High · West Virginia
George Washington High School
Free meals for allGeorge Washington High School, a public high school in Charleston, West Virginia: grades 9–12, 1,145 students, 22.5 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Kanawha County Schools.
Size and class size
Compared with high 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
- 1,145
- Teachers (FTE)
- 51.0
- Students per teacher
- 22.5
- Grades
- 9–12
- High
More students per teacher than 98% of high schools in West Virginia
Median 14.7 · 116 schools compared
More students per teacher than 90% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 87% of high schools in West Virginia
Median 564 · 117 schools compared
Larger than 78% of high schools in the US
Median 414 · 22,064 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%Not published: too few students tested.
West Virginia General Summative Assessment; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
West Virginia: 41%Not published: too few students tested.
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.
What it offers
- Grades
- High · Grades 9–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Small city
- Run by
- Kanawha County Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Kanawha County Schools.
Location
- Address
- 1522 Tennis Club Rd, Charleston, WV 25314
- Phone
- (304)348-7729
- City or town
- Charleston
- County
- Kanawha County
Nearby high schools
The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
WIN Academy at BVCTCCharter | 11–12 | 34 | — |
South Charleston High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 874 | 18.6 |
Capital High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 1,051 | 17.4 |
Ben Franklin Career CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | — | — |
Carver Career CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | — | — |
Saint Albans High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 882 | 18.8 |
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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