 19.2 19.9Doddridge 20.2 20.3 19.2 21.0 20.7Fayette 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.2 19.3Gilmer 20.7 18.9 19.5 19.8 20.3Grant 19.8 20.1 19.9 20.8 20.6Greenbrier 20.0 20.2 19.8 21.0 20.2Hampshire 19.9 20.1 20.2 20.3 20.2Hancock 20.5 20.8 20.5 20.5 20.6Hardy 20.8 20.5 20.5 20.1 20.1Harrison 20.2 20.1 20.1 20.1 20.3Jackson 19.4 19.7 19.9 19.6 19.8Jefferson 20.2 20.1 20.4 20.7 20.7Kanawha 20.2 20.4 20.0 20.3 20.4Lewis 18.8 19.5 19.8 19.2 19.5Lincoln 18.4 18.1 18.5 17.9 18.5Logan 18.4 18.7 18.9 18.9 19.1Marion 19.6 19.9 19.9 20.2 20.6Marshall 20.7 20.1 20.3 20.5 20.8Mason 19.5 19.8 19.0 19.4 20.0Mercer 19.5 19.7 19.9 19.6 19.9Mineral 19.8 20.1 20.0 20.5 20.7Mingo 18.2 18.6 18.5 18.1 18.6Monongalia 21.1 21.2 21.1 21.2 21.4Monroe 19.0 18'.4 19.0 19.4 19.3Morgan 20.0 20.3 20.4 20.1 20.0McDowell 18.3 18.5 18.0 18.4 19.0Nicholas 19.1 19.3 20.0 20.4 19.7Ohio 20.2 20.8 20.5 20.6 20.9Pendleton 20.3 19.8 19.9 21.2 20.2Pleasants 20.5 19.7 20.6 21.1 19.8Pocahontas 19.8 20.8 19.4 20.0 20.0Preston 20.3 19.8 20.5 20.2 20.3Putnam 20.6 20.5 21.0 20.9 21.2Raleigh 19.6 19.4 19.4 20.1 19.7Randolph 20.1 19.4 20.1 19.5 20.5Ritchie 19.9 20.2 20.6 20.4 20.4Roane 19.0 20.2 20.8 19.5 21.0Summers 19.1 19.4 20.4 20.0 20.4Taylor 18.5 19.4 19.6 20.8 19.7Tucker 19.5 19.5 20.2 19.9 19.4Tyler 19.7 20.7 21.0 20.6 20.6Upshur 20.0 20.9 20.7 20.4 19.4Wayne 19.6 19.8 20.3 19.2 19.4Webster 18.4 19.2 19.1 18.7 20.5Wetzel 19.8 19.6 19.2 19.8 19.7Wirt 20.4 20.1 19.6 20.8 21.1Wood 21.0 20.9 20.9 20.8 21.0Wyoming 18.9 18.4 18.9 18.5 19.4

State Mean 19.9 20.0 20.0 20.0 20.1National Mean 20.8 20.8 20.9 21.0 21.0

Maximum 21.1 21.2 21.1 21.2 21.4Minimum 18.2 18.1 18.0 17.9 18.2

Notes: 1) State & National Mean Scores include public and non-public schools.2) The Composite Scores for each individual county are for public schools only.

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ATTENDANCE RATE (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 93.1 92.2 92.9 92.9 92.8B erkele 93.4 93.2 93.3 93.1 93.2Boone 93.5 93.2 93.1 93.4 93.1Braxton 93.3 92.8 93.1 93.0 93.5Brooke 92.9 93.1 93.4 93.7 93.9Cabell 94.1 93.8 94.6 94.5 94.2Calhoun 92.3 91.8 92.3 91.8 92.6Clay 94.2 94.2 94.4 94.0 94.2Doddridge 93.8 94.0 93.6 94.2 94.2Fayette 93.3 92.8 93.8 93.1 93.2Gilmer 94.0 94.0 94.4 94.1 94.6Grant 94.6 94.3 94.7 94.2 94.3Greenbrier 94.9 94.4 94.5 94.0 94.1Hampshire 94.0 93.8 94.3 94.2 93.5Hancock 92.9 93.3 93.3 93.4 93.2Hardy 94.7 95.3 94.4 94.4 94.0Harrison 93.7 94.2 93.9 94.0 94.1Jackson 93.8 93.3 93.8 93.8 93.7Jefferson 93.5 93.2 93.2 93.5 93.4Kanawha 93.9 93.6 93.4 93.9 93.8Lewis 94.0 94.6 95.1 95.2 94.9Lincoln 91.7 92.6 92.9 92.3 91.7Logan 92.7 93.4 94.4 93.9 94.0Marion 95.0 94.5 94.7 95.3 95.5Marshall 95.0 94.5 94.5 94.4 94.3Mason 93.4 92.9 94.0 94.5 93.9Mercer 92.9 92.7 93.0 93.4 93.6Mineral 93.8 93.5 93.4 93.5 93.6Mingo 92.1 92.4 93.6 92.8 92.7Monongalia 93.7 94.1 93.7 93.9 93.7Monroe 93.4 92.2 93.5 93.6 93.6Morgan 94.0 93.8 93.5 92.6 93.4McDowell 91.3 91.7 93.0 92.3 91.5Nicholas 94.2 92.8 94.7 94.6 93.9Ohio 94.4 94.3 93.7 93.6 94.0Pendleton 95.0 94.6 94.8 94.1 93.8Pleasants 94.7 94.2 94.4 94.0 93.9Pocahontas 94.6 94.3 94.1 93.9 94.0Preston 96.2 95.7 95.5 95.4 95.9Putnam 94.5 94.7 94.9 94.5 95.4Raleigh 92.9 93.1 93.3 93.0 93.3Randolph 95.5 94.3 94.6 94.7 95.1Ritchie 92.7 93.8 94.2 94.5 94.2Roane 93.6 94.0 93.8 93.3 93.8Summers 93.4 92.7 91.6 91.3 92.2Taylor 94.4 94.7 94.7 94.5 94.4Tucker 94.6 94.6 93.8 93.7 94.2Tyler 94.2 94.5 94.1 94.3 94.3Upshur 94.2 94.5 94.2 94.3 94.0Wayne 93.8 93.4 94.6 93.8 93.7Webster 93.7 93.2 94.3 93.0 93.5Wetzel 95.2 95.3 95.1 94.3 95.1Wirt 93.8 93.6 93.8 93.9 93.6Wood 95.0 94.8 95.0 94.6 95.1Wyoming 90.9 91.6 91.6 92.8 93.0

County Mean 93.7 93.6 93.9 93.8 93.9

Maximum 96.2 95.7 95.5 95.3 95.9Minimum 90.9 91.6 91.6 91.3 91.5

Note: Beginning with 1996-1997, the attendance rate does not include preschool students.

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AVERAGE CLASS SIZE

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 20.4 20.4 23.9 21.8 22.3Berkeley 22.5 22.8 21.9 21.8 22.3Boone 20.4 20.4 20.5 20.8 20.3Braxton 22.6 21.4 18.6 21.3 21.8Brooke 22.9 22.1 21.5 22.2 23.1Cabell 21.4 22.4 21.6 21.6 20.9Calhoun 19.3 19.8 19.4 20.4 19.3Clay 23.0 23.6 22.3 22.0 24.5Doddridge 22.1 24.2 19.0 19.9 20.0Fayette 21.5 21.7 19.6 18.5 20.3Gilmer 20.0 20.5 19.9 20.9 20.9Grant 21.7 18.5 19.2 20.9 21.5Greenbrier 22.7 21.5 20.3 20.2 20.0Hampshire 20.0 20.7 21.0 19.0 21,3Hancock 21.5 22.2 21.0 22.3 22.3Hardy 18.6 20.3 20.3 19.3 20.4Harrison 22.6 22.2 20.8 22.0 21.5Jackson 21.6 21.5 22.1 22.0 21.4Jefferson 21.5 21.6 21.2 21.7 21.2Kanawha 22.1 22.0 20.6 21.2 21.0Lewis 20.6 20.4 18.9 19.7 21.7Lincoln 19.3 19.9 20.5 21.5 21.2Logan 22.4 21.4 21.0 20.0 20.3Marion 21.0 21.4 19.8 21.0 20.7Marshall 21.1 20.5 20.1 21.1 21.1Mason 19.8 20.1 19.8 18.9 18.0Mercer 20.0 21.2 19.8 20.5 20.2Mineral 21.5 20.8 19.3 20.5 21.2Mingo 18.9 18.6 20.3 20.1 21.8Monongalia 21.8 22.3 21.8 21.6 22.2Monroe 21.5 22.7 20.7 22.2 22.5Morgan 20.4 19.7 21.2 21.0 22.2McDowell 21.3 22.7 20.6 21.6 20.9Nicholas 20.5 21.1 21.0 20.6 20.6Ohio 21.1 23.3 22.2 22.7 22.5Pendleton 18.7 20.4 18.8 20.1 19.8Pleasants 20.5 19.9 17.5 17.7 17.4Pocahontas 18.7 18.6 16.4 17.6 18.2Preston 21.8 22.1 22.9 22.5 22.1Putnam 23.4 24.1 21.4 21.2 22.3Raleigh 22.9 22.9 23.7 22.8 21.2Randolph 20.7 22.2 20.9 22.4 21.0Ritchie 22.0 20.6 20.9 20.5 19.7Roane 19.5 21.5 23.7 21.9 21.2Summers 21.5 21.9 21.6 19.9 20.8Taylor 22.9 21.5 21.8 21.3 20.9Tucker 20.3 22.0 21.9 21.6 22.3Tyler 19.6 19.4 16.9 19.9 18.9Upshur 21.6 21.4 20.6 19.8 21.0Wayne 21.4 20.7 20.2 19.9 20.2Webster 22.7 22.9 19.1 20.0 19.9Wetzel 19.6 19.5 19.5 19.3 19.6Wirt 20.3 20.0 20.8 19.2 19.7Wood 19.7 19.8 20.0 21.9 21.9Wyoming 21.2 22.3 19.9 22.3 21.5

County Mean 21.3 21.4 20.7 21.0 21.1

Maximum 23.4 24.2 23.9 22.8 24.5Minimum 18.6 18.5 16.4 17.6 17.4

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CLASSROOMS WITH SPLIT GRADES (#)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 2 3 2 1 1

Berkeley 1 0 0 0 1

Boone 6 8 6 4 4Braxton 3 3 5 5 3

Brooke 0 0 0 0 0Cabell 11 9 12 6 9Calhoun 0 0 0 0 0Clay 1 1 4 3 3

Doddridge 0 1 2 2 2Fayette 13 16 14 16 18Gilmer 0 3 3 3 1

Grant 5 6 4 6 2Greenbrier 1 1 0 1 0Hampshire 3 4 5 5

Hancock 0 0 1 0Hardy 1 3 2 1

Harrison 0 0 0 0Jackson 0 0 0 0Jefferson 0 0 0 0Kanawha 34 41 52 56 35Lewis 0 0 0 0 0Lincoln 5 7 2 8 17Logan 8 1 1 1 3

Marion 12 10 8 8 6Marshall 3 3 3 5 5Mason 0 0 0 0 1

Mercer 17 15 14 10 13Mineral 3 5 4 3 3

Mingo 0 2 7 3 3

M onongalia 19 16 17 14 14Monroe 2 1 0 1 1

M organ 8 6 6 5 4McDowell 14 12 21 22 22Nicholas 6 6 3 0 1

Ohio 0 0 0 0 0Pendleton 4 5 5 5 4Pleasants 0 0 0 0 0Pocahotas 0 0 0 0 0Preston 4 4 3 5 6Putnam 3 5 6 7 6Raleigh 1 2 0 2 1

Randolph 9 10 8 4 5Ritchie 1 1 0 1 2Roane 0 0 1 1 0Summers 6 0 0 1

Taylor 0 0 0 0Tucker 2 2 2 2Tyler 0 0 0 0Upshur 0 0 0 0Wayne 2 3 1 1

Webster 3 3 0 0Wetzel 0 0 0 0Wirt 0 0 0 0Wood 0 0 0 0Wyoming 0 0 0 0

County Total 213 214 223 220 206

Maximum 34 41 52 56 35Minimum 0 0 0 0 0

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DROPOUT RATE (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 13.1 15.7 13.2 3.4 2.3Berkeley 30.9 23.4 23.3 3.7 3.4Boone 11.6 22.3 19.6 3.2 2.4Braxton 6.7 12.3 11.6 2.2 2.0Brooke 14.6 15.6 15.2 2.8 2.4Cabell 14.1 26.4 21.6 4.8 3.7Calhoun 4.5 15.2 13.5 2.4 2.8Clay 10.8 10.8 13.2 3.0 1.9Doddridge 16.2 14.8 20.0 2.9 2.5Fayette 11.9 12.4 14.7 2.3 3.6Gilmer 11.0 14.9 5.8 2.3 3.0Grant 3.7 13.7 15.6 2.3 2.5Greenbrier 16.4 14.8 18.6 2.7 2.9Hampshire 20.9 24.8 24.4 3.6 3.5Hancock 12.9 12.9 13.6 3.0 3.4Hardy 10.8 14.1 8.8 2.0 0.8Harrison 16.8 12.3 11.2 2.3 2.1Jackson 8.9 15.7 13.4 2.9 3.7Jefferson 23.2 33.6 29.7 3.4 3.4Kanawha 21.2 22.5 20.1 2.9 3.8Lewis 15.1 22.8 12.8 1.9 1.9Lincoln 14.8 15.0 11.1 3.8 3.4Logan 23.4 16.6 14.2 3.2 3.7Marion 7.0 7.6 6.9 1.0 1.0Marshall 10.6 12.9 12.1 1.7 2.3Mason 9.6 24.4 22.2 3.3 2.7Mercer 12.2 16.3 17.1 2.4 2.8Mineral 10.8 9.1 9.7 1.9 2.1Mingo 24.3 15.4 16.0 4.1 5.1Monongalia 17.5 17.6 13.4 2.9 3.0Monroe 14.2 25.0 23.7 2.7 3.0Morgan 23.4 33.9 22.9 4.1 3.8McDowell 16.1 18.8 11.1 1.9 2.2Nicholas 10.2 10.9 14.1 2.0 2.6Ohio 10.8 16.6 16.0 2.7 2.8Pendleton 8.8 11.8 6.8 2.5 3.5Pleasants 13.9 15.1 11.2 3.1 2.8Pocahontas 14.0 13.7 13.7 4.0 2.5Preston 14.1 14.6 13.2 2.9 2.7Putnam 19.5 11.2 10.3 1.4 2.4Raleigh 19.9 16.7 14.1 3.8 3.1Randolph 5.7 12.1 12.9 1.8 2.1Ritchie 24.8 24.3 20.3 4.2 3.0Roane 12.6 12.6 10.2 3.2 4.3Summers 19.4 26.4 15.2 5.5 3.8Taylor 12.2 14.4 8.4 2.0 2.3Tucker 10.6 4.3 7.7 1.9 0.6Tyler 15.6 13.2 11.9 1.1 2.5Upshur 19.2 15.8 18.9 2.7 3.0Wayne 14.0 15.6 10.4 2.5 2.7Webster 13.9 19.6 25.0 3.9 3.4Wetzel 13.2 16.0 10.3 2.3 1.0Wirt 8.9 12.4 6.3 2.4 2.7Wood 15.3 11.8 12.7 2.3 2.0Wyoming 16.4 17.6 20.5 3.0 2.6

County Mean 16.1 17.3 15.7 2.8 2.9

Maximum 30.9 33.9 29.7 4.8 5.1Minimum 3.7 4.3 5.8 1.0 0.6

IMPORTANT NOTE: The dropout rates prior to and including 1995-96 were calculated with a different formula;therefore, the dropouts rates beginning with 1996-97 are NOT comparable with the prior years' rates!!!

