Best Public Schools in Dunmore, WV

Summary:

The city of Dunmore, West Virginia is home to a single public high school, Pocahontas County High School, which serves grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 278 students. The school's academic performance is mixed, with proficiency rates in English Language Arts closer to the state average but struggling in Mathematics and Science.

Pocahontas County Schools, the district that oversees Pocahontas County High School, is ranked 17th out of 55 districts in West Virginia and is rated 4 out of 5 stars. The high school itself has seen fluctuations in its statewide ranking, from 25th out of 112 high schools in 2021-2022 to 52nd out of 112 in 2022-2023 and 40th out of 112 in 2023-2024. This suggests the school's performance is variable from year to year, rather than consistently strong or weak.

Despite the mixed academic performance, Pocahontas County High School has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 9.6 to 1 and a high per-student spending of $15,388 in the 2018-2019 school year. However, the school's student population is highly homogeneous, with 99.28% of students identifying as White, which may be a factor to consider in the school's academic and social environment.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2024)				Ranking (2023)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2024)	WV Assessment English Language Arts (2024)	WV Assessment Science (2024)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Statewide Rank (2023)	State Percentile (2023)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 11th Grade	WV Assessment Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Pocahontas County High School	Public	9-12	271 Warrior Way	Dunmore	24934	Pocahontas County	Pocahontas County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 799-6564	291	28	10.3		287 (98.6%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62	40^th of 112 public high schools	64.3%		50.3	52^nd of 112 public high schools	53.6%	12	27.2	44.4	25.9	$15,388	$1,236	$14,152

Cities Near Dunmore

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Green Bank	4.77 mi	1	265^th
Valley Head	17.05 mi	1
Marlinton	17.2 mi	1	92^nd
Buckeye	18.76 mi	1	24^th
Hillsboro	25.66 mi	1	20^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.

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