State Profiles of Public Elementary and Secondary Education, 1996-97

Teacher to all other staff ratio

Teacher to administrator ratio

West Virginia West Virginia Department of Education, 1900 Kanawha Boulevard, East Charleston, WV 25305	Download, view and print West Virginia's report as a pdf file. 331KB
Superintendent of Education Superintendent Henry Marockie, (304) 558-2681
National Cooperative Education Statistics Liaison Nancy Walker, (304) 558-1598
Common Core of Data Survey Coordinator Sharon Lewis, (304) 558-6300

1987	1996	Demographics
GENERAL CHARACTERISTICS


344,236	304,052	Students in public elementary and secondary schools
1,084	869	Public schools
22,702	20,888	Teachers in public elementary and secondary schools
24,181	24,181	Land area in square miles
14.2	12.6	Public school students per square mile
4.5	3.6	Public schools per 100 square miles

Figure 1
School-age population in public elementary and secondary schools

1987	1996	Fiscal summary

1,858	1,820	State population (in thousands)
$2,022	$4,112	State revenue per capita
$2,082	$3,935	State expenditure per capita
$454	$843	State expenditure for elem. and secondary education per capita
$73,983	$118,463	Gross state product per school-age child

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by type
AGENCY/SCHOOL INFORMATION


100%	55	100%	57	Total public education agencies
100.0%	55	96.5%	55	Regular school districts
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Regional service agencies
0.0%	0	3.5%	2	State-operated agencies
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	Federally operated and other types

1987		1996		Distribution of agencies by number of schools

1.8%	1	0.0%	0	100 or more schools
23.6%	13	17.5%	10	25 to 99 schools
43.6%	24	38.6%	22	10 to 24 schools
29.1%	16	35.1%	20	5 to 9 schools
1.8%	1	8.8%	5	1 to 4 schools
0.0%	0	0.0%	0	No schools reported

Figure 2
Regular school districts by student membership size

1987		1996		Distribution of schools by type

100%	1,084	100%	869	Total public elementary and secondary schools reported
93.4%	1,012	93.1%	809	Regular schools
1.8%	20	1.4%	12	Special education schools
4.3%	47	3.9%	34	Vocational schools
0.5%	5	1.6%	14	Other and alternative schools

Figure 3
Distribution of public schools and students by type of locale: 1996-97

Figure 4
Public schools by size of student membership

1987		1996		Number of public schools by grade span category

5.5%	60	4.3%	37	PK, K, 1 to 3, 4, 5, 6
5.3%	57	10.0%	87	PK, K, 1 to 8
8.9%	97	5.6%	49	4, 5, 6, to 6, 7, 8
3.5%	38	2.9%	25	7 to 8, 9
14.1%	153	11.5%	100	7, 8 to 12
5.0%	54	5.9%	51	9, 10, 11 to 12
2.8%	30	1.0%	9	Other grades
0.0%	0	4.6%	40	Ungraded
				Not reported

1987	1996	Public school membership by grade
STUDENT INFORMATION


508	4,433	Prekindergarten
24,629	22,485	Kindergarten
26,420	23,092	First
25,487	22,233	Second
24,154	21,615	Third
25,515	21,944	Fourth
25,707	22,224	Fifth
24,767	22,709	Sixth
26,998	23,478	Seventh
26,164	24,150	Eighth
27,171	25,994	Ninth
26,230	24,561	Tenth
25,193	22,787	Eleventh
23,296	21,215	Twelfth
11,997	1,132	Ungraded

Figure 5
Public school student membership by racial/ethnic category

1987	1996

—	15.6%	Students in special education with IEPs
—	40.6%	School membership eligible for free lunch
—	20.3%	School-age children below poverty

1987		1995		High school completers and dropouts

80.9%	22,401	91.9%	20,335	Regular diploma
	—	1.0%	214	Other diploma
19.1%	5,285	7.1%	1,578	High school equivalency
	—	0.0%	0	Other completers
	—		3.8%	Dropouts
			57.7%	Dropouts who were male
			4.9%	Dropouts who were minority

Figure 6
Grade 8 1996 Mathematics and Science average scale scores for the state (

) and nation (

) and the 25th (

) and 75th (

) percentiles

Grade 4	Grade 8	1996 Mathematics and Science achievement levels

223.4	264.9	Average Mathematics scale score [scale 0 to 500]
36.5%	46.2%	Students below basic level
63.5%	53.8%	Students at or above basic level
19.0%	13.8%	Students at or above proficient level
1.7%	1.2%	Students at advanced level
—	147.3	Average Science scale score [scale 0 to 300]
	43.8%	Students below basic level
	56.2%	Students at or above basic level
	21.0%	Students at or above proficient level
	1.0%	Students at advanced level

1987		1996		Educational staff
STAFF INFORMATION


100%	41,415	100%	38,099	Total education staff
				Instructional staff
54.8%	22,702	54.8%	20,888	Teachers
7.0%	2,888	7.7%	2,943	Instructional aides
				Support staff
1.3%	558	1.6%	604	Guidance counselors/directors
0.9%	376	0.9%	357	Librarians/library support
5.4%	2,220	5.8%	2,205	Administrative support
26.2%	10,838	24.7%	9,400	Other support services
				Administrators
3.2%	1,308	2.8%	1,074	School-based
1.3%	525	1.6%	628	School district officials/administrators

Figure 7
Average number of students per teacher, by grade level

Figure 8
Average salary of full-time teachers by years of experience

Figure 9
Distribution of public school teachers by age

1987	1993	Preparation of teachers: highest degree earned

0.3%	0.5%	Public school teachers with no degree
52.1%	42.1%	Public school teachers with a Bachelor's or lower degree
38.9%	53.1%	Public school teachers with a Master's degree
8.7%	4.4%	Public school teachers with a degree beyond Master's

FY88	FY97	Federal aid to education under selected programs (in thousands of current dollars)
FISCAL INFORMATION


$27,311	$39,823	National school lunch
$8,706	$12,705	National school breakfast
$37,118	$72,427	Title I
$16,764	$25,111	Education for the handicapped
$9,215	$12,126	Vocational and adult education
$6,404	$12,124	School improvement
$97	$14	School assistance (federally affected areas)
—	$49	Bilingual education
—	—	Indian education

Figure 10
Revenues by source

Figure 11
Current expenditures by function

FY88	FY97	Revenues and expenditures (in current dollars)

$1,268,654	$2,082,049	Revenues (in thousands of dollars)
$3,685	$6,848	Revenue per pupil in membership
$1,231,966	$1,847,560	Current expenditures (in thousands of dollars)
$3,579	$6,076	Current expenditure per pupil in membership