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EDUCATIONAL EXPERIENCE FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFAverage Number of Years

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 14.6 15.4 15.6 16.1 16.6Berkeley 13.9 14.6 14.8 15.1 15.5Boone 12.9 13.4 13.9 14.5 14.8Braxton 15.8 16.5 17.5 17.7 17.2Brooke 18.5 19.2 19.8 20.0 20.6Cabell 15.9 16.7 17.0 17.3 17.6Calhoun 13.9 14.5 15.1 15.5 16.3Clay 13.9 14.4 15.2 16.2 16.3Doddridge 14.4 14.8 15.7 16.4 17.1Fayette 15.4 16.0 16.6 16.7 17.1Gilmer 14.5 15.7 16.1 16.6 16.7Grant 16.1 16.4 16.5 16.2 15.7Greenbrier 16.3 17.4 17.7 18.7 18.2Hampshire 15.1 15.2 15.7 15.8 15.5Hancock 18.9 19.2 20.3 20.8 21.1Hardy 15.9 16.6 17.1 17.8 17.2Harrison 16.9 17.8 18.3 19.0 19.2Jackson 15.7 16.1 16.6 16.9 17.0Jefferson 14.5 13.8 15.0 15.9 16.0Kanawha 16.2 16.6 17.0 17.6 18.2Lewis 14.9 15.6 16.3 17.3 18.4Lincoln 14.5 15.3 15.9 16.6 16.5Logan 14.3 15.3 16.1 16.8 17.8Marion 16.6 17.3 17.3 18.1 18.3Marshall 18.3 19.1 19.8 20.5 20.7Mason 15.9 16.2 16.6 17.1 18.3Mercer 16.7 17.5 18.0 18.1 18.5Mineral 17.0 17.6 18.2 18.5 18.4Mingo 13.5 14.3 15.6 16.1 17.3Monongalia 14.5 15.0 15.2 15.5 15.8Monroe 15.4 16.3 17.4 17.6 17.7Morgan 15.4 15.7 16.0 16.6 16.8McDowell 14.7 15.5 16.5 17.8 18.4Nicholas 14.9 15.4 15.9 16.9 16.7Ohio 18.1 18.7 19.0 19.3 19.6Pendleton 15.9 17.2 17.4 18.2 19.1Pleasants 18.2 18.5 18.8 19.5 20.5Pocahontas 15.5 16.0 16.3 16.8 16.8Preston 14.8 15.7 16.6 16.9 17.4Putnam 14.8 15.2 15.9 16.5 16.6Raleigh 15.1 16.0 16.7 17.1 17.3Randolph 15.1 15.6 16.0 16.7 17.4Ritchie 13.6 13.7 14.7 15.7 17.0Roane 13.5 14.1 14.9 15.4 15.8Summers 17.3 17.8 18.9 19.6 19.2Taylor 14.6 15.0 15.7 16.5 17.0Tucker 14.2 15.4 15.9 15.9 16.1Tyler 15.1 16.2 17.0 17.4 17.8Upshur 14.8 15.4 16.3 16.9 17.2Wayne 16.1 16.7 16.7 17.2 16.7Webster 13.6 14.5 15.7 16.5 17.0Wetzel 15.6 16.0 16.4 16.7 17.3Wirt 15.2 15.0 15.8 16.1 16.8Wood 17.4 18.5 18.9 19.7 19.4Wyoming 15.6 16.3 17.0 17.8 18.3

County Mean 15.7 16.3 16.8 17.4 17.7

Maximum 18.9 19.2 20.3 20.8 21.1Minimum 12.9 13.4 13.9 14.5 14.8

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the position codes used to calculate the average years were expanded to includeadditional personnel.

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ENROLLMENT BY SUBJECT IN GRADES 9-12 (%)English Language Arts

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 07.3 13.6 12.4 99.8 99.2Berkeley 11.8 17.5 18.8 99.6 97.5Boone 02.6 07.2 10.1 99.7 99.2Braxton 13.9 05.5 10.2 98.1 94.5Brooke 17.1 09.8 10.2 96.8 96.5Cabell 13.7 26.7 26.4 99.0 97.7Calhoun 04.0 07.5 20.3 100.0 99.3Clay 01.6 08.3 05.9 99.5 97.7Doddridge 11.2 42.4 09.1 99.8 98.3Fayette 10.0 12.9 17.0 99.7 98.4Gilmer 03.5 14.4 18.1 100.0 99.7Grant 13.7 13.2 07.7 100.0 100.0Greenbrier 06.2 04.6 12.4 99.4 99.2Hampshire 12.8 21.6 13.1 97.8 97.5Hancock 07.8 29.6 29.3 99.2 99.0Hardy 08.5 23.3 05.0 99.5 97.6Harrison 09.5 16.0 19.3 99.1 98.3Jackson 05.8 09.0 15.8 99.7 98.0Jefferson 07.1 04.4 03.7 99.7 99.3Kanawha 06.3 04.5 09.5 99.4 98.4Lewis 04.3 04.6 09.9 99.6 97.6Lincoln 19.4 32.9 62.2 98.8 96.8Logan 12.1 06.7 06.9 99.9 97.8Marion 17.6 23.7 18.3 99.4 95.6Marshall 12.9 14.6 17.1 99.8 99.6Mason 05.6 12.3 17.6 99.8 97.8Mercer 22.1 30.3 18.2 99.5 98.8Mineral 09.7 12.4 10.0 99.9 97.4Mingo 15.0 21.7 04.5 99.5 90.6Monongalia 12.5 12.0 21.8 99.6 97.0Monroe 12.8 11.8 13.7 100.0 98.8Morgan 18.3 07.5 14.0 99.7 98.9McDowell 05.9 10.8 20.4 99.3 99.4Nicholas 07.6 08.0 10.5 99.8 98.7Ohio 11.0 29.9 34.2 99.8 98.3Pendleton 05.2 06.3 19.5 100.0 99.8Pleasants 11.3 15.5 15.0 99.8 98.5Pocahontas 17.6 10.7 00.0 93.8 99.5Preston 10.2 11.6 05.0 99.5 98.3Putnam 00.0 03.6 03.3 97.5 95.9Raleigh 31.3 26.6 36.7 99.1 97.4Randolph 11.3 20.0 14.0 99.8 99.5Ritchie 14.3 19.4 17.8 99.0 96.8Roane 15.2 26.9 74.9 99.8 99.0Summers 23.4 15.7 20.7 99.8 99.7Taylor 00.0 01.7 07.9 99.5 98.9Tucker 07.8 00.6 01.7 99.8 100.0Tyler 17.3 22.4 15.7 99.6 99.1Upshur 02.4 07.5 08.7 99.6 97.8Wayne 28.4 21.2 26.6 94.3 96.5Webster 00.0 11.6 04.4 99.8 99.5Wetzel 18.4 10.0 31.7 99.6 99.6Wirt 03.6 06.7 15.0 100.0 100.0Wood 19.0 16.3 11.5 100.0 99.5Wyoming 06.9 09.9 10.8 98.9 97.9

County Mean 12.1 14.9 17.0 99.2 98.0

Maximum 31.3 42.4 74.9 100.0 100.0Minimum 00.0 00.6 00.0 93.8 90.6

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the percentage of enrollment by subject area was calculated based on anunduplicated count of students instead of a duplicated count as in the previous years. For example, students whotook two English Language Arts courses were counted one time in 1996-97, whereas they were counted twice inprevious years.

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ENROLLMENT BY SUBJECT IN GRADES 9-12 (%)Foreign Language

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 27.7 29.6 29.7 25.2 23.7Berkeley 41.8 43.2 40.1 40.1 38.7Boone 21.1 24.7 28.5 28.1 24.5Braxton 20.0 20.2 17.6 23.7 15.5Brooke 34.1 33.5 29.5 30.7 42.4Cabell 37.3 37.9 37.8 30.9 39.2Calhoun 19.0 31.7 27.2 26.1 22.6Clay 16.9 14.4 24.5 22.1 18.6Doddridge 16.9 16.8 26.0 24.9 25.8Fayette 23.8 23.1 26.4 23.0 21.5Gilmer 22.5 34.5 35.6 32.8 27.3Grant 22.0 25.0 24.0 19.9 20.7Greenbrier 30.3 28.7 27.3 27.6 27.2Hampshire 28.9 32.8 35.1 31.2 32.3Hancock 34.1 38.4 41.1 43.2 36.5Hardy 14.6 18.7 20.8 27.4 24.1Harrison 32.3 34.1 32.6 34.2 35.2Jackson 23.8 23.8 23.3 17.0 14.5Jefferson 28.7 34.7 32.9 37.4 37.9Kanawha 38.7 35.7 34.5 34.8 36.6Lewis 23.1 21.4 19.7 23.1 19.1Lincoln 16.7 19.6 26.5 22.2 19.3Logan 21.0 24.2 24.2 24.9 24.0Marion 32.0 29.5 29.8 33.2 35.4Marshall 39.9 42.8 45.6 38.7 38.8Mason 23.4 21.9 26.1 21.7 23.8Mercer 30.4 31.6 33.9 32.8 32.6Mineral 36.0 34.9 35.6 41.8 35.2Mingo 17.5 20.7 15.3 26.5 19.5Monongalia 38.4 39.0 38.1 41.2 44.0Monroe 18.2 26.2 22.8 20.6 22.7Morgan 27.3 26.8 27.5 29.1 30.2McDowell 17.3 15.9 17.6 19.1 18.0Nicholas 21.4 19.9 20.6 21.2 21.0Ohio 38.4 38.6 42.0 46.5 44.9Pendleton 13.3 19.3 21.2 24.9 22.2Pleasants 13.3 21.6 15.5 23.7 20.1Pocahontas 25.2 27.0 29.1 43.3 25.9Preston 31.7 29.6 29.4 33.4 28.8Putnam 29.3 35.1 29.5 25.0 27.6Raleigh 31.8 32.2 30.5 30.1 31.8Randolph 34.3 33.5 32.4 35.8 26.1Ritchie 14.0 27.3 19.6 16.2 12.4Roane 21.6 23.1 23.5 31.2 34.6Summers 34.5 46.3 41.3 31.6 36.1Taylor 27.9 32.1 24.0 26.6 31.8Tucker 18.0 17.7 15.5 22.8 25.7Tyler 34.1 35.0 35.8 23.4 24.0Upshur 29.3 30.6 33.5 28.4 20.9Wayne 25.2 28.5 29.4 27.5 26.0Webster 13.0 14.8 16.5 15.1 13.9Wetzel 28.3 27.5 30.8 33.6 31.2Wirt 21.8 17.3 17.5 18.9 13.1Wood 34.7 32.3 30.2 29.0 29.8Wyoming 15.7 20.4 17.0 18.7 17.5

County Mean 29.6 30.6 30.3 30.4 30.1

Maximum 41.8 46.3 45.6 46.5 44.9Minimum 13.0 14.4 15.3 15.1 12.4

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the percentage of enrollment by subject area was calculated based on anunduplicated count of students instead of a duplicated count as in the previous years. For example, students whotook two Foreign Language courses were counted one time in 1996-97, whereas they were counted twice inprevious years.

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ENROLLMENT BY SUBJECT IN GRADES 9-12 (%)Mathematics

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 79.0 82.2 99.5 81.3 80.1Berkeley 81.6 87.9 87.6 84.2 82.9Boone 81.3 89.1 103.5 84.5 83.1Braxton 78.9 67.6 76.5 76.2 73.7Brooke 92.1 90.4 90.5 85.5 86.0Cabell 89.8 95.2 99.9 88.6 84.9Calhoun 95.4 105.4 110.8 85.6 77.2Clay 70.5 73.1 78.4 78.1 74.3Doddridge 77.4 86.5 89.3 78.5 79.5Fayette 78.9 79.0 83.4 76.4 75.0Gilmer 69.4 80.8 90.1 77.2 80.0Grant 76.5 77.1 72.8 78.6 78.2Greenbrier 77.4 78.7 78.2 80.6 83.8Hampshire 86.7 86.6 87.4 82.7 83.8Hancock 77.5 99.9 99.7 89.0 88.0Hardy 79.2 89.7 81.0 79.1 75.7Harrison 89.3 95.1 94.8 89.9 89.7Jackson 81.9 85.5 93.9 92.0 89.9Jefferson 89.2 87.2 95.7 89.2 87.6Kanawha 94.3 94.3 101.0 92.1 89.5Lewis 80.7 77.7 74.8 84.0 86.6Lincoln 75.4 78.3 102.3 78.0 79.1Logan 71.7 76.0 82.6 75.4 80.2Marion 101.7 103.4 104.2 93.8 91.5Marshall 81.8 87.5 92.5 85.1 84.0Mason 75.7 77.0 85.8 84.6 83.4Mercer 87.6 88.3 86.5 85.9 86.3Mineral 92.6 96.2 99.9 92.4 90.3Mingo 78.0 79.7 53.0 77.0 73.1Monongalia 87.1 86.4 94.2 90.1 89.4Monroe 74.8 81.2 77.7 80.2 86.9Morgan 88.0 92.5 94.1 88.3 92.1McDowell 73.9 76.5 84.4 82.7 91.1Nicholas 82.5 84.6 83.4 78.4 80.7Ohio 98.4 97.0 98.2 93.7 93.3Pendleton 76.5 99.5 99.5 75.8 79.6Pleasants 78.7 77.6 77.5 83.4 84.9Pocahontas 88.1 84.3 89.3 88.6 73.4Preston 92.0 97.6 94.3 90.6 86.5Putnam 88.1 107.2 97.6 91.7 86.1Raleigh 90.1 90.9 95.0 83.8 84.0Randolph 81.0 83.0 92.1 89.5 81.4Ritchie 117.1 113.2 97.7 89.8 88.9Roane 69.8 82.3 99.9 85.8 85.2Summers 77.8 79.0 83.4 77.2 77.5Taylor 71.3 83.0 90.6 87.2 90.3Tucker 84.7 88.7 84.3 84.0 81.1Tyler 89.5 85.6 77.5 89.0 85.7Upshur 70.1 79.0 82.5 79.3 78.6Wayne 93.9 93.0 108.9 82.9 86.0Webster 72.0 72.9 71.2 76.0 75.6Wetzel 95.6 101.4 120.0 96.0 96.6Wirt 93.1 90.9 93.8 93.2 92.9Wood 87.2 89.0 86.1 86.7 86.6Wyoming 79.8 80.5 74.2 71.0 75.7

County Mean 85.6 88.8 91.8 85.8 85.1

Maximum 117.1 113.2 120.0 96.0 96.6Minimum 69.4 67.6 53.0 71.0 73.1

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the percentage of enrollment by subject area was calculated based on anunduplicated count of students instead of a duplicated count as in the previous years. For example, students whotook two Mathematics courses were counted one time in 1996-97, whereas they were counted twice in previousyears.

