Middle · West Virginia

Hamilton Middle School

Free meals for all

Hamilton Middle School, a public middle school in Parkersburg, West Virginia: grades 6–8, 446 students, 14.4 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
446
Teachers (FTE)
31.0
Students per teacher
14.4
Grades
6–8
Middle

More students per teacher than 68% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 13.2 · 110 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 51% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Larger than 55% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 405 · 110 schools compared

Smaller than 59% 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%

53%proficient

+0.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 79% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 43% · 109 middle schools compared

409 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%

44%proficient

+4.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 79% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 33% · 109 middle schools compared

409 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

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Wood County Schools.

Location

Address
3501 Cadillac Dr, Parkersburg, WV 26104
Phone
(304)420-9547
City or town
Parkersburg

Nearby middle schools

The closest public middle schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacher
Van Devender Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–82449.8
Jackson Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–842913.8
Edison Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–855114.5
6–853417.8
Warren Middle SchoolFree meals for all
4–865020.0
5–826911.9

Sources

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.

NCES 540162001154