School district · West Virginia
Upshur County Schools
Upshur County Schools in West Virginia: 10 public schools with 3,385 students and 14.2 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $13,115 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 3,385
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- WV 13.2 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $13,115
- WV $15.5K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 239
- Counselors (FTE)
- 12.0
- Students per counselor
- 282
- WV 305 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- —
- Librarians (FTE): 2.0
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on West Virginia's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
West Virginia: 46%41%proficient
+3.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 80% of school districts in West Virginia
Median 43% · 55 school districts compared
1,588 students tested, grades 3–8 · West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
West Virginia: 41%37%proficient
+6.7 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 55% of school districts in West Virginia
Median 37% · 55 school districts compared
1,585 students tested, grades 3–8 · West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
- Federal
- 17% · $9.2M
- State
- 59% · $32.5M
- Local
- 24% · $13.4M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $7,265
- Support services
- $5,005
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $376K
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Buckhannon Academy Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 487 | 14.3 | 46% | 49% |
French Creek ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 205 | 12.1 | 49% | 56% |
Hodgesville ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 151 | 15.7 | 31% | 25% |
Rock Cave ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 112 | 11.6 | 46% | 54% |
Tennerton ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 289 | 18.3 | 52% | 50% |
Union Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 242 | 14.2 | 36% | 33% |
Washington District ElementaryFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 113 | 12.5 | 43% | 32% |
B-U Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 718 | 15.1 | 38% | 29% |
Buckhannon Upshur High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,068 | 16.9 | — | — |
Fred W Eberle Tech CenterCareer and technical | 10–12 | — | — | — | — |
Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
Sources
- Address
- 102 Smithfield St, Buckhannon, WV 26201
- Phone
- (304)472-5480
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.