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ENROLLMENT BY SUBJECT IN GRADES 9-12 (%)Science

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 76.0 82.1 93.2 78.3 81.4Berkeley 76.5 81.6 84.1 77.0 77.2Boone 67.4 78.4 87.0 83.2 83.1Braxton 88.0 77.5 77.5 78.5 75.5Brooke 88.2 87.5 91.9 86.5 89.1Cabell 96.4 95.0 94.8 81.6 79.2Calhoun 94.6 93.8 109.3 80.3 79.0Clay 68.1 69.6 78.1 78.2 76.3Doddridge 66.9 71.7 77.9 75.7 72.3Fayette 77.6 80.7 84.1 78.7 76.1Gilmer 63.3 76.3 100.0 81.5 85.2Grant 81.0 80.3 88.7 74.5 82.3Greenbrier' 76.4 81.8 85.6 81.5 79.6Hampshire 79.9 80.0 85.9 86.1 75.9Hancock 91.5 107.6 108.6 87.4 87.9Hardy 90.9 87.3 70.9 77.4 73.6Harrison 83.7 86.7 88.1 79.9 80.8Jackson 77.6 82.5 92.6 90.9 88.1Jefferson 74.4 73.7 82.4 82.3 82.6Kanawha 94.8 92.5 93.7 88.6 86.4Lewis 70.0 77.3 80.5 81.0 78.0Lincoln 75.0 77.2 106.6 77.9 75.9Logan 69.3 72.8 78.9 71.6 76.2Marion 94.6 98.3 98.9 89.2 89.4Marshall 99.2 91.7 105.4 81.8 80.8Mason 79.0 82.3 86.1 81.4 79.3Mercer 75.9 78.5 68.2 75.5 72.8Mineral 73.4 82.3 83.0 82.0 79.8Mingo 81.2 82.7 61.5 75.6 68.6M onongalia 88.6 89.4 99.3 86.8 85.0Monroe 85.6 78.2 79.3 84.1 89.7Morgan 85.5 80.0 81.2 78.7 77.6McDowell 76.3 73.8 90.9 79.3 87.1Nicholas 76.3 87.1 78.6 78.3 77.3Ohio 93.7 100.7 102.2 90.6 89.2Pendleton 72.6 72.0 85.1 73.4 75.6Pleasants 76.7 76.9 79.9 86.1 83.4Pocahontas 89.4 84.7 80.5 88.3 76.9Preston 79.6 81.1 70.1 75.5 74.4Putnam 84.9 95.5 86.6 82.5 77.2Raleigh 86.4 86.9 89.0 79.1 78.5Randolph 89.3 94.7 100.6 90.4 84.3Ritchie 87.8 95.4 88.9 87.1 76.2Roane 75.8 86.9 103.2 83.6 86.9Summers 73.7 78.8 81.8 78.5 78.5Taylor 79.1 83.0 95.7 81.4 79.5Tucker 80.9 78.8 91.2 82.7 79.6Tyler 90.6 85.9 74.7 78.7 77.7Upshur 78.6 90.3 83.0 76.1 74.8Wayne 84.5 79.5 87.6 79.0 82.6Webster 73.9 83.1 81.7 80.0 83.2Wetzel 80.2 85.9 92.3 83.2 84.3Wirt 75.5 86.3 82.2 79.3 76.9Wood 79.7 84.2 84.2 83.8 82.9Wyoming 79.1 80.2 77.2 70.1 71.4

County Mean 83.3 85.7 88.0 81.7 80.8

Maximum 99.2 107.6 109.3 90.6 89.7Minimum 63.3 69.6 61.5 70.1 68.6

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the percentage of enrollment by subject area was calculated based on anunduplicated count of students instead of a duplicated count as in the previous years. For example, students whotook two Science courses were counted one time in 1996-97, whereas they were counted twice in previous years.

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ENROLLMENT BY SUBJECT IN GRADES 9-12 (%)Social Studies

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 99.8 100.7 115.5 90.4 88.3Berkeley 89.1 97.3 97.2 89.2 87.0Boone 109.1 114.2 112.1 98.9 99.4Braxton 73.3 73.1 63.0 77.5 96.2Brooke 91.4 89.3 90.7 84.6 84.1Cabell 80.4 90.3 91.6 80.9 82.6Calhoun 84.5 92.7 105.3 86.7 76.5Clay 104.8 110.5 107.6 96.8 97.7Doddridge 65.5 78.3 83.1 67.7 94.4Fayette 102.7 99.3 109.1 89.7 94.9Gilmer 78.3 93.2 139.5 99.1 88.3Grant 82.4 86.6 83.2 80.1 98.2Greenbrier 84.6 85.4 92.2 85.3 84.4Hampshire 92.7 93.5 92.6 91.9 91.0Hancock 90.1 103.3 104.6 89.4 87.2Hardy 101.7 98.1 87.4 84.6 83.5Harrison 83.4 88.8 91.7 83.4 82.2Jackson 84.3 88.0 93.0 85.5 81.5Jefferson 99.7 95.0 105.6 90.7 90.3Kanawha 106.3 101.5 105.3 96.4 97.6Lewis 92.9 93.9 89.7 85.6 83.1Lincoln 91.1 90.4 112.8 84.3 80.6Logan 84.9 85.0 91.8 84.4 81.6Marion 93.8 99.0 98.9 88.2 86.6Marshall 106.0 111.1 117.2 99.4 99.6Mason 103.5 104.6 106.2 98.4 81.4Mercer 82.2 89.7 77.6 83.0 83.8Mineral 91.3 93.2 91.4 89.0 85.9Mingo 91.4 93.9 71.6 88.4 80.9Monongalia 88.8 88.7 98.7 90.6 88.4Monroe 86.1 94.8 97.2 80.2 85.2Morgan 91.6 93.8 102.6 90.6 89.2McDowell 109.6 114.8 125.7 95.3 95.8Nicholas 108.1 89.8 93.2 84.5 84.0Ohio 87.1 89.3 86.2 87.3 86.9Pendleton 79.5 78.3 84.9 79.5 78.1Pleasants 86.9 86.0 92.4 86.8 85.5Pocahontas 94.3 88.3 87.7 98.4 81.8Preston 90.6 89.4 73.6 89.2 86.0Putnam 83.8 93.5 91.4 82.6 92.2Raleigh 89.5 92.1 88.1 82.0 80.0Randolph 98.4 104.8 105.2 98.6 86.7Ritchie 109.9 106.2 99.3 99.8 96.0Roane 86.7 92.0 106.4 88.9 90.9Summers 85.8 89.8 93.2 79.6 76.1Taylor 103.9 105.4 121.3 92.5 92.3Tucker 106.8 100.2 102.9 100.0 99.8Tyler 101.7 106.2 107.2 96.4 94.6Upshur 105.9 115.1 121.2 99.3 98.3Wayne 99.4 97.5 105.6 82.8 88.5Webster 90.1 89.8 90.0 78.9 79.1Wetzel 101.8 104.8 106.9 90.8 97.7Wirt 99.4 99.4 105.9 99.1 95.5Wood 105.1 117.6 105.8 99.2 96.8Wyoming 92.9 99.1 99.6 99.1 96.9

County Mean 94.2 96.8 98.2 89.3 89.0

Maximum 109.9 117.6 139.5 100.0 99.8Minimum 65.5 73.1 63.0 67.7 76.1

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the percentage of enrollment by subject area was calculated based on anunduplicated count of students instead of a duplicated count as in the previous years. For example, students whotook two Social Studies courses were counted one time in 1996-97, whereas they were counted twice in previousyears.

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County

BarbourB erkeleyBooneBraxtonBrookeCabellCalhounClayDoddridgeFayetteGilmerGrantGreenbrierHampshireHancockHardyHarrisonJacksonJeffersonKanawhaLewisLincolnLoganMarionMarshallMasonM ercerMineralMingoM onongaliaMonroeM organMcDowellNicholasOhioPendletonPleasantsPocahontasPrestonPutnamRaleighRandolphRitchieRoaneSummersTaylorTuckerTylerUpshurWayneWebsterW etzelWirtWoodWyoming

County Total

MaximumMinimum

EXEMPTIONS TO TEACHER/PUPIL RATIOClassrooms Requested (#)

1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-

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County

BarbourBerkeleyBooneBraxtonBrookeCabellCalhounClayDoddridgeFayetteGilmerGrantGreenbrierHampshireHancockHardyHarrisonJacksonJeffersonKanawhaLewisLincolnLoganMarionMarshallMasonM ercerMineralMingoM onongaliaMonroeMorganMcDowellNicholasOhioPendletonPleasantsPocahontasPrestonPutnamRaleighRandolphRitchieRoaneSummersTaylorTuckerTylerUpshurWayneWebsterWetzelWirtWoodWyoming

County Total

MaximumMinimum

EXEMPTIONS TO TEACHER/PUPIL RATIOClassrooms Granted (#)

1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-

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GRADUATES (#)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 173 183 171 170 204Berkeley 568 589 667 647 643Boone 418 369 311 342 349Braxton 154 178 167 161 169Brooke 358 325 312 308 284Cabell 894 888 922 912 952Calhoun 127 95 115 99 119Clay 140 149 131 128 138Doddridge 88 75 84 81 106Fayette 643 670 648 617 560Gilmer 81 80 81 79 81Grant 129 139 119 129 125Greenbrier 450 381 384 383 400Hampshire 163 185 I80 194 188Hancock 377 392 325 317 341Hardy 124 116 134 147 122Harrison 734 770 768 794 785Jackson 339 359 344 313 348Jefferson 325 322 334 331 346Kanawha 2,094 2,185 2,102 1,869 2,110Lewis 225 220 238 198 196Lincoln 310 300 303 251 275Logan 627 676 614 563 528Marion 669 658 691 599 688Marshall 465 445 398 452 436Mason 330 269 322 332 321Mercer 676 706 681 579 607Mineral 339 338 362 321 331Mingo 443 435 492 412 463Monongalia 643 671 695 609 621Monroe 151 117 122 138 119M organ 111 121 175 126 140McDowell 422 448 482 407 320Nicholas 379 367 353 388 354Ohio 387 388 367 411 418Pendleton 93 90 96 98 101Pleasants 105 101 95 115 106Pocahontas 92 107 113 108 109Preston 341 364 363 308 362Putnam 521 549 585 548 597Raleigh 923 964 920 957 864Randolph 266 320 310 291 308Ritchie 106 134 102 109 122Roane 194 194 221 192 204Summers 125 131 139 147 131Taylor 151 160 153 173 179Tucker 101 132 96 107 123Tyler 119 132 119 101 122Upshur 269 277 241 271 287Wayne 533 537 584 485 522Webster 130 123 129 111 118Wetzel 262 242 243 231 253Wirt 72 78 75 71 78Wood 902 911 903 875 939Wyoming 475 493 451 442 415

County Total 20,336 20,648 20,532 19,547 20,127

Maximum 2,094 2,185 2,102 1,869 2,110Minimum 72 75 75 71 78

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFBachelor's Degree (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 18 17 23 10.2 8.8Berkeley 136 123 122 14.4 13.6Boone 68 52 52 10.2 8.3Braxton 32 32 26 11.4 15.0Brooke 17 18 19 6.1 5.6Cabell 68 58 59 7.0 6.4Calhoun 24 14 10 5.9 5.4Clay 13 10 9 4.9 7.5Doddridge 11 10 11 11.8 10.6Fayette 62 50 55 9.8 9.8Gilmer 29 31 28 28.0 25.8Grant 14 12 8 9.4 12.2Greenbrier 34 28 31 5.7 6.4Hampshire 19 24 23 8.6 10.0Hancock 19 25 16 5.7 5.6Hardy 17 12 8 8.6 10.0Harrison 79 64 59 6.2 5.7Jackson 31 26 26 7.8 8.6Jefferson 79 64 69 11.7 13.0Kanawha 200 186 210 7.5 7.2Lewis 30 26 25 8.1 7.4Lincoln 37 28 26 5.8 7.7Logan 92 69 65 9.3 7.7Marion 65 57 66 9.3 8.6Marshall 19 14 15 3.9 4.7Mason 22 29 29 9.5 7.3Mercer 59 52 65 9.5 9.7Mineral 17 18 18 5.2 8.1Mingo 71 59 37 6.7 5.2Monongalia 71 64 68 8.1 8.7Monroe 11 13 10 6.5 4.9Morgan 23 28 25 12.2 14.3McDowell 58 44 33 4.3 3.2Nicholas 59 40 43 8.1 9.8Ohio 37 38 43 9.8 10.9Pendleton 11 8 8 3.5 2.9Pleasants 5 4 5 4.4 4.4Pocahontas 18 12 12 10.1 11.9Preston 44 36 27 6.9 6.9Putnam 61 53 49 7.1 7.5Raleigh 83 68 56 5.9 5.7Randolph 37 31 37 9.0 9.8Ritchie 8 13 8 3.9 3.7Roane 44 37 36 13.0 10.5Summers 9 11 8 4.7 6.3Taylor 24 21 15 5.3 6.5Tucker 12 7 7 7.4 8.8Tyler 4 4 4 5.0 5.1Upshur 35 34 28 7.6 6.4Wayne 50 42 50 7.8 10.5Webster 26 22 18 10.8 12.2Wetzel 23 23 15 6.6 5.5Wirt 13 14 12 16.3 15.6Wood 87 66 65 6.6 7.0Wyoming 25 23 26 4.8 3.4

