Middle · West Virginia

South Harrison Middle School

Free meals for all

South Harrison Middle School, a public middle school in Lost Creek, West Virginia: grades 6–8, 244 students, 11.3 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Harrison 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
244
Teachers (FTE)
21.6
Students per teacher
11.3
Grades
6–8
Middle

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 13.2 · 110 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 82% of middle schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 15,584 schools compared

Smaller than 83% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 405 · 110 schools compared

Smaller than 82% 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%

49%proficient

+10.7 points from 2023–24 school year

A higher share proficient than 69% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 43% · 109 middle schools compared

280 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%

33%proficient

+1.8 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 53% of middle schools in West Virginia

Median 33% · 109 middle schools compared

280 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
Distant rural area

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

Location

Address
3003 Hawk Hwy, Lost Creek, WV 26385
Phone
(304)326-7460

Nearby middle schools

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

SchoolGradesStudentsStudents / teacherReadingMath
Mountaineer Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–83519.637%19%
6–853312.536%19%
Bridgeport Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–859013.462%52%
6–850317.130%23%
Lincoln Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–839411.049%39%
B-U Middle SchoolFree meals for all
6–871815.138%29%

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

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 540051000864