High · West Virginia
Petersburg High School
Free meals for allPetersburg High School, a public high school in Petersburg, West Virginia: grades 7–12, 582 students, 14.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Grant 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
- 582
- Teachers (FTE)
- 41.5
- Students per teacher
- 14.0
- Grades
- 7–12
- High
Fewer students per teacher than 55% of high schools in West Virginia
Median 14.7 · 116 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 53% of high schools in the US
Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared
Larger than 51% of high schools in West Virginia
Median 564 · 117 schools compared
Larger than 60% 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%39%proficient
+2.8 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 50% of high schools in West Virginia
Median 38% · 18 high schools compared
217 students tested, grades 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%25%proficient
Unchanged from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 50% of high schools in West Virginia
Median 24% · 18 high schools compared
217 students tested, grades 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
- High · Grades 7–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Meals
- Free breakfast and lunch for every student
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Grant County Schools
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Grant County Schools.
Location
- Address
- 207 Viking Drive, Petersburg, WV 26847
- Phone
- (304)257-1444
- City or town
- Petersburg
- County
- Grant 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
South Branch Vocational SchoolCareer and technical | 7–12 | — | — |
Moorefield High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 480 | 16.8 |
East Hardy High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 290 | 13.0 |
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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