County Total 2,260 1,964 1,918 7.7 8.0

Maximum 200 186 210 28.0 25.8Minimum 4 4 4 3.5 2.9

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position codes used for the level of education were expanded to includeadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFBachelor's Degree +15 (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 70 74 71 33.2 35.9Berkeley 242 251 269 31.1 30.4Boone 150 163 162 40.0 43.6Braxton 79 81 84 38.9 34.7Brooke 74 76 77 25.8 27.0Cabell 282 259 263 23.8 24.8Calhoun 55 62 62 49.6 50.0Clay 72 73 70 40.1 39.4Doddridge 43 46 44 37.3 37.5Fayette 259 256 247 36.9 36.9Gilmer 29 26 25 34.0 37.1Grant 49 54 55 36.2 36.7Greenbrier 141 142 145 35.7 35.4Hampshire 98 98 99 39.7 41.2Hancock 113 97 100 27.0 26.5Hardy 48 53 58 37.7 31.3Harrison 273 278 284 30.6 31.0Jackson 138 135 134 32.8 32.2Jefferson 167 168 173 36.6 37.5Kanawha 808 800 809 32.5 34.1Lewis 60 62 63 25.5 26.6Lincoln 113 116 115 30.8 30.9Logan 216 204 187 31.1 33.9Marion 176 172 174 25.1 27.1Marshall 93 86 89 19.5 20.0Mason 127 127 120 31.6 34.0Mercer 235 230 230 28.2 28.2Mineral 95 99 96 25.9 24.6Mingo 188 182 165 29.0 27.6Monongalia 147 144 143 19.4 18.5Monroe 65 58 56 38.7 42.3Morgan 60 59 57 36.6 34.8McDowell 220 213 200 39.3 38.4Nicholas 121 129 125 31.8 32.6Ohio 108 108 107 23.3 23.1Pendleton 41 42 41 40.0 40.0Pleasants 42 41 42 31.9 34.2Pocahontas 41 45 48 38.0 34.1Preston 118 114 110 27.2 27.0Putnam 179 183 193 29.9 30.0Raleigh 359 360 353 35.4 36.1Randolph 107 111 104 26.2 24.7Ritchie 53 50 49 32.0 31.6Roane 93 107 99 43.3 38.2Summers 56 44 43 31.3 32.9Taylor 64 63 65 30.2 31.7Tucker 29 31 30 28.7 28.4Tyler 53 49 51 36.0 35.3Upshur 91 94 97 31.1 35.6Wayne 165 171 166 28.4 30.0Webster 72 74 71 46.8 46.3Wetzel 107 108 111 32.8 31.3Wirt 27 28 19 20.7 23.3Wood 371 363 369 32.7 35.3Wyoming 157 141 130 27.6 28.1

County Total 7,439 7,400 7,349 30.6 31.5

Maximum 808 800 809 49.6 50.0Minimum 27 26 19 19.4 18.5

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position codes used for the level of education were expanded to includeadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFMaster's Degree (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 23 17 21 9.7 9.7Berkeley 92 82 64 7.8 7.3Boone 25 16 14 4.3 3.6Braxton 22 17 14 7.4 7.5Brooke 30 24 19 5.2 5.0Cabell 72 60 62 4.6 4.7Calhoun 6 7 8 5.2 4.5Clay 3 4 3 3.1 3.8Doddridge 9 8 7 6.4 4.8Fayette 50 44 38 4.8 4.6Gilmer 6 4 4 2.0 3.1Grant 19 11 10 4.0 5.0Greenbrier 42 38 32 7.5 8.7Hampshire 28 28 22 11.3 13.2Hancock 15 12 8 1.6 2.9Hardy 18 15 15 10.6 12.7Harrison 89 67 63 6.4 6.7Jackson 22 24 22 4.2 4.2Jefferson 65 56 62 11.7 10.7Kanawha 154 131 126 4.9 4.0Lewis 31 31 21 8.5 8.9Lincoln 21 16 18 6.1 3.7Logan 41 36 27 5.2 4.6Marion 92 77 68 8.8 8.9Marshall 42 38 26 6.0 7.3Mason 10 9 14 2.6 2.1Mercer 59 49 43 5.5 5.2Mineral 26 25 29 7.1 6.1Mingo 37 34 32 5.5 4.5Monongalia 97 81 86 12.0 12.4Monroe 15 11 8 7.1 6.3Morgan 15 12 11 8.5 8.1McDowell 33 28 24 4.1 4.3Nicholas 37 27 26 6.2 5.2Ohio 64 56 50 9.8 9.9Pendleton 14 9 10 9.6 7.6Pleasants 9 8 6 3.7 1.8Pocahontas 7 8 7 6.2 7.1Preston 64 63 55 12.1 11.5Putnam 46 42 41 6.5 6.0Raleigh 80 69 50 4.5 4.4Randolph 39 39 37 7.6 6.4Ritchie .5 6 6 3.9 2.2Roane 5 5 9 4.2 5.5Summers 9 7 6 4.0 4.2Taylor 21 16 14 6.7 6.0Tucker 9 9 8 7.4 8.8Tyler 11 11 9 6.5 8.8Upshur 51 52 47 12.2 10.7Wayne 25 22 24 3.9 4.0Webster 7 4 3 1.9 3.4Wetzel 14 16 18 5.6 5.8Wirt 2 1 2 2.2 2.2Wood 133 125 109 9.0 8.3Wyoming 21 17 15 3.4 2.7

County Total 1,982 1,724 1,573 6.0 6.2

Maximum 154 131 126 12.2 13.2Minimum 2 1 2 1.6 1.8

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position codes used for the level of education were expanded to includeadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFMaster's Degree +15 (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 36 31 27 10.2 9.7Berkeley 98 87 82 9.3 10.9Boone 51 51 42 10.0 10.6Braxton 30 27 22 10.0 10.3Brooke 65 49 39 11.9 12.4Cabell 117 116 111 9.8 9.5Calhoun 17 9 9 4.4 6.3Clay 14 15 17 11.7 9.4Doddridge 16 13 14 14.5 17.3Fayette 71 81 71 9.7 9.4Gilmer 6 9 8 9.0 6.2Grant 21 24 15 7.4 5.8Greenbrier 67 61 48 12.5 11.4Hampshire 17 21 22 10.1 9.2Hancock 24 17 16 4.2 4.3Hardy 15 16 15 11.9 14.0Harrison 122 118 107 12.1 11.6Jackson 71 62 56 13.7 13.6Jefferson 61 57 54 14.1 15.3Kanawha 311 279 247 9.8 8.5Lewis 43 37 38 16.2 15.3Lincoln 39 33 34 8.6 10.5Logan 60 56 58 8.7 8.7Marion 118 119 112 5.9 14.7Marshall 82 66 64 1.4 11.8Mason 57 47 43 0.0 9.4Mercer 123 101 93 2.3 12.9Mineral 46 42 40 1.5 12.0Mingo 78 69 66 0.6 10.6Monongalia 123 110 104 4.1 13.0Monroe 19 16 15 7.7 7.0Morgan 9 8 11 7.3 8.1McDowell 52 53 45 8.5 7.5Nicholas 41 45 34 8.9 8.2Ohio 65 63 54 10.2 10.7Pendleton 19 18 9 7.8 6.7Pleasants 19 19 18 14.8 14.9Pocahontas 10 10 8 6.2 9.5Preston 77 61 69 16.5 16.4Putnam 73 70 56 9.5 11.0Raleigh 101 94 85 9.6 9.7Randolph 56 48 50 12.2 13.3Ritchie 24 14 14 12.4 13.2Roane 11 8 13 5.0 10.0Summers 18 17 16 9.3 7.0Taylor 36 39 38 17.8 17.1Tucker 17 12 12 10.2 9.8Tyler 27 22 21 16.5 16.2Upshur 60 54 56 16.8 16.0Wayne 72 64 63 10.8 10.0Webster 17 15 13 7.0 5.4Wetzel 23 16 19 9.6 11.3Wirt 7 10 11 9.8 8.9Wood 162 141 132 12.0 11.7Wyoming 44 47 44 9.3 9.0

County Total 3,058 2,787 2,580 10.6 10.8

Maximum 311 279 247 17.8 17.3Minimum 6 8 8 4.2 4.3

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position codes used for the level of education were expanded to includeadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFMaster's Degree +30 (% )

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 37 35 36 16.8 17.5Berkeley 144 120 123 14.7 15.1Boone 86 55 56 12.9 12.2Braxton 34 28 28 11.4 13.6Brooke 107 94 88 24.6 22.0Cabell 279 188 156 2.7 1.8Calhoun 30 24 20 5.6 3.4Clay 41 25 20 1.1 1.3Doddridge 17 16 12 0.9 2.5Fayette 158 106 100 4.4 3.9Gilmer 17 15 13 1.0 0.3Grant 33 22 28 6.8 6.5Greenbrier 94 67 71 6.1 6.9Hampshire 34 20 25 0.1 9.2Hancock 133 73 52 2.2 1.0Hardy 38 29 26 3.2 2.7Harrison 234 141 133 6.1 5.6Jackson 76 66 61 7.6 7.5Jefferson 52 47 46 1.7 0.5Kanawha 711 484 433 7.0 6.5Lewis 46 42 42 9.6 8.2Lincoln 96 54 42 2.5 1.1Logan 146 90 77 3.0 2.7Marion 158 131 123 7.3 7.3Marshall 170 142 114 23.0 20.2Mason 116 67 59 15.2 14.6Mercer 205 149 131 16.7 15.7Mineral 110 93 89 25.1 23.7Mingo 153. 130 114 20.6 20.7Monongalia 235 177 158 19.9 20.3Monroe 37 26 27 16.1 13.4Morgan 32 28 28 15.2 15.5McDowell 99 77 77 14.3 15.9Nicholas 107 64 56 15.3 13.9Ohio 153 115 98 20.1 20.0Pendleton 17 16 18 15.7 14.3Pleasants 33 24 22 16.3 14.0Pocahontas 39 19 12 9.3 9.5Preston 72 75 75 19.4 19.4Putnam 166 134 113 18.3 16.5Raleigh 272 177 164 17.0 16.8Randolph 103 71 77 20.8 20.5Ritchie 45 32 32 23.5 21.3Roane 40 31 26 10.5 10.0Summers 29 22 17 13.3 9.8Taylor 42 37 37 20.0 18.1Tucker 25 25 25 27.8 25.5Tyler 36 30 27 7.3 16.9Upshur 62 44 41 4.0 11.7Wayne 178 125 111 7.7 15.8Webster 30 23 20 3.9 14.3Wetzel 86 52 42 3.9 13.1Wirt 24 11 13 7.4 16.7Wood 299 208 196 8.1 17.6Wyoming 125 92 87 21.0 20.4

County Total 5,941 4,288 3,917 16.5 15.9

Maximum 711 484 433 27.8 25.5Minimum 17 11 12 9.3 9.2

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position codes used for the level of education were expanded to includeadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFMaster's Degree +45 (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 23 34 36 19.0 17.5Berkeley 50 119 148 21.7 22.4Boone 24 65 76 22.4 21.6Braxton 9 23 29 19.7 18.3Brooke 9 41 57 26.1 27.6Cabell 256 364 415 41.8 42.4Calhoun 2 15 21 17.8 19.6Clay 15 32 37 28.4 28.1Doddridge 6 8 13 19.1 17.3Fayette 43 106 126 24.1 25.0Gilmer 3 5 8 15.0 17.5Grant 6 22 28 26.2 22.3Greenbrier 14 52 74 21.8 20.5Hampshire 18 30 34 19.5 16.8Hancock 51 137 159 49.1 49.7Hardy 0 13 16 16.6 18.7Harrison 55 184 209 27.9 28.4Jackson 31 61 76 23.8 23.8Jefferson 17 31 42 13.1 11.9Kanawha 170 471 553 27.4 28.5Lewis 20 34 45 21.7 22.7Lincoln 36 94 110 35.3 35.5Logan 57 135 165 32.5 32.3Marion 55 105 128 22.9 23.1Marshall 23 81 122 35.8 35.9Mason 22 89 104 31.1 32.5Mercer 71 153 183 26.9 27.5Mineral 51 68 76 24.3 24.9Mingo 46 94 112 27.5 31.3Monongalia 14 97 137 23.9 24.8Monroe 6 25 26 22.6 24.6Morgan 12 19 22 19.5 19.3McDowell 45 79 91 28.9 30.2Nicholas 15 72 97 29.1 28.8Ohio 15 66 92 25.5 25.2Pendleton 8 14 21 22.6 27.6Pleasants 14 27 29 28.1 30.7Pocahontas 7 25 34 27.9 26.2Preston 32 40 48 17.0 17.4Putnam 66 124 161 28.7 28.7Raleigh 62 179 210 27.1 26.7Randolph 21 66 78 23.5 24.7Ritchie 6 26 33 24.2 27.9Roane 28 40 43 23.1 25.5Summers 25 42 45 37.3 39.2Taylor 9 20 28 19.6 20.6Tucker 7 15 16 17.6 18.6Tyler 1 15 19 18.7 17.6Upshur 11 35 42 17.7 19.6Wayne 63 138 160 31.2 29.5Webster 7 17 22 19.0 18.4Wetzel 29 72 83 30.8 32.6Wirt 4 16 23 32.6 33.3Wood 38 156 196 21.0 19.6Wyoming 76 126 139 33.9 36.3

County Total 1,804 4,217 5,097 27.4 26.9

Maximum 256 471 553 49.1 49.7Minimum 0 5 8 13.1 11.9

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position codes used for the level of education were expanded to includeadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFDoctorate (% )

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

B arbour 1 2 2 0.9 0.9Berkeley 7 6 9 1.0 0.4Boone 2 1 0 0.2 0.0Braxton 1 1 1 1.3 0.5Brooke 0 1 1 0.3 0.3Cabell 3 5 5 0.3 0.2Calhoun 0 2 1 1.5 0.9Clay 1 1 1 0.6 0.6Doddridge 0 0 0 0.0 0.0Fayette 2 1 1 0.3 0.2Gilmer 0 0 1 1.0 0.0Grant 0 0 0 0.0 0.0Greenbrier 3 3 3 0.7 0.5Hampshire 0 1 1 0.8 0.4Hancock 0 0 1 0.3 0.0Hardy 2 2 2 1.3 0.7Harrison 4 4 5 0.7 0.8Jackson 0 0 0 0.0 0.0Jefferson 4 4 5 1.2 1.0Kanawha 14 19 17 0.8 0.6Lewis 1 1 1 0.4 0.0Lincoln 1 1 1 0.8 0.6Logan 2 1 1 0.2 0.0Marion 2 3 4 0.5 0.3Marshall 2 2 2 0.4 0.2Mason 0 0 0 0.0 0.0Mercer 4 4 5 0.7 0.8Mineral 2 2 2 0.8 0.6Mingo 2 2 0 0.2 0.2Monongalia 15 18 18 2.7 2.3Monroe 2 2 2 1.3 1.4Morgan 1 1 1 0.6 0.0McDowell 0 0 2 0.6 0.4Nicholas 1 1 2 0.7 0.8Ohio 5 5 5 1.2 0.2Pendleton 2 2 2 0.9 1.0Pleasants 0 0 1 0.7 0.0Pocahontas 1 2 2 2.3 1.6Preston 5 3 4 0.9 1.2Putnam 2 2 1 0.2 0.3Raleigh 5 5 5 0.5 0.3Randolph 4 3 3 0.7 0.5Ritchie 0 0 0 0.0 0.0Roane 1 1 2 0.8 0.5Summers 0 0 0 0.0 0.7Taylor I 1 1 0.4 0.0Tucker 0 1 2 0.9 0.0Tyler 0 0 0 0.0 0.0Upshur 2 2 2 0.6 0.0Wayne 1 1 1 0.2 0.2Webster 0 0 0 0.6 0.0Wetzel 0 0 2 0.7 0.3Wirt 0 0 1 1.1 0.0Wood 5 5 4 0.6 0.4Wyoming 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

