Summary:
The city of Cowen, West Virginia is home to a single elementary school, Glade Elementary School, which serves grades PK-6 and has a total enrollment of 378 students. The school is part of the Webster County Schools district, which is ranked 43 out of 55 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Glade Elementary School does not appear to be a standout school in the region, as it has consistently ranked in the bottom half of West Virginia elementary schools, with a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger in the most recent school year (2022-2023). The school's performance on state assessments is generally below the district and state averages, particularly in the areas of mathematics and science. For example, in 2022-2023, the percentage of students proficient or better in mathematics ranged from 12.2% in grade 5 to 54.3% in grade 3, while in English Language Arts, the range was 17.1% in grade 5 to 58.1% in grade 6. The school's science proficiency rate in grade 5 was only 2.4%.
Despite the school's relatively high spending per student ($11,427 in 2018-2019, the highest among the 3 elementary schools in the district), this does not appear to be translating into strong academic outcomes. Additionally, Glade Elementary School has the highest student-teacher ratio (14.4) among the 3 elementary schools in the district, which may be a contributing factor to the school's academic challenges. The school's extremely homogeneous racial makeup, with 99.74% of students identifying as white, is also noteworthy and may warrant further investigation.
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