Elementary · West Virginia
Explorer Academy
Free meals for allExplorer Academy, a public elementary school in Huntington, West Virginia: grades pre-k–5, 373 students, 13.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Cabell County Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with elementary 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
- 373
- Teachers (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per teacher
- 13.8
- Grades
- Pre-K–5
- Elementary
More students per teacher than 63% of elementary schools in West Virginia
Median 13.1 · 397 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 59% of elementary schools in the US
Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared
Larger than 75% of elementary schools in West Virginia
Median 256 · 399 schools compared
Smaller than 59% of elementary schools in the US
Median 415 · 51,933 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%40%proficient
+1.1 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 73% of elementary schools in West Virginia
Median 48% · 362 elementary schools compared
183 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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%36%proficient
−4.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A lower share proficient than 75% of elementary schools in West Virginia
Median 49% · 362 elementary schools compared
184 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · 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
- Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Cabell County Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Cabell County Schools.
Location
- Address
- 2901 Saltwell Rd, Huntington, WV 25705
- Phone
- (304)528-5126
- City or town
- Huntington
- County
- Cabell County
Nearby elementary schools
The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher | Reading | Math |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Guyandotte Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 233 | 11.7 | 44% | 47% |
Altizer Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 207 | 12.2 | 44% | 45% |
Spring Hill Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 381 | 10.9 | 31% | 38% |
Highlawn Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 316 | 14.4 | 35% | 27% |
Hite Saunders Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 225 | 13.2 | 74% | 85% |
Meadows Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 251 | 13.9 | 62% | 60% |
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
- 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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