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Ripley High School

Summary:

Ripley High School is a public high school in Ripley, West Virginia, serving 812 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Jackson County Schools district, which is ranked 3rd out of 55 districts in the state and has a 5-star rating.

Ripley High School has consistently performed well academically, ranking among the top 20-50 high schools in West Virginia in recent years. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school ranked 17th out of 112 high schools statewide, with 59.1% of 11th-grade students proficient or better in English Language Arts, 30.5% in Science, and 21.4% in Mathematics. These scores are generally higher than the state and district averages. The school has also shown strong performance across various student subgroups, ranking 9th out of 108 high schools for female students and 22nd out of 111 high schools for white students in the 2021-2022 school year. However, the school's performance for African American and Hispanic students has been more mixed, with lower rankings in recent years.

Compared to nearby schools like Roane County High and Ravenswood High School, Ripley High School's performance is generally stronger, both in terms of academic achievement and school rankings. The school's spending per student was $11,218 in the 2018-2019 school year, which is higher than the state average and the nearby Roane County High School ($11,042 per student). Ripley High School has also maintained a relatively low student-teacher ratio, ranging from 15.1 to 15.7 students per teacher in recent years, comparable to the nearby schools.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 2 School St
       Ripley, WV  25271-1538

(304) 372-7355

District: Jackson County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
17th of 112 West Virginia High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,218 Help


Feeder schools for Ripley High School:

Elementary:    Cottageville Elementary School
    Evans Elementary School
    Fairplain Elementary School
    Gilmore Elementary School
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Middle:    Ripley Middle School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.8 Help
Number of students:  788

Racial breakdown:

White:
97.7%
Two or more races:
1.0%
Hispanic:
0.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  37% Help


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Compare Details Ripley High School ranks better than 84.8% of high schools in West Virginia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 79.14. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Ripley High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
Student Body
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Compare Details Ripley High School has the largest high school student body size in the Jackson County Schools District. Racial makeup is: White (97.7%), two or more races (1%), Hispanic (0.6%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Ripley High School is 14.8, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Jackson County Schools District! (See more...)
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Compare Ripley High School employs 53.1 full-time teachers.
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Ripley High School is $11,218. 1 high schools in the Jackson County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Ripley High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Ripley High School 17th of 112 West Virginia public high schools. (See Ripley High School in the ranking list.)

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Jackson County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Jackson County Schools 3rd of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Ripley High School

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Rank History for all students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 43.32 75th 111 32.4%
2010 60.27 38th 112 66.1%
2011 73.39 19th 113 83.2%
2012 75.16 20th 113 82.3%
2013 74.00 20th 114 82.5%
2014 71.09 20th 115 82.6%
2015 64.53 31st 117 73.5%
2016 69.17 26th 119 78.2%
2017 53.64 54th 122 55.7%
2018 49.16 51st 115 55.7%
2019 77.76 20th 114 82.5%
2021 57.45 45th 113 60.2%
2022 80.82 15th 112 86.6%
2023 62.75 38th 112 66.1%
2024 79.14 17th 112 84.8%
See the entire list of West Virginia High School Rankings!

Rank History for Multi-racial students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 95.84 2nd 62 96.8%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 63.27 7th 38 81.6%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 47.20 56th 118 52.5%
2018 53.92 37th 103 64.1%
2019 55.88 31st 85 63.5%
2023 13.47 82nd 89 7.9%
2024 34.70 58th 89 34.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 27.84 101st 121 16.5%
2018 47.50 60th 112 46.4%
2021 48.88 57th 111 48.6%
2022 82.32 11th 109 89.9%
2023 52.14 49th 107 54.2%
2024 63.62 35th 110 68.2%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 38.88 84th 119 29.4%
2018 40.94 72nd 111 35.1%
2019 72.21 24th 109 78.0%
2021 46.34 58th 110 47.3%
2022 88.37 9th 108 91.7%
2023 76.55 22nd 108 79.6%
2024 60.63 36th 110 67.3%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for Disabled students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 54.10 28th 84 66.7%
2022 61.65 26th 91 71.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 66.00 32nd 122 73.8%
2018 56.45 43rd 111 61.3%
2019 77.76 20th 109 81.7%
2021 63.71 37th 110 66.4%
2022 63.00 33rd 108 69.4%
2023 35.55 68th 108 37.0%
2024 87.32 14th 109 87.2%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Male Students!

Rank History for African American students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 22.13 74th 82 9.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 40.38 42nd 59 28.8%
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Rank History for White students at Ripley High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 52.51 58th 122 52.5%
2018 49.29 51st 113 54.9%
2019 70.54 29th 112 74.1%
2021 54.44 48th 113 57.5%
2022 74.92 22nd 111 80.2%
2023 60.73 39th 112 65.2%
2024 72.56 24th 111 78.4%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for White Students!

Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: West Virginia Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Ripley High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 1004 1004
1990 944 0 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 949
1991 952 0 4 0 0 n/a n/a 0 956
1992 960 0 6 0 0 n/a n/a 0 966
1993 991 0 5 0 0 n/a n/a 0 996
1994 988 1 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 993
1995 949 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 954
1996 949 3 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 954
1997 954 2 5 1 0 n/a n/a 0 962
1998 975 2 4 4 1 n/a n/a 0 986
1999 941 2 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 948
2000 903 1 4 1 1 n/a n/a 0 910
2001 922 0 6 0 1 n/a n/a 0 929
2002 925 1 6 3 1 n/a n/a 0 936
2003 925 1 6 3 1 n/a n/a 0 936
2004 955 4 7 3 1 n/a n/a 0 970
2005 942 0 1 3 1 n/a n/a 0 947
2006 975 1 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 981
2007 971 3 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 979
2008 951 5 4 4 0 n/a n/a 0 964
2009 988 3 4 2 0 n/a n/a 0 997
2010 985 8 3 4 0 0 1 0 1001
2011 946 11 1 2 1 0 1 0 962
2012 958 11 3 4 1 0 1 0 978
2013 918 12 4 3 1 0 2 0 940
2014 956 9 2 0 0 0 2 0 969
2015 921 13 2 1 0 0 9 0 946
2016 915 12 0 1 0 0 5 0 933
2017 913 11 1 7 1 0 3 0 936
2018 895 8 2 10 0 1 8 0 924
2019 888 5 1 16 0 1 8 0 919
2020 838 4 4 14 0 1 6 0 867
2021 836 6 4 9 0 1 8 0 864
2022 787 4 4 7 0 0 4 0 806
2023 785 7 3 9 0 0 8 0 812
2024 770 3 2 5 0 0 8 0 788

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Ripley High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1004 60.7 16.5 n/a
1990 949 55.9 16.9 23.5
1991 956 53.2 17.9 21.4
1992 966 55.0 17.5 30.2
1993 996 65.0 15.3 23.7
1994 993 57.0 17.4 26.6
1995 954 56.9 16.8 20
1996 954 56.9 16.8 20
1997 962 58.4 16.5 22.2
1998 986 57.7 17.1 18.6
1999 948 57.7 16.4 32.1
2000 910 58.9 15.4 38
2001 929 58.1 16.0 37.8
2002 936 56.2 16.7 30.2
2003 936 56.2 16.7 30.2
2004 970 56.9 17.0 33.5
2005 947 57.7 16.4 33.8
2006 981 59.5 16.5 32.5
2007 979 59.4 16.5 33.2
2008 964 60.9 15.8 32.6
2009 997 63.1 15.8 30.7
2010 1001 61.2 16.3 35.7
2011 962 62.6 15.3 36.4
2012 978 59.0 16.5 36.6
2013 940 58.5 16.0 44.7
2014 969 57.1 16.9 35.7
2015 946 57.0 16.5 36
2016 933 58.0 16.0 39
2017 936 55.1 16.9 36.6
2018 924 54.9 16.8 43
2019 919 54.9 16.7 40.7
2020 867 54.9 15.7 43.1
2021 864 55.0 15.7 37
2022 806 53.2 15.1 n/a
2023 812 52.2 15.5 n/a
2024 788 53.1 14.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Ripley High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1004 60.7 16.5 n/a
1990 949 55.9 16.9 23.5
1991 956 53.2 17.9 21.4
1992 966 55.0 17.5 30.2
1993 996 65.0 15.3 23.7
1994 993 57.0 17.4 26.6
1995 954 56.9 16.8 20
1996 954 56.9 16.8 20
1997 962 58.4 16.5 22.2
1998 986 57.7 17.1 18.6
1999 948 57.7 16.4 32.1
2000 910 58.9 15.4 38
2001 929 58.1 16.0 37.8
2002 936 56.2 16.7 30.2
2003 936 56.2 16.7 30.2
2004 970 56.9 17.0 33.5
2005 947 57.7 16.4 33.8
2006 981 59.5 16.5 32.5
2007 979 59.4 16.5 33.2
2008 964 60.9 15.8 32.6
2009 997 63.1 15.8 30.7
2010 1001 61.2 16.3 35.7
2011 962 62.6 15.3 36.4
2012 978 59.0 16.5 36.6
2013 940 58.5 16.0 44.7
2014 969 57.1 16.9 35.7
2015 946 57.0 16.5 36
2016 933 58.0 16.0 39
2017 936 55.1 16.9 36.6
2018 924 54.9 16.8 43
2019 919 54.9 16.7 40.7
2020 867 54.9 15.7 43.1
2021 864 55.0 15.7 37
2022 806 53.2 15.1 n/a
2023 812 52.2 15.5 n/a
2024 788 53.1 14.8 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Ripley High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $793 (7.1%) $10,425 (92.9%) $11,218

Data source: West Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Ripley High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Ranks 20th of 114 High schoolsRanks 38th of 112 High schools
 16.4%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 % proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
11th Grade Mathematics (Ripley High School)2622.5
 3.5%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Jackson County Schools)23.723.6
 0.1%
   11th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)2421.5
 2.5%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Ripley High School)58.951.2
 7.6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Jackson County Schools)57.354.6
 2.7%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)51.849.9
 1.9%
11th Grade Science (Ripley High School)35.427.6
 7.8%
   11th Grade Science (Jackson County Schools)31.929.9
 2%
   11th Grade Science (West Virginia)29.227.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)		 Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)		 Change (%)
Total Students919812
 11.6%
African American57
 40%
American Indian00
Asian13
 200%
Hispanic169
 43.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White888785
 11.6%
Two or More Races88

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Frequently Asked Questions about Ripley High School

Ripley High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Cottageville Elementary School
Elementary : Evans Elementary School
Elementary : Fairplain Elementary School
Elementary : Gilmore Elementary School
Elementary : Kenna Elementary School
Elementary : Ripley Elementary School
Middle : Ripley Middle School

In the 2023-24 school year, 788 students attended Ripley High School.

Ripley High School ranks 17th of 112 West Virginia high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

Students at Ripley High School are 98% White, 1% Two or more races.


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