County Total 113 124 135 0.7 0.5

Maximum 15 19 18 2.7 2.3Minimum 0 0 0 0.0 0.0

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position codes used for the level of education were expanded to includeadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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LEVEL OF EDUCATION FOR PROFESSIONAL STAFFOther Degree (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 1 0 0.0 0.0Berkeley 0 0.3 0.0Boone 2 0.0 0.0Braxton 0 0.0 0.0Brooke 0 0.0 0.0Cabell 2 0.9 0.2Calhoun 0 0.0 0.0Clay 0 0.0 0.0Doddridge 0 0.0 0.0Fayette 6 0.1 0.2Gilmer 1 0.0 0.0Grant 2 0.7 1.4Greenbrier 7 0.7 0.2Hampshire 2 0.0 0.0Hancock 3 0.0 0.0Hardy 0 0.0 0.0Harrison 0 0.3 0.2Jackson 0 0.0 0.0Jefferson 0 0.0 0.0Kanawha 8 0.6 0.6Lewis 0 0.9 1.0Lincoln 1 0.0 0.0Logan 0 0.9 0.0Marion 0 0.0 0.0Marshall 0 0.0 0.0Mason 5 0.0 0.0Mercer 4 0.5 0.0Mineral 0 0.0 0.0Mingo 0 0.0 0.0Monongalia 0 0.0 0.0Monroe 0 0.0 0.0Morgan 0 0.0 0.0McDowell 0 0.0 0.0Nicholas 0 0.7 0.8Ohio 0 0.0 0.0Pendleton 0 0.0 0.0Pleasants 0 0.0 0.0Pocahontas 0 0.0 0.0Preston 0 0.2 0.2Putnam 0 0.0 0.0Raleigh 1 0.2 0.2Randolph 0 0.0 0.0Ritchie 0 0.0 0.0Roane 0 0.0 0.0Summers 0 0.0 0.0Taylor 0 0.0 0.0Tucker 0 0.0 0.0Tyler 0 0.0 0.0U pshur 0 0.0 0.0Wayne 0 0.0 0.0Webster 0 1.3 0.0Wetzel 0 0.0 0.0Wirt 1 0.0 0.0Wood 2 0.2 0.0Wyoming 0 0.0 0.0

County Total 48 1 1 0.4 0.1

Maximum 8 1.3 1.4Minimum 0 0.0 0.0

Notes: Beginning with 1996-97, 1) the position co es used for the level of education were expanded toadditional personnel and 2) percentages instead of numbers are reported.

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PER PUPILEXPENDITURES ($)(Based on 101h Month Net Enrollment)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 4,816.84 5,221.81 5,046.34 5,351.74 5,493.61Berkeley 4,634.57 4,893.79 5,073.24 5,256.05 5,366.24Boone 5,009.89 5,491.17 5,844.15 6,477.85 6,607.86Braxton 4,759.55 5,039.26 5,166.55 5,630.98 5,772.90Brooke 4,872.45 5,445.85 5,729.74 6,137.36 6,207.30Cabell 5,196.07 5,704.55 5,782.47 6,089.73 6,523.96Calhoun 4,757.86 5,231.84 5,331.28 5,860.17 6,020.50Clay 4,757.48 5,188.20 5,232.23 5,702.92 6,379.12Doddridge 5,362.39 5,564.02 6,206.07 6,449.12 6,392.55Fayette 4,643.92 5,012.62 5,375.74 5,806.00 6,131.71Gilmer 5,070.13 5,458.26 5,577.40 6,328.42 6,737.46Grant 4,553.05 4,866.02 5,042.55 5,239.88 5,470.69Greenbrier 4,144.83 4,420.91 4,942.33 5,422.43 5,675.38Hampshire 4,463.21 4,594.75 4,851.83 5,023.99 5,380.81Hancock 5,022.30 5,544.33 5,719.00 5,927.99 6,180.20Hardy 4,819.55 4,776.10 4,817.65 5,540.26 5,512.91Harrison 4,999.01 5,330.53 5,385.91 6,024.63 6,245.30Jackson 5,015.62 5,358.67 5,610.43 6,087.27 6,229.11Jefferson 4,780.32 5,056.57 5,120.64 5,371.78 5,660.53Kanawha 4,719.82 5,097.78 5,327.10 5,568.78 5,803.51Lewis 4,940.74 5,677.85 5,671.18 5,745.26 5,736.98Lincoln 4,891.74 5,376.80 5,639.18 5,969.36 6,286.78Logan 5,033.31 5,494.17 5,670.59 6,117.92 6,424.18Marion 4,837.79 5,118.34 5,217.83 5,830.21 5,930.53Marshall 5,228.98 5,739.56 6,179.81 6,300.26 6,551.64Mason 4,878.40 5,501.59 5,736.32 6,261.37 6,302.35Mercer 4,703.15 5,259.41 5,453.68 6,096.38 6,095.30Mineral 5,042.07 5,252.40 5,496.35 5,726.80 5,873.09Mingo 5,038.37 5,676.40 5,907.79 6,286.37 6,149.62M onongalia 4,741.13 5,245.45 5,428.46 5,894.02 6,041.18Monroe 4,726.85 5,158.98 5,464.58 5,472.88 5,795.61Morgan 4,725.89 5,079.27 5,173.85 5,420.84 5,864.32McDowell 5,379.00 5,973.71 5,915.56 6,263.49 6,637.47Nicholas 4,780.82 4,949.41 5,164.70 5,721.69 5,914.98Ohio 4,738.90 4,980.02 5,496.83 5,597.57 5,811.68Pendleton 5,114.65 5,226.37 5,355.42 5,520.88 5,970.76Pleasants 5,689.54 6,347.92 6,711.18 7,177.24 7,494.65Pocahontas 5,005.30 5,435.14 5,837.97 6,401.83 6,394.11Preston 4,998.99 4,812.95 5,156.90 5,546.81 5,686.97Putnam 4,483.42 4,694.34 5,204.59 5,481.45 5,574.21Raleigh 4,558.49 4,881.22 5,403.71 5,855.39 6,175.25Randolph 4,618.05 4,928.18 5,137.68 5,635.21 5,657.00Ritchie 5,452.14 5,958.01 6,152.12 6,320.60 6,259.14Roane 4,638.38 4,976.76 5,067.10 5,574.93 5,851.05Summers 4,969.04 5,629.40 5,528.00 5,722.29 6,072.30Taylor 4,958.57 5,223.56 5,402.70 5,769.54 6,003.64Tucker 4,700.18 5,170.65 5,352.94 5,703.99 5,837.56Tyler 5,706.69 5,823.87 5,983.01 6,516.73 6,786.13Upshur 4,359.62 4,825.75 5,296.57 5,335.01 5,497.23Wayne 4,528.45 4,984.26 5,400.83 5,756.81 5,993.64Webster 5,101.03 5,255.08 5,370.55 6,120.67 6,707.01Wetzel 4,690.71 5,335.50 5,415.96 5,685.83 5,875.08Wirt 4,607.84 5,022.91 5,130.07 5,631.34 5,673.75Wood 4,797.39 4,877.35 5,261.56 5,540.56 5,558.42Wyoming 4,915.10 5,386.45 5,863.77 6,441.24 6,404.10

County Total 4,822.75 5,190.92 5,434.30 5,802.45 5,992.38

Maximum 5,706.69 6,347.92 6,711.18 7,177.24 7,494.65Minimum 4,144.83 4,420.91 4,817.65 5,023.99 5,366.24

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PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (PSAT)Sophomores Tested (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 6.5 4.6 5.2 0.9 11.7Berkeley 11.3 16.4 15.6 16.7 18.1Boone .2 0.0 .5 6.9 4.7Braxton 0.0 1.1 .5 4.0 2.0Brooke 10.8 5.5 7.4 6.5 5.8Cabell 2.4 1.1 1.1 4.1 3.1Calhoun 3.1 18.4 27.3 23.5 14.2Clay 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Doddridge 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 0.0Fayette 3.8 3.5 7.8 4.1 3.5Gilmer 2.1 0.0 12.4 7.6 7.8Grant 12.7 13.7 26.2 5.8 14.9Greenbrier 4.0 3.4 4.5 2.3 5.0Hampshire 20.7 25.5 21.5 21.5 37.8Hancock 7.3 9.9 9.9 20.1 12.0Hardy 12.9 33.3 34.4 11.2 15.9Harrison .5 .2 .2 0.6 0.7Jackson 4.3 8.0 7.7 7.3 4.8Jefferson 10.7 15.3 14.0 9.9 7.5Kanawha 19.3 17.2 20.3 18.1 15.6Lewis .8 9.1 3.6 0.4 0.0Lincoln 3.0 5.2 6.3 1.4 0.8Logan 0.0 0.0 .5 0.2 0.2Marion 8.8 13.0 12.7 13.4 13.1Marshall .7 3.1 5.2 5.8 9.0Mason 8.1 7.7 12.0 15.1 11.6Mercer 12.6 13.4 12.6 12.6 15.8Mineral 18.8 12.4 14.4 13.2 7.8Mingo .2 .2 0.0 0.0 0.0Monongalia 13.4 17.2 15.6 19.6 17.9Monroe 23.7 2.9 0.0 0.0 0.0Morgan 0.0 1.9 8.7 6.7 6.2McDowell 3.3 7.0 3.0 7.9 7.0Nicholas 7.2 5.1 6.4 8.9 7.3Ohio 27.8 29.6 26.8 20.5 12.1Pendleton 0.0 2.7 .8 0.9 1.0Pleasants 6.3 11.4 6.8 1.7 5.3Pocahontas 5.4 5.5 1.6 11.2 5.2Preston 4.2 9.5 10.2 11.7 13.3Putnam 3.2 2.1 5.3 7.1 4.8Raleigh 7.7 5.4 7.4 6.0 8.1Randolph 0.0 8.1 10.6 17.6 9.6Ritchie 0.0 0.0 .7 5.4 0.0Roane 10.2 7.2 11.6 3.3 12.5Summers 18.9 6.2 8.8 4.7 13.9Taylor 4.0 13.8 14.4 13.4 9.9Tucker 20.9 25.9 20.7 23.5 23.2Tyler 8.7 20.4 13.1 20.1 14.4Upshur 22.9 21.9 20.7 22.7 15.3Wayne 3.7 2.6 1.6 2.3 1.5Webster 5.6 .7 5.4 0.8 4.0Wetzel 5.6 5.7 18.3 8.1 11.6Wirt 24.7 16.9 12.1 1.0 7.4Wood 9.3 10.4 10.2 7.4 9.9Wyoming 0.0 0.0 .2 0.0 0.0

County Mean 8.3 8.9 9.8 9.4 9.0

Maximum 27.8 33.3 34.4 23.5 37.8Minimum 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0

Note: The percentages are for public school students only.

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PRELIMINARY SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (PSAT)Juniors Tested (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 26.6 19.9 19.1 26.0 24.6Berkeley 20.8 29.6 27.3 23.9 31.4Boone 13.4 16.8 22.3 24.6 22.9Braxton 11.4 14.4 22.0 13.6 16.8Brooke 21.4 27.1 18.5 17.7 12.9Cabell 31.2 24.8 18.3 14.0 15.6Calhoun 33.9 24.8 28.3 34.9 28.4Clay 18.9 8.0 15.4 13.0 7.5Doddridge 19.8 21.9 20.2 19.5 25.0Fayette 25.2 28.7 28.4 27.1 17.7Gilmer 27.6 41.5 28.7 41.7 24.4Grant 25.2 27.5 37.9 29.2 33.9Greenbrier 25.5 21.0 27.6 25.4 33.5Hampshire 31.6 38.8 25.6 29.9 36.6Hancock 32.7 31.9 32.6 30.0 37.6Hardy 30.8 23.4 31.9 38.6 23.8Harrison 28.8 27.0 28.2 32.9 29.4Jackson 29.8 25.5 22.0 19.7 14.4Jefferson 35.4 30.8 33.2 27.5 22.8Kanawha 32.0 29.3 27.2 29.4 21.9Lewis 14.3 21.7 20.4 23.8 16.4Lincoln 22.2 14.9 12.3 12.2 19.6Logan 13.7 16.8 17.4 17.9 19.0Marion 22.9 25.7 29.3 28.0 29.1Marshall 26.8 36.0 33.9 43.7 40.9Mason 17.5 20.9 14.0 18.4 18.7Mercer 32.8 31.4 29.9 35.7 28.5Mineral 33.4 27.6 27.4 27.3 27.5Mingo 9.7 11.6 14.9 14.6 13.2Monongalia 29.7 33.7 33.5 32.8 32.8Monroe 25.0 28.6 50.3 61.3 33.6Morgan 36.3 22.3 27.3 19.4 23.7McDowell 18.3 15.3 16.4 19.5 16.2Nicholas 12.0 18.3 17.3 16.6 15.8Ohio 44.0 34.1 37.9 41.0 43.7Pendleton 30.6 34.4 43.3 33.3 7.1Pleasants 34.0 28.8 34.7 30.9 17.9Pocahontas 35.0 31.6 26.9 23.7 20.0Preston 24.6 37.1 26.5 31.7 30.3Putnam 33.9 31.0 40.8 36.8 30.3Raleigh 20.6 32.4 25.5 20.2 17.8Randolph 43.1 47.5 42.7 42.0 34.0Ritchie 28.5 35.4 20.0 18.3 9.6Roane 10.9 12.0 7.5 15.9 13.2Summers 19.2 23.7 26.9 36.5 17.9Taylor 37.9 30.1 25.4 30.8 24.1Tucker 39.4 42.2 28.7 27.6 40.0Tyler 29.3 34.5 34.8 17.2 30.2Upshur 32.4 22.8 30.0 31.9 23.2Wayne 25.7 25.4 14.5 15.3 13.4Webster 22.2 21.6 26.6 35.8 19.8Wetzel 32.4 31.6 45.6 46.1 35.7Wirt 29.8 23.2 19.5 17.0 19.6Wood 20.5 18.8 23.7 18.9 19.8Wyoming 15.2 16.5 13.2 15.0 11.3

County Mean 26.0 26.4 25.9 26.2 23.8

Maximum 44.0 47.5 50.3 61.3 43.7Minimum 09.7 8.0 7.5 12.2 7.1

Note: The percentages are for public school students only.

