Summary:
The city of Lookout, West Virginia has only one school, Divide Elementary, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 198 students. The school is part of the Fayette County Schools district, which is ranked 44 out of 55 districts in the state and has a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Divide Elementary's academic performance, as measured by proficiency rates on the West Virginia Assessment, is consistently lower than the Fayette County Schools and West Virginia state averages across all grade levels and subject areas. For example, in 2024-2025, Divide Elementary's 5th-grade proficiency rates were 21.6% in Math, 35.1% in English Language Arts, and 13.5% in Science, compared to the state averages of 42%, 49.3%, and 33.3%, respectively. The school's performance has been relatively consistent over the past two school years, with some fluctuations in proficiency rates.
The data indicates that Divide Elementary had a per-student spending of $13,180 for the 2018-2019 school year and a student-teacher ratio of 16.3 for the 2023-2024 school year. However, the low district ranking and 1-star rating for the Fayette County Schools district may suggest that the district as a whole is facing resource constraints or other systemic challenges that could be affecting the performance of individual schools like Divide Elementary. The consistently low proficiency rates across multiple grade levels and subject areas at Divide Elementary suggest that the school may benefit from targeted interventions and support to address the specific learning needs of its students.
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