Summary:
The city of Kingwood, West Virginia is home to three schools serving students from elementary through high school: Preston High School, Kingwood Elementary, and Central Preston Middle School. These schools operate under the Preston County Schools district.
Among the three schools, Central Preston Middle School stands out as the top performer, consistently ranking among the top 50 middle schools in West Virginia and maintaining a 4-star rating in the past two school years. The school excels in English Language Arts proficiency, outperforming the district and state averages across all grade levels, and has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14:1. Kingwood Elementary also demonstrates strong performance in Mathematics, with 3rd and 4th-grade proficiency rates exceeding the district and state averages, though it maintains a 2-star rating and ranks in the top half of West Virginia elementary schools.
In contrast, Preston High School lags behind the district and state averages in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science proficiency for 11th-grade students, despite having a relatively high four-year graduation rate of 92.5%. The data also reveals variations in performance across the schools, suggesting a need to explore the factors influencing these differences and identify areas for improvement, such as the low Mathematics proficiency rates observed in some schools and grade levels.
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