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PUPIL/ADMINISTRATOR RATIO

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 219.1 236.5 231.6 218.3 211.2Berkeley 193.9 197.1 199.8 184.7 182.2Boone 164.2 155.8 157.5 153.0 150.7Braxton 208.4 207.7 215.6 172.6 185.2Brooke 201.7 204.1 203.5 199.4 189.3Cabell 231.5 248.4 226.7 174.6 156.3Calhoun 170.5 167.1 148.5 138.2 141.6Clay 174.7 182.3 192.2 190.2 192.7Doddridge 140.1 164.1 160.7 160.9 162.7Fayette 193.7 192.2 182.7 189.6 172.8Gilmer 148.9 145.0 144.2 143.2 140.1Grant 184.4 180.5 200.1 201.6 228.8Greenbrier 226.8 220.1 215.1 193.0 191.2Hampshire 186.3 186.6 199.2 200.8 177.4Hancock 220.6 191.4 190.3 186.6 189.5Hardy 196.1 197.8 217.5 215.6 208.9Harrison 223.8 222.8 227.9 198.0 199.3Jackson 202.2 202.1 185.7 185.9 185.1Jefferson 203.4 228.7 255.5 224.3 214.2Kanawha 191.7 192.4 187.9 165.6 167.8Lewis 155.2 154.3 159.2 157.3 166.5Lincoln 182.4 161.9 165.3 158.2 178.0Logan 199.1 185.3 175.5 166.0 174.3Marion 160.2 160.9 162.6 147.4 141.5Marshall 216.6 214.4 211.2 212.7 203.8Mason 202.9 197.3 196.9 174.6 159.0Mercer 214.7 225.6 223.4 194.3 188.5Mineral 181.5 184.5 185.9 173.6 169.0Mingo 196.6 183.3 187.4 164.5 180.7Monongalia 227.5 229.4 228.8 212.8 188.5Monroe 155.8 150.3 161.8 157.1 158.9Morgan 210.7 211.7 200.7 180.5 178.0McDowell 254.3 241.6 253.3 172.3 168.9Nicholas 177.1 208.9 223.8 172.6 177.5Ohio 202.6 192.1 194.0 177.3 175.8Pendleton 169.3 194.9 195.9 170.6 166.8Pleasants 119.2 107.2 109.9 102.6 109.0Pocahontas 161.4 162.5 165.4 161.4 150.5Preston 157.5 213.9 202.4 206.0 199.7Putnam 237.2 231.6 236.7 220.3 206.4Raleigh 178.6 181.0 181.8 161.7 168.0Randolph 204.8 201.0 192.2 192.3 198.6Ritchie 171.4 158.9 159.0 159.8 184.6Roane 229.1 209.6 232.6 235.1 242.1Summers 199.6 155.1 166.6 161.1 155.0Taylor 218.8 212.1 212.2 198.4 203.6Tucker 222.2 206.8 201.6 199.1 195.7Tyler 176.4 173.3 191.7 154.8 138.0Upshur 190.0 187.0 185.6 177.7 174.2Wayne 175.3 169.8 175.1 157.5 153.8Webster 174.6 181.1 187.3 145.8 156.8Wetzel 185.1 185.7 186.4 189.6 187.3Wirt 229.2 262.7 271.1 200.8 202.2Wood 213.2 233.0 225.0 188.9 185.3Wyoming 193.8 186.2 178.3 167.2 161.0

County Mean 196.3 197.3 196.9 181.9 176.3

Maximum .254.3 262.7 271.1 235.1 242.1Minimum 119.2 107.2 109.9 102.6 109.0

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the position codes used to calculate the pupil/administrator ratio were expanded toinclude additional personnel.

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PUPIL/TEACHER RATIO

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 14.8 14.5 14.7 14.8 15.0Berkeley 15.8 15.8 15.5 15.3 15.2Boone 14.0 13.6 13.3 13.1 12.9Braxton 14.1 14.0 14.4 14.1 14.0Brooke 15.1 14.5 14.6 14.2 14.2Cabell 14.5 14.7 14.1 13.6 13.2Calhoun 13.8 13.6 13.7 13.5 13.2Clay 15.1 13.3 14.9 15.3 14.7Doddridge 15.2 15.2 14.8 15.1 15.5Fayette 15.3 14.9 14.7 14.1 13.8Gilmer 16.6 16.4 16.9 16.1 15.8Grant 14.6 14.4 14.2 14.4 14.3Greenbrier 17.0 17.0 16.1 15.8 15.5Hampshire 16.5 16.7 16.4 16.4 15.7Hancock 15.4 15.0 14.9 14.8 14.4Hardy 15.6 15.5 16.0 15.6 15.4Harrison 15.5 15.5 15.5 15.4 14.9Jackson 15.1 14.9 14.9 14.9 14.8Jefferson 15.8 16.7 15.7 15.8 15.5Kanawha 15.4 15.2 14.6 14.4 14.8Lewis 13.9 13.8 13.4 13.8 14.3Lincoln 14.0 13.6 13.5 13.6 13.4Logan 14.7 14.5 14.0 13.6 13.6Marion 15.1 15.2 14.8 14.6 14.2Marshall 15.1 15.0 14.7 14.9 14.6Mason 14.0 13.5 13.4 13.0 13.1Mercer 14.9 15.2 14.7 14.1 14.0Mineral 15.3 15.2 15.2 15.0 14.9Mingo 13.1 12.6 13.5 13.0 14.9Monongalia 15.9 16.3 15.8 15.4 15.4Monroe 15.0 15.0 15.6 15.5 14.9Morgan 15.8 15.6 15.9 15.6 15.4McDowell 14.3 14.0 14.2 14.0 13.8Nicholas 14.7 14.5 14.1 13.9 13.3Ohio 15.2 15.4 15.7 15.7 15.4Pendleton 14.0 14.6 14.8 14.6 14.5Pleasants 13.7 13.3 13.6 13.4 13.2Pocahontas 13.9 14.2 14.2 13.7 13.3Preston 14.8 14.9 15.3 14.6 14.5Putnam 15.5 15.2 15.2 15.1 15.0Raleigh 15.8 15.7 15.9 15.2 14.9Randolph 14.5 14.7 14.1 14.0 14.0Ritchie 14.6 14.6 14.2 14.3 15.1Roane 14.7 14.4 14.3 14.2 14.2Summers 15.5 14.9 15.5 15.4 14.5Taylor 15.0 15.2 15.1 15.3 15.1Tucker 15.0 15.0 14.7 14.3 14.5Tyler 14.6 14.5 14.3 14.2 13.4Upshur 15.3 14.9 14.9 14.9 14.3Wayne 16.0 15.5 14.9 14.9 14.5Webster 14.3 14.4 14.5 13.6 13.8Wetzel 15.0 14.7 14.5 14.7 15.1Wirt 15.8 16.0 16.2 15.3 14.9Wood 14.5 14.9 14.8 15.0 15.0Wyoming 14.5 13.9 13.5 13.2 13.0

County Mean 15.0 15.0 14.8 14.6 14.5

Maximum 17.0 17.0 16.9 16.4 15.8Minimum 13.1 12.6 13.3 13.0 12.9

Note: Beginning with 1996-97, the position codes used to calculate the pupil/teacher ratio were expanded to includeadditional personnel.

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SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT)Students Tested (%)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 10.4 7.7 5.3 5.9 10.3Berkeley 32.2 34.1 36.6 32.5 37.2Boone 3.1 1.9 3.2 2.6 0.9Braxton 4.5 4.5 6.0 6.2 3.0Brooke 20.7 17.5 19.6 13.6 18.0Cabell 15.0 17.5 16.3 12.4 15.4Calhoun 3.9 10.5 3.5 10.1 4.2Clay 0.7 1.3 0.8 0.0 3.6Doddridge 9.1 8.0 7.1 11.1 11.3Fayette 10.0 8.4 9.0 9.2 9.6Gilmer 4.9 2.5 2.5 1.3 3.7Grant 14.0 21.6 15.1 17.1 24.8Greenbrier 21.6 26.8 25.3 33.9 33.3Hampshire 12.9 16.2 20.6 16.5 16.5Hancock 22.5 24.5 25.8 24.3 24.6Hardy 16.1 26.7 20.1 17.7 26.2Harrison 14.4 15.2 14.3 14.1 13.8Jackson 9.4 6.1 6.1 5.8 5.5Jefferson 32.9 31.7 30.2 29.9 32.1Kanawha 22.0 20.0 20.6 20.4 20.1Lewis 8.4 13.6 11.8 10.6 9.2Lincoln 2.3 2.7 1.7 1.2 1.1Logan 2.9 2.8 3.1 2.1 0.9Marion 15.8 12.0 15.9 18.4 14.8Marshall 23.9 16.4 21.4 27.0 22.9Mason 3.6 5.6 2.8 4.8 6.9Mercer 26.5 24.6 26.7 29.2 25.2Mineral 24.8 31.4 21.5 31.2 32.3Mingo 2.5 0.9 1.4 0.5 1.1Monongalia 30.8 37.1 34.1 35.3 42.4Monroe 17.9 6.8 9.0 9.4 15.1Morgan 20.7 17.4 16.6 25.4 20.0McDowell 3.1 4.7 3.1 4.4 4.1Nicholas 4.5 3.3 7.6 5.2 4.5Ohio 40.6 44.1 50.7 46.5 51.9Pendleton 9.7 5.6 12.5 14.3 12.9Pleasants 16.2 12.9 10.5 5.2 9.4Pocahontas 20.7 20.6 16.8 13.9 4.6Preston 4.4 4.9 5.5 7.1 6.6Putnam 14.0 13.8 16.2 15.5 14.4Raleigh 18.2 19.0 21.6 20.4 18.5Randolph 18.4 17.6 21.0 22.3 19.8Ritchie 5.7 3.0 5.9 7.3 3.3Roane 9.8 9.3 10.4 7.3 8.8Summers 4.8 13.0 10.1 10.9 11.5Taylor 13.2 18.1 15.7 18.5 10.6Tucker 10.9 9.1 18.8 8.4 6.5Tyler 4.3 7.6 10.1 7.9 10.7Upshur 18.6 21.7 28.3 26.9 22.0Wayne 5.3 6.7 3.9 3.1 2.9Webster 4.6 1.6 5.4 1.8 4.2Wetzel 11.8 5.0 4.5 11.3 13.4Wirt 8.3 7.7 0.0 16.9 2.6Wood 22.4 27.1 22.9 24.6 27.5Wyoming 1.7 2.2 1.8 2.0 2.9

County Mean 15.7 16.0 16.4 16.6 17.0

Maximum 40.6 44.1 50.7 46.5 51.9Minimum 0.7 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.9

Note: The percentages of students taking the SAT are public school students only.

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SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT)Math Mean Score

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 506 454 000 577 525Berkeley 439 467 484 483 486Boone 495 000 555 000 000Braxton 000 000 540 557 000Brooke 497 476 511 528 482Cabell 505 515 516 525 533Calhoun 000 527 000 545 000Clay 000 000 000 000 000Doddridge 000 000 000 000 562Fayette 468 487 504 525 506Gilmer 000 000 000 000 000Grant 558 465 532 540 502Greenbrier 489 469 477 504 493Hampshire 489 453 497 505 487Hancock 473 489 471 504 508Hardy 503 483 521 504 471Harrison 491 476 517 507 545Jackson 484 499 556 492 541Jefferson 451 470 506 501 491Kanawha 488 488 514 524 520Lewis 481 482 514 498 474Lincoln 000 000 000 000 000Logan 431 507 504 478 000Marion 476 495 522 521 553Marshall 486 483 490 500 515Mason 515 550 000 507 516Mercer 437 442 477 459 494Mineral 458 454 512 508 501Mingo 450 000 000 000 000Monongalia 513 528 527 547 521Monroe 430 000 475 487 521Morgan 414 455 502 469 483McDowell 415 418 467 504 454Nicholas 564 497 549 513 518Ohio 488 484 499 496 513Pendleton 000 000 465 504 509Pleasants 482 472 585 000 535Pocahontas 495 517 512 559 000Preston 553 554 559 549 548Putnam 512 509 526 554 544Raleigh 454 432 474 482 482Randolph 497 484 511 493 536Ritchie 000 000 000 000 000Roane 487 483 519 501 597Summers 000 489 522 479 544Taylor 458 430 471 537 480Tucker 492 473 516 000 000Tyler 000 559 553 000 588Upshur 491 519 507 533 503Wayne 513 502 527 487 529Webster 000 000 000 000 000Wetzel 465 498 557 517 528Wirt 000 000 000 489 000Wood 515 504 522 517 512Wyoming 000 543 000 000 579

State Mean 482 484 506 508 513National Mean 479 482 508 511 512

Maximum 564 559 585 577 597Minimum 414 418 465 459 471

Notes: 1) State & National Mean Scores include public & non-public schools.2) The Math Mean Scores for each individual county are for public schools only.3) "000" means less than ten students took the SAT.

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SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST (SAT)Verbal Mean Score

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 431 404 000 568 535Berkeley 403 429 514 505 502Boone 452 000 533 000 000Braxton 000 000 563 572 000Brooke 444 443 541 533 525Cabell 459 467 524 536 537Calhoun 000 498 000 554 000Clay 000 000 000 000 000Doddridge 000 000 000 000 598Fayette 428 450 514 518 512Gilmer 000 000 000 000 000Grant 484 403 504 515 505Greenbrier 435 448 515 517 494Hampshire 443 460 510 557 513Hancock 434 448 490 515 502Hardy 430 407 530 500 481Harrison 453 451 542 543 552Jackson 445 453 540 526 522Jefferson 417 457 544 531 518Kanawha 448 454 532 536 528Lewis 423 444 543 489 536Lincoln 000 000 000 000 000Logan 418 471 515 527 000Marion 442 456 538 535 547Marshall 439 438 503 502 529Mason 447 486 000 534 527Mercer 404 419 505 491 504Mineral 398 410 516 515 504Mingo 407 000 000 000 000Monongalia 459 473 538 553 530Monroe 419 000 555 541 537Morgan 408 424 518 510 541McDowell 388 390 487 519 514Nicholas 483 447 557 533 540Ohio 433 447 512 520 527Pendleton 000 000 523 479 559Pleasants 468 455 586 000 578Pocahontas 458 473 547 609 000Preston 445 449 575 568 559Putnam 470 456 535 547 550Raleigh 412 420 499 503 513Randolph 455 459 533 508 544Ritchie 000 000 000 000 000Roane 455 452 548 516 592Summers 000 428 547 489 538Taylor 426 410 491 530 485Tucker 462 471 549 000 000Tyler 000 460 549 000 545Upshur 429 492 541 542 526Wayne 450 446 550 473 543Webster 000 000 000 000 000Wetzel 421 476 563 507 518Wirt 000 000 000 509 000Wood 458 460 529 524 530Wyoming 000 465 000 000 553

State Mean 439 448 526 524 525National Mean 423 428 505 505 505

Maximum 484 498 586 609 598Minimum 388 390 487 473 481

Notes: 1) State & National Mean Scores include public & non-public schools.2) The Verbal Mean Scores for each individual county are for public schools only.3) "000" means less than ten students took the SAT.

