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Nitro High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2022 – 2023 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2021
  • Educational Environment: 2022 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated July 2024

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School Overview

Address
1300 Park Avenue
Nitro, WV 25143
Phone
(304) 755-4321
District
KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
KANAWHA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
827
Classroom Teachers
37

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

8

(10 is best)

Better than 70.5% of all WV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

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

Grade 10

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
53%
49%
61%
57%
44%
41%
53%
49%
61%
57%
44%
41%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
22
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 269 32.5%
Grade 10 191 23.1%
Grade 11 173 20.9%
Grade 12 194 23.5%
Total 827 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 91.5% 86.7% 92.4%
Black 5.3% 10.8% 4.4%
Hispanic 2.9% 1.1% 2.4%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.3% 1.2% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 179,895 1,775,156
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 199.5 74
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 5.0% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 17.0% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 29.8% 30.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.9% 26.7%
65 OR OLDER 21.3% 20.4%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 77,252 716,040
Single Parent Households With Children 8.2% 7.1%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 90.6% 88.4%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 28.2% 22.7%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 11.1% 10.3%
$100,000 - $149,999 13.3% 14.1%
$75,000 - $99,999 11.5% 12.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 18.2% 17.5%
$30,000 - $49,999 18.0% 17.8%
$15,000 - $29,999 15.5% 15.6%
$15,000 or less 12.2% 12.5%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,881 $188,083,000 44.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $750 $17,890,000 4.2%
Staff $287 $6,843,000 1.6%
General Administration $128 $3,049,000 0.7%
School Administration $699 $16,678,000 4.0%
Operation $1,472 $35,130,000 8.3%
Transportation $709 $16,920,000 4.0%
Other $352 $8,401,000 2.0%
Total Support $4,396 $104,911,000 24.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $5,411 $129,134,000 30.6%
Total Expenditures $17,689 $422,128,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,751 $1,947,216,000 52.2%
Support Expenditures
Student $803 $201,761,000 5.4%
Staff $533 $133,799,000 3.6%
General Administration $201 $50,578,000 1.4%
School Administration $719 $180,663,000 4.8%
Operation $1,356 $340,557,000 9.1%
Transportation $924 $232,104,000 6.2%
Other $274 $68,841,000 1.8%
Total Support $4,810 $1,208,303,000 32.4%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,285 $574,146,000 15.4%
Total Expenditures $14,846 $3,729,665,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,505 $421,432,149,000 50.1%
Support Expenditures
Student $912 $45,189,184,320 5.4%
Staff $715 $35,442,027,000 4.2%
General Administration $282 $13,997,625,000 1.7%
School Administration $800 $39,661,338,000 4.7%
Operation $1,302 $64,530,934,000 7.7%
Transportation $501 $24,826,324,680 3.0%
Other $567 $28,090,428,000 3.3%
Total Support $5,081 $251,737,861,000 29.9%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,383 $167,614,653,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $16,969 $840,784,663,000 100.0%

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