Middle · West Virginia
Edison Middle School
Free meals for allEdison Middle School, a public middle school in Parkersburg, West Virginia: grades 6–8, 551 students, 14.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Wood County Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with middle schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.
- Students
- 551
- Teachers (FTE)
- 38.0
- Students per teacher
- 14.5
- Grades
- 6–8
- Middle
More students per teacher than 72% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 13.2 · 110 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 50% of middle schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared
Larger than 73% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 405 · 110 schools compared
Larger than 53% of middle schools in the US
Median 524 · 16,046 schools compared
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%52%proficient
+7.3 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 78% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 43% · 109 middle schools compared
561 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
Math
West Virginia: 41%48%proficient
+5.6 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 88% of middle schools in West Virginia
Median 33% · 109 middle schools compared
558 students tested, grades 6, 7, 8 · West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4 Approximate: the state published a range or left out some grades.
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- Middle · Grades 6–8
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Wood County Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wood County Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1201 Hillcrest St, Parkersburg, WV 26101
- Phone
- (304)420-9525
- City or town
- Parkersburg
- County
- Wood County
Nearby middle schools
The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Hamilton Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 446 | 14.4 |
Van Devender Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 244 | 9.8 |
Blennerhassett Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 534 | 17.8 |
Jackson Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 429 | 13.8 |
Warren Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 4–8 | 650 | 20.0 |
Wirt County Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 5–8 | 263 | 11.6 |
Sources
- 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).
- 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.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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