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STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTTotal Basic Skills Percentile Score - Grade 3

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 47 62Berkeley NA NA NA 59 63Boone NA NA NA 51 57Braxton NA NA NA 53 64Brooke NA NA NA 61 65Cabe 11 NA NA NA 57 59Calhoun NA NA NA 60 59Clay NA NA NA 60 55Doddridge NA NA NA 50 60Fayette NA NA NA 49 54Gilmer NA NA NA 59 60Grant NA NA NA 50 59Greenbrier NA NA NA 61 66Hampshire NA NA NA 55 59Hancock NA NA NA 68 71Hardy NA NA NA 55 61Harrison NA NA NA 58 68Jackson NA NA NA 60 57Jefferson NA NA NA 58 61Kanawha NA NA NA 59 64Lewis NA NA NA 56 61Lincoln NA NA NA 48 55Logan NA NA NA 53 56Marion NA NA NA 58 60Marshall NA NA NA 70 72Mason NA NA NA 53 59Mercer NA NA NA 52 61Mineral NA NA NA 53 61Mingo NA NA NA 50 59Monongalia NA NA NA 64 66Monroe NA NA NA 49 65Morgan NA NA NA 58 61McDowell NA NA NA 47 52Nicholas NA NA NA 53 59Ohio NA NA NA 62 71Pendleton NA NA NA 53 55Pleasants NA NA NA 64 65Pocahontas NA NA NA 56 44Preston NA NA NA 52 55Putnam NA NA NA 65 67Raleigh NA NA NA 64 66Randolph NA NA NA 52 56Ritchie NA NA NA 66 70Roane NA NA NA 60 65Summers NA NA NA 55 62Taylor NA NA NA 48 58Tucker NA NA NA 60 62Tyler NA NA NA 66 73Upshur NA NA NA 58 56Wayne NA NA NA 57 61Webster NA NA NA 44 62Wetzel NA NA NA 63 63Wirt NA NA NA 49 58Wood NA NA NA 63 63Wyoming NA NA NA 55 64

West Virginia NA NA NA 58 62

Maximum NA NA NA 70 73Minimum NA NA NA 44 44

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STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTTotal Basic Skills Percentile Score - Grade 4

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 46 69Berkeley NA NA NA 58 60Boone NA NA NA 55 61Braxton NA NA NA 59 65Brooke NA NA NA 63 65Cabell NA NA NA 58 59Calhoun NA NA NA 45 59Clay NA NA NA 53 53Doddridge NA NA NA 52 59Fayette NA NA NA 51 52Gilmer NA NA NA 59 63Grant NA NA NA 55 57Greenbrier NA NA NA 63 65Hampshire NA NA NA 53 58Hancock NA NA NA 67 71Hardy NA NA NA 53 49Harrison NA NA NA 59 63Jackson NA NA NA 57 60Jefferson NA NA NA 56 58Kanawha NA NA NA 59 61Lewis NA NA NA 57 55Lincoln NA NA NA 47 56Logan NA NA NA 53 53Marion NA NA NA 59 63Marshall NA NA NA 67 67Mason NA NA NA 54 61Mercer NA NA NA 59 62Mineral NA NA NA 55 62Mingo NA NA NA 52 58Monongalia NA NA NA 63 67Monroe NA NA NA 51 52Morgan NA NA NA 57 61McDowell NA NA NA 45 49Nicholas NA NA NA 51 58Ohio NA NA NA 62 67Pendleton NA NA NA 57 55Pleasants NA NA NA 55 69Pocahontas NA NA NA 49 53Preston NA NA NA 54 53Putnam NA NA NA 65 65Raleigh NA NA NA 62 61Randolph NA NA NA 53 56Ritchie NA NA NA 66 73Roane NA NA NA 56 66Summers NA NA NA 63 59Taylor NA NA NA 56 55Tucker NA NA NA 54 65Tyler NA NA NA 55 65Upshur NA NA NA 53 59Wayne NA NA NA 54 59Webster NA NA NA 50 47Wetzel NA NA NA 62 67Wirt NA NA NA 51 57Wood NA NA NA 64 64Wyoming NA NA NA 53 58

West Virginia NA NA NA 58 61

Maximum NA NA NA 67 73Minimum NA NA NA 45 47

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County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 40 57Berkeley NA NA NA 57 59Boone NA NA NA 53 59Braxton NA NA NA 65 69Brooke NA NA NA 63 61Cabell NA NA NA 61 59Calhoun NA NA NA 45 44Clay NA NA NA 52 54Doddridge NA NA NA 44 50Fayette NA NA NA 46 53Gilmer NA NA NA 58 68Grant NA NA NA 52 57Greenbrier NA NA NA 61 62Hampshire NA NA NA 58 58Hancock NA NA NA 69 71Hardy NA NA NA 56 56Harrison NA NA NA 59 63Jackson NA NA NA 59 58Jefferson NA NA NA 58 56Kanawha NA NA NA 60 62Lewis NA NA NA 62 61Lincoln NA NA NA 45 51Logan NA NA NA 54 49Marion NA NA NA 54 58Marshall NA NA NA 67 67Mason NA NA NA 54 62Mercer NA NA NA 59 63Mineral NA NA NA 58 59Mingo NA NA NA 52 63Monongalia NA NA NA 65 63Monroe NA NA NA 58 54Morgan NA NA NA 55 53McDowell NA NA NA 45 50Nicholas NA NA NA 50 59Ohio NA NA NA 65 67Pendleton NA NA NA 54 53Pleasants NA NA NA 58 44Pocahontas NA NA NA 47 48Preston NA NA NA 55 57Putnam NA NA NA 68 67Raleigh NA NA NA 63 64Randolph NA NA NA 56 60Ritchie NA NA NA 61 67Roane NA NA NA 56 63Summers NA NA NA 59 64Taylor NA NA NA 57 54Tucker NA NA NA 57 57Tyler NA NA NA 66 59Upshur NA NA NA 59 54Wayne NA NA NA 54 57Webster NA NA NA 52 57Wetzel NA NA NA 59 59Wirt NA NA NA 54 60Wood NA NA NA 62 65Wyoming NA NA NA 51 54

West Virginia NA NA NA 58 60

Maximum NA NA NA 69 71Minimum NA NA NA 40 44

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STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTTotal Basic Skills Percentile Score - Grade 6

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 52 60Berkeley NA NA NA 63 64Boone NA NA NA 54 60Braxton NA NA NA 62 70Brooke NA NA NA 67 68Cabe 11 NA NA NA 63 62Calhoun NA NA NA 54 55Clay NA NA NA 63 62Doddridge NA NA NA 59 57Fayette NA NA NA 50 54Gilmer NA NA NA 67 74Grant NA NA NA 66 63Greenbrier NA NA NA 66 72Hampshire NA NA NA 60 68Hancock NA NA NA 67 67Hardy NA NA NA 69 59Harrison NA NA NA 61 65Jackson NA NA NA 64 63Jefferson NA NA NA 65 66Kanawha NA NA NA 65 67Lewis NA NA NA 59 67Lincoln NA NA NA 51 57Logan NA NA NA 59 56Marion NA NA NA 62 64Marshall NA NA NA 69 75Mason NA NA NA 62 68Mercer NA NA NA 64 68Mineral NA NA NA 62 63Mingo NA NA NA 50 59Monongalia NA NA NA 69 70Monroe NA NA NA 63 57Morgan NA NA NA 61 62McDowell NA NA NA 49 54Nicholas NA NA NA 61 64Ohio NA NA NA 65 70Pendleton NA NA NA 64 62Pleasants NA NA NA 60 62Pocahontas NA NA NA 54 54Preston NA NA NA 61 61Putnam NA NA NA 68 70Raleigh NA NA NA 70 70Randolph NA NA NA 60 62Ritchie NA NA NA 65 55Roane NA NA NA 55 61Summers NA NA NA 53 64Taylor NA NA NA 60 65Tucker NA NA NA 57 61Tyler NA NA NA 72 76Upshur NA NA NA 64 59Wayne NA NA NA 63 60Webster NA NA NA 56 66Wetzel NA NA NA 65 67Wirt NA NA NA 59 53Wood NA NA NA 68 67Wyoming NA NA NA 57 61

West Virginia NA NA NA 63 65

Maximum NA NA NA 72 76Minimum NA NA NA 49 53

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STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTTotal Basic Skills Percentile Score - Grade 7

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 49 53Berkeley NA NA NA 58 61Boone NA NA NA 58 56Braxton NA NA NA 61 57Brooke NA NA NA 63 66Cabell NA NA NA 58 61Calhoun NA NA NA 56 60Clay NA NA NA 58 58Doddridge NA NA NA 57 59Fayette NA NA NA 53 52Gilmer NA NA NA 54 64Grant NA NA NA 57 61Greenbrier NA NA NA 58 57Hampshire NA NA NA 53 55Hancock NA NA NA 55 65Hardy NA NA NA 55 58Harrison NA NA NA 58 65Jackson NA NA NA 63 61Jefferson NA NA NA 54 55Kanawha NA NA NA 58 60Lewis NA NA NA 50 52Lincoln NA NA NA 44 47Logan NA NA NA 52 51Marion NA NA NA 60 62Marshall NA NA NA 61 58Mason NA NA NA 53 57Mercer NA NA NA 54 57Mineral NA NA NA 60 64Mingo NA NA NA 46 57Monongalia NA NA NA 64 67Monroe NA NA NA 58 63Morgan NA NA NA 45 50McDowell NA NA NA 49 50Nicholas NA NA NA 60 55Ohio NA NA NA 64 64Pendleton NA NA NA 66 58Pleasants NA NA NA 61 54Pocahontas NA NA NA 51 54Preston NA NA NA 50 52Putnam NA NA NA 66 65Raleigh NA NA NA 55 57Randolph NA NA NA 54 55Ritchie NA NA NA 66 68Roane NA NA NA 52 55Summers NA NA NA 54 54Taylor NA NA NA 58 58Tucker NA NA NA 52 55Tyler NA NA NA 63 69Upshur NA NA NA 58 62Wayne NA NA NA 53 63Webster NA NA NA 46 62Wetzel NA NA NA 61 61Wirt NA NA NA 56 61Wood NA NA NA 59 62Wyoming NA NA NA 51 62

West Virginia NA NA NA 57 59

Maximum NA NA NA 66 69Minimum NA NA NA 44 47

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County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 53 56Berkeley NA NA NA 59 61Boone NA NA NA 58 60Braxton NA NA NA 57 63Brooke NA NA NA 60 66Cabell NA NA NA 60 61Calhoun NA NA NA 60 52Clay NA NA NA 59 62Doddridge NA NA NA 54 63Fayette NA NA NA 52 57Gilmer NA NA NA 54 59Grant NA NA NA 54 55Greenbrier NA NA NA 62 60Hampshire NA NA NA 53 50Hancock NA NA NA 61 59Hardy NA NA NA 62 54Harrison NA NA NA 58 63Jackson NA NA NA 64 65Jefferson NA NA NA 56 56Kanawha NA NA NA 57 60Lewis NA NA NA 46 60Lincoln NA NA NA 51 53Logan NA NA NA 53 54Marion NA NA NA 58 68Marshall NA NA NA 58 60Mason NA NA NA 54 59Mercer NA NA NA 54 58Mineral NA NA NA 57 61Mingo NA NA NA 49 55Monongalia NA NA NA 62 66Monroe NA NA NA 56 57Morgan NA NA NA 54 51McDowell NA NA NA 49 54Nicholas NA NA NA 58 59Ohio NA NA NA 65 63Pendleton NA NA NA 59 68Pleasants NA NA NA 61 59Pocahontas NA NA NA 47 58Preston NA NA NA 53 53Putnam NA NA NA 67 70Raleigh NA NA NA 54 55Randolph NA NA NA 57 60Ritchie NA NA NA 57 66Roane NA NA NA 53 60Summers NA NA NA 56 57Taylor NA NA NA 57 61Tucker NA NA NA 56 59Tyler NA NA NA 66 68Upshur NA NA NA 62 60Wayne NA NA NA 56 58Webster NA NA NA 55 57Wetzel NA NA NA 58 64Wirt NA NA NA 61 60Wood NA NA NA 61 61Wyoming NA NA NA 52 56

West Virginia NA NA NA 57 60

Maximum NA NA NA 67 70Minimum NA NA NA 46 50

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County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 48 58Berkeley NA NA NA 59 57Boone NA NA NA 50 56Braxton NA NA NA 54 58Brooke NA NA NA 56 60Cabell NA NA NA 55 58Calhoun NA NA NA 54 61Clay NA NA NA 48 58Doddridge NA NA NA 46 56Fayette NA NA NA 48 54Gilmer NA NA NA 52 58Grant NA NA NA 54 58Greenbrier NA NA NA 57 63Hampshire NA NA NA 54 52Hancock NA NA NA 59 60Hardy NA NA NA 59 65Harrison NA NA NA 56 59Jackson NA NA NA 54 59Jefferson NA NA NA 57 58Kanawha NA NA NA 57 59Lewis NA NA NA 54 50Lincoln NA NA NA 46 49Logan NA NA NA 51 54Marion NA NA NA 57 59Marshall NA NA NA 60 61Mason NA NA NA 50 59Mercer NA NA NA 53 59Mineral NA NA NA 57 56Mingo NA NA NA 42 47Monongalia NA NA NA 61 65Monroe NA NA NA 52 58Morgan NA NA NA 49 50McDowell NA NA NA 44 50Nicholas NA NA NA 53 55Ohio NA NA NA 57 62Pendleton NA NA NA 55 57Pleasants NA NA NA 55 61Pocahontas NA NA NA 52 44Preston NA NA NA 55 59Putnam NA NA NA 64 66Raleigh NA NA NA 56 54Randolph NA NA NA 54 59Ritchie NA NA NA 49 57Roane NA NA NA 52 51Summers NA NA NA 47 51Taylor NA NA NA 51 57Tucker NA NA NA 51 51Tyler NA NA NA 66 66Upshur NA NA NA 57 57Wayne NA NA NA 53 54Webster NA NA NA 50 54Wetzel NA NA NA 59 63Wirt NA NA NA 60 61Wood NA NA NA 59 61Wyoming NA NA NA 53 54

West Virginia NA NA NA 55 58

Maximum NA NA NA 66 66Minimum NA NA NA 42 44

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County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 45 52Berkeley NA NA NA 57 59Boone NA NA NA 51 51Braxton NA NA NA 58 57Brooke NA NA NA 57 63Cabell NA NA NA 55 56Calhoun NA NA NA 61 60Clay NA NA NA 53 46Doddridge NA NA NA 42 58Fayette NA NA NA 48 51Gilmer NA NA NA 51 53Grant NA NA NA 60 60Greenbrier NA NA NA 58 58Hampshire NA NA NA 50 53Hancock NA NA NA 60 60Hardy NA NA NA 57 67Harrison NA NA NA 56 60Jackson NA NA NA 56 58Jefferson NA NA NA 53 58Kanawha NA NA NA 55 58Lewis NA NA NA 52 50Lincoln NA NA NA 48 47Logan NA NA NA 49 48Marion NA NA NA 58 61Marshall NA NA NA 57 59Mason NA NA NA 51 54Mercer NA NA NA 52 59Mineral NA NA NA 61 59Mingo NA NA NA 42 46Monongalia NA NA NA 66 64Monroe NA NA NA 48 57Morgan NA NA NA 50 51McDowell NA NA NA 40 47Nicholas NA NA NA 53 55Ohio NA NA NA 64 57Pendleton NA NA NA 55 58Pleasants NA NA NA 56 54Pocahontas NA NA NA 58 51Preston NA NA NA 50 58Putnam NA NA NA 65 65Raleigh NA NA NA 50 54Randolph NA NA NA 52 54Ritchie NA NA NA 55 54Roane NA NA NA 50 59Summers NA NA NA 48 47Taylor NA NA NA 51 56Tucker NA NA NA 61 47Tyler NA NA NA 67 64Upshur NA NA NA 57 60Wayne NA NA NA 51 55Webster NA NA NA 57 52Wetzel NA NA NA 62 59Wirt NA NA NA 59 63Wood NA NA NA 55 58Wyoming NA NA NA 48 54

West Virginia NA NA NA 54 57

Maximum NA NA NA 66 67Minimum NA NA NA 40 46

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STANFORD ACHIEVEMENT TESTTotal Basic Skills Percentile Score - Grade 11

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 57 57Berkeley NA NA NA 57 60Boone NA NA NA 48 53Braxton NA NA NA 51 60Brooke NA NA NA 61 64Cabe 11 NA NA NA 55 55Calhoun NA NA NA 56 62Clay NA NA NA 51 52Doddridge NA NA NA 49 54Fayette NA NA NA 50 54Gilmer NA NA NA 54 57Grant NA NA NA 55 55Greenbrier NA NA NA 57 60Hampshire NA NA NA 55 48Hancock NA NA NA 61 63Hardy NA NA NA 55 67Harrison NA NA NA 59 60Jackson NA NA NA 55 58Jefferson NA NA NA 60 59Kanawha NA NA NA 57 60Lewis NA NA NA 55 51Lincoln NA NA NA 45 52Logan NA NA NA 51 54Marion NA NA NA 59 65Marshall NA NA NA 56 60Mason NA NA NA 47 56Mercer NA NA NA 57 59Mineral NA NA NA 58 58Mingo NA NA NA 44 50Monongalia NA NA NA 61 68Monroe NA NA NA 53 54Morgan NA NA NA 52 49McDowell NA NA NA 45 51Nicholas NA NA NA 52 57Ohio NA NA NA 67 67Pendleton NA NA NA 52 56Pleasants NA NA NA 56 57Pocahontas NA NA NA 50 56Preston NA NA NA 53 55Putnam NA NA NA 64 67Raleigh NA NA NA 52 54Randolph NA NA NA 59 59Ritchie NA NA NA 59 58Roane NA NA NA 52 54Summers NA NA NA 52 49Taylor NA NA NA 47 54Tucker NA NA NA 50 59Tyler NA NA NA 56 64Upshur NA NA NA 54 57Wayne NA NA NA 54 57Webster NA NA NA 58 54Wetzel NA NA NA 58 64Wirt NA NA NA 61 61Wood NA NA NA 59 58Wyoming NA NA NA 50 51

West Virginia NA NA NA 56 58

Maximum NA NA NA 67 68Minimum NA NA NA 44 48

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STUDENT ENROLLMENT(Second Month, PK-12)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour 2,817 2,796 2,886 2,895 2,927Berkeley 11,174 11,493 11,686 11,977 12,298Boone 5,254 4,987 4,882 4,824 4,746Braxton 2,692 2,684 2,714 2,762 2,778Brooke 4,235 4,079 4,068 3,987 3,974Cabe 11 14,421 14,405 14,054 13,785 13,472Calhoun 1,705 1,671 1,633 1,589 1,558Clay 2,236 2,151 2,172 2,168 2,158Doddridge 1,401 1,395 1,366 1,368 1,383Fayette 9,103 8,842 8,586 8,344 8,123Gilmer 1,340 1,305 1,298 1,289 1,261Grant 1,918 1,895 1,881 1,923 1,954Greenbrier 6,238 6,162 6,022 5,982 5,928Hampshire 3,260 3,358 3,387 3,514 3,459Hancock 5,111 4,977 4,853 4,852 4,738Hardy 1,961 1,978 2,066 2,048 2,089Harrison 12,307 12,256 12,308 12,286 12,056Jackson 5,156 5,153 5,126 5,113 5,091Jefferson 6,509 6,633 6,643 6,728 6,855Kanawha 33,545 33,190 32,220 31,606 31,468Lewis 2,949 2,931 2,877 2,842 2,843Lincoln 4,451 4,371 4,298 4,289 4,272Logan 8,364 7,967 7,547 7,214 6,971Marion 9,133 9,170 9,107 9,066 8,917Marshall 6,066 6,002 5,914 5,955 5,808Mason 4,667 4,636 4,626 4,539 4,453Mercer 10,521 10,492 10,276 10,115 9,989Mineral 4,810 4,797 4,834 4,862 4,901Mingo 7,079 6,781 6,559 6,252 5,991Monongalia 10,237 10,324 10,297 10,428 10,464Monroe 2,113 2,041 2,036 2,042 2,066Morgan 2,233 2,244 2,288 2,238 2,241McDowell 6,865 6,522 6,333 6,057 5,741Nicholas 5,154 5,118 5,091 5,024 4,882Ohio 6,282 6,338 6,402 6,381 6,327Pendleton 1,439 1,462 1,469 1,450 1,418Pleasants 1,490 1,447 1,483 1,487 1,472Pocahontas 1,533 1,542 1,571 1,533 1,505Preston 5,513 5,391 5,404 5,293 5,132Putnam 8,539 8,568 8,638 8,700 8,770Raleigh 13,934 13,665 13,454 13,098 12,770Randolph 4,915 5,024 4,997 4,999 5,065Ritchie 1,885 1,859 1,829 1,838 1,846Roane 3,035 3,070 3,035 3,009 2,954Summers 2,096 1,939 1,916 1,853 1,782Taylor 2,757 2,757 2,759 2,778 2,748Tucker 1,389 1,396 1,361 1,344 1,321Tyler 1,764 1,733 1,725 1,703 1,656Upshur 4,370 4,302 4,269 4,265 4,180Wayne 8,063 7,979 7,878 7,873 7,995Webster 2,095 2,056 1,967 1,895 1,882Wetzel 3,795 3,807 3,822 3,840 3,792Wirt 1,146 1,182 1,220 1,205 1,213Wood 14,924 14,914 14,847 14,733 14,640Wyoming 6,008 5,771 5,528 5,184 4,991

State Total 313,997 311,008 307,508 304,424 301,314

Maximum 33,545 33,190 32,220 31,606 31,468Minimum 1,146 1,182 1,220 1,205 1,213

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TEACHERS (#)

County 1993-94 1994-95 1995-96 1996-97 1997-98

Barbour NA NA NA 200 200Berkeley NA NA NA 779 807Boone NA NA NA 370 372Braxton NA NA NA 198 199Brooke NA NA NA 282 281Cabe 11 NA NA NA 1,024 1,037Calhoun NA NA NA 117 120Clay NA NA NA 144 148Doddridge NA NA NA 91 90Fayette NA NA NA 598 596Gilmer NA NA NA 81 81Grant NA NA NA 134 138Greenbrier NA NA NA 380 386Hampshire NA NA NA 216 222Hancock NA NA NA 330 331Hardy NA NA NA 132 137Harrison NA NA NA 808 815Jackson NA NA NA 343 348Jefferson NA NA NA 426 443Kanawha NA NA NA 2,205 2,144Lewis NA NA NA 207 199Lincoln NA NA NA 314 319Logan NA NA NA 523 514Marion NA NA NA 625 632Marshall NA NA NA 401 399Mason NA NA NA 350 341Mercer NA NA NA 723 720Mineral NA NA NA 329 336Mingo NA NA NA 487 407Monongalia NA NA NA 694 697Monroe NA NA NA 132 139Morgan NA NA NA 143 146McDowell NA NA NA 431 418Nicholas NA NA NA 363 373Ohio NA NA NA 413 418Pendleton NA NA NA 100 100Pleasants NA NA NA 1 1 1 112Pocahontas NA NA NA 113 114Preston NA NA NA 362 363Putnam NA NA NA 584 599Raleigh NA NA NA 863 859Randolph NA NA NA 362 368Ritchie NA NA NA 129 124Roane NA NA NA 219 216Summers NA NA NA 120 123Taylor NA NA NA 185 186Tucker NA NA NA 94 93Tyler NA NA NA 121 125Upshur NA NA NA 289 293Wayne NA NA NA 530 556Webster NA NA NA 142 140Wetzel NA NA NA 267 256Wirt NA NA NA 79 83Wood NA NA NA 984 976Wyoming NA NA NA 392 388

State Total NA NA NA 21,039 21,027

Maximum NA NA NA 2,205 2,144Minimum NA NA NA 79 81

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DEFINITIONS AND SOURCES

Original sources from within and from outside the West Virginia Department of Education provided the data inthis document. The majority of the data, which originated from student and personnel records maintained by county-and school-level staffs, was retrieved through the statewide electronic database, the West Virginia EducationInformation System (W VEIS). Users of the document are urged to contact the cited West Virginia Department ofEducation offices for more information about the data.

Advanced Placement Test. Percentages of tenth, eleventh and twelfth grade public school students who tookat least one advanced placement test given by the College Board. Also given is the percentage of twelfth-grade testtakers who scored 3 or higher on any subject-area Advanced Placement Test. Source: Unpublished data tape from theCollege Board. Office of Technology and Information Systems.

American College Testing. Percentage of public school graduates who took the American College Testing(ACT) examination; the Composite Score is also given for schools with ten or more test takers. The Composite Scoreis presented as "0.0" when there were less than ten test takers. The ACT Composite Score for the state includes bothpublic and non-public school students who took the ACT. Source: Unpublished data table from the American CollegeTesting Program. Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Attendance Rate. Percentage of K-12 students who were reported as being present at school. The formula forcalculating the attendance rate is: Total days present divided by the sum of total days present and total days absent.Beginning in 1996-1997, preschool students are not included in the calculation. Preschool students were included inprevious years' statistics. Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and InformationSystems.

Average Class Size. Average number of students in a "regular education" classroom (grade levels 1-12),receiving instruction in English Language Arts, mathematics, science and social studies. Source: West VirginiaEducation Information System, Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Classrooms with Split Grades. Number of classrooms (K-6) with two or more grade levels combined for thepurpose of instruction. Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and InformationSystems.

Dropout Rate. Percentage of students in grades 7 through 12 who left public school, for any reason exceptdeath, before graduation or without transferring to another school. Beginning in 1996-1997, the formula for calculatingthe dropout rate is: number of dropouts divided by the 1" month enrollment. Previous years' rates, therefore, are notcomparable. Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Educational Experience for Professional Staff. Average number of years of experience for professional staffderived by dividing the sum of all years of experience by the number of professional staff. Professional staff includespositions listed under Pupil/Administrator Ratio and Pupil/Teacher Ratio as well as the following: librarian, remedialspecialist, counselor (elementary, middle/junior high, high school, combined), psychologist, school nurse, attendancedirector, attendance officer, and social worker. Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office ofTechnology and Information Systems.

Enrollment by Subject Area in Grades 9-12. Percentage of students in grades 9 through 12, by subject area,who took at least one class in English Language Arts, Foreign Language, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies.Beginning with 1996-1997, the percentages reflect an unduplicated count of students while previous years' statisticswere duplicated counts of students. For example, in 1996-1997, if a student took more than two English Language Artscourses, the student was counted only one time. In the past, that student would have been counted twice. Source: WestVirginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Exemptions to Pupil/Teacher Ratio. Number of public school classrooms in grades K-6 for which exemptionsfrom the pupil/teacher ratio limitations, required by West Virginia Code §18-15-18a, were requested and granted underWest Virginia Board of Education Policy 2442.3. Source: Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Graduates. Number of students who graduated from school during the regular school year and the previoussummer. Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Level of Education. Percentage of professional staff by education degree. See the "Educational Experiencefor Professional Staff" for the definitions of professional staff. Source: West Virginia Education Information System,Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Per Pupil Expenditures. The per pupil expenditure is based on 10th month enrollment. Source: West VirginiaEducation Information System, Office of School Finance.

Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test. Percentages of sophomores and juniors in public high schools who tookthe Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test (PSAT). Source: Unpublished data report from the College Board. WestVirginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and Information Systems.

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Pupil/Administrator Ratio. Average number of students for each full-time equivalent (FTE) administrator.Figures are derived by dividing public school net enrollment (2'd month) by the FTE of administrators. Administratorsinclude superintendent, deputy/associate/assistant superintendent, administrative assistant, director/manager,director/coordinator, principal and assistant principal (elementary, middle/junior high, high, and combined), andcurriculum specialist. Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and InformationSystems.

Pupil/Teacher Ratio. Average number of students for each FTE teacher. Figures are derived by dividing publicschool net enrollment (rd month) by the FTE of teachers. Teachers include head teacher, classroom teacher(prekindergarten, kindergarten, elementary, middle/junior high, high school, special education, homebound, andvocational K-12), JROTC instructors (middle/junior high and high school), and permanent substitutes (elementary,middle/junior high school, and high school). Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office ofTechnology and Information Systems.

Scholastic Aptitude Test. Percentage of graduates who took the Scholastic Aptitude Test (SAT) from theCollege Board. Also given are SAT Math and Verbal Scores for schools with ten or more test takers. The Math andVerbal Scores are presented as "000" when there were less than ten test takers. The SAT Math and Verbal Scores forthe state include both public and non-public students who took the SAT. Source: Unpublished data report from theCollege Board. West Virginia Education Information System, Office of Technology and Information Systems.

Stanford Achievement Test. Mean percentile score for Total Basic Skills of public school students is given.The Stanford Achievement Test, 9th Edition, is administered, unless exempted by an IEP (individualized education plan),to all students in grades 1 through 11 during the month of March; results are published for grades 3 through 11. TheStanford Achievement Test, 9th Edition, was first given in March 1997. Source: Office of Student Services.

Student Enrollment. Total second month enrollment for kindergarten (including prekindergarten) through grade12, including ungraded special education students. Source: West Virginia Education Information System, Office ofTechnology and Information Systems.

Teachers. See Pupil/Teacher Ratio for the positions included in the number of teachers. Source: West VirginiaEducation Information System, Office of Technology and Information Systems.

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