Petersburg High School

Public 7-12

 207 Jefferson Avenue
       Petersburg, WV  26847


(304) 257-1444

District: Grant County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
62nd of 112 West Virginia High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,294 Help


Feeder schools for Petersburg High School:

Elementary:    Maysville Elementary School
    Petersburg Elementary School

Student/teacher ratio:  15.2 Help
Number of students:  616

Racial breakdown:

White:
95.6%
Hispanic:
2.8%
African American:
1.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  41.2% Help


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Compare Details Petersburg High School ranks worse than 58% of middle schools in West Virginia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 40.61. (See more...)
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Compare Details Petersburg High School ranks worse than 55.4% of high schools in West Virginia. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 44.32. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Petersburg High School is $10,294.
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Petersburg High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Petersburg High School 98th of 169 West Virginia public middle schools. (See Petersburg High School in the ranking list.)

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SchoolDigger ranks Petersburg High School 62nd of 112 West Virginia public high schools. (See Petersburg High School in the ranking list.)

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Grant County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Grant County Schools 36th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Petersburg High School

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Rank History for all middle school students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 46.18 100th 171 41.5%
2010 36.74 127th 171 25.7%
2011 33.33 137th 171 19.9%
2012 31.29 135th 172 21.5%
2013 56.25 60th 174 65.5%
2014 56.90 59th 172 65.7%
2015 47.72 83rd 173 52.0%
2016 48.24 80th 172 53.5%
2017 48.68 91st 176 48.3%
2018 40.92 104th 170 38.8%
2019 49.41 80th 171 53.2%
2021 64.36 45th 171 73.7%
2022 53.44 68th 169 59.8%
2023 40.61 98th 168 41.7%
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Rank History for middle school Special Education students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 50.40 69th 174 60.3%
2018 24.41 134th 142 5.6%
2019 24.00 117th 130 10.0%
2023 19.36 129th 132 2.3%
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Rank History for middle school Low Socio Economic Status students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 37.18 126th 176 28.4%
2018 32.86 119th 165 27.9%
2021 68.81 29th 164 82.3%
2022 54.23 68th 162 58.0%
2023 37.78 109th 162 32.7%
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Rank History for middle school Female students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 42.66 111th 174 36.2%
2018 39.19 111th 166 33.1%
2019 59.07 59th 162 63.6%
2021 39.43 94th 162 42.0%
2022 43.37 95th 164 42.1%
2023 48.33 80th 158 49.4%
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Rank History for middle school Disabled students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 35.10 96th 129 25.6%
2022 15.82 127th 131 3.1%
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Rank History for middle school Male students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 53.75 70th 176 60.2%
2018 44.74 95th 164 42.1%
2019 42.33 95th 161 41.0%
2021 77.88 21st 164 87.2%
2022 57.48 64th 161 60.2%
2023 30.91 120th 158 24.1%
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Rank History for middle school Hispanic students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 41.35 63rd 97 35.1%
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Rank History for middle school White students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 48.44 93rd 176 47.2%
2018 37.75 109th 167 34.7%
2019 45.92 87th 168 48.2%
2021 62.91 47th 170 72.4%
2022 52.78 72nd 168 57.1%
2023 41.99 96th 168 42.9%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

Rank History for Petersburg High School

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Rank History for all high school students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 61.82 36th 111 67.6%
2010 54.24 52nd 112 53.6%
2011 35.77 83rd 113 26.5%
2012 30.68 85th 113 24.8%
2013 26.56 91st 114 20.2%
2014 20.85 107th 115 7.0%
2015 67.39 25th 117 78.6%
2016 72.00 23rd 119 80.7%
2017 68.06 31st 122 74.6%
2018 56.69 42nd 115 63.5%
2019 39.99 66th 114 42.1%
2021 40.77 63rd 113 44.2%
2022 35.65 76th 112 32.1%
2023 44.32 62nd 112 44.6%
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Rank History for high school English Language Learner students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 28.94 23rd 38 39.5%
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Rank History for high school Special Education students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 36.68 80th 118 32.2%
2018 51.97 42nd 103 59.2%
2023 35.77 58th 89 34.8%
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Rank History for high school Low Socio Economic Status students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 55.35 50th 121 58.7%
2018 57.72 42nd 112 62.5%
2021 25.09 87th 111 21.6%
2022 26.79 86th 109 21.1%
2023 52.80 46th 107 57.0%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for high school Female students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 67.52 28th 119 76.5%
2018 77.86 15th 111 86.5%
2019 47.81 52nd 109 52.3%
2021 24.09 88th 110 20.0%
2022 26.78 85th 108 21.3%
2023 46.16 59th 108 45.4%
See the entire list of Best West Virginia High Schools for Female Students!

Rank History for high school Disabled students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 18.35 82nd 91 9.9%
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Rank History for high school Male students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 65.40 34th 122 72.1%
2018 36.76 66th 111 40.5%
2019 29.31 80th 109 26.6%
2021 59.88 46th 110 58.2%
2022 45.39 60th 108 44.4%
2023 41.49 61st 108 43.5%
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Rank History for high school African American students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 42.27 48th 82 41.5%
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Rank History for high school Hispanic students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 54.64 29th 59 50.8%
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Rank History for high school White students at Petersburg High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 67.05 31st 122 74.6%
2018 57.38 43rd 113 61.9%
2019 39.06 69th 112 38.4%
2021 39.90 63rd 113 44.2%
2022 31.32 81st 111 27.0%
2023 41.30 64th 112 42.9%
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Data source: test scores: West Virginia Department of Education, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Data source: West Virginia Department of Education

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Enrollment information for Petersburg High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a 747 747
1990 756 8 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 767
1991 723 7 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 734
1992 717 11 3 2 0 n/a n/a 0 733
1993 713 12 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 728
1994 735 13 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 752
1995 699 14 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 717
1996 699 14 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 717
1997 713 7 2 5 0 n/a n/a 0 727
1998 704 6 4 5 0 n/a n/a 0 719
1999 737 5 5 3 0 n/a n/a 0 750
2000 720 5 3 1 1 n/a n/a 0 730
2001 717 5 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 726
2002 737 4 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 745
2003 737 4 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 745
2004 747 7 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 757
2005 775 8 2 5 0 n/a n/a 0 790
2006 750 9 2 5 0 n/a n/a 0 766
2007 754 10 0 4 0 n/a n/a 0 768
2008 740 16 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 756
2009 733 14 0 1 0 n/a n/a 0 748
2010 712 12 1 4 0 0 0 0 729
2011 698 9 1 5 0 0 0 0 713
2012 724 11 1 3 0 0 0 0 739
2013 707 10 1 4 0 1 0 0 723
2014 713 9 1 4 0 0 1 0 728
2015 689 7 1 5 0 0 1 0 703
2016 680 6 0 4 0 0 2 0 692
2017 665 9 0 7 0 0 1 0 682
2018 654 6 0 9 0 0 1 0 670
2019 643 6 0 6 1 0 1 0 657
2020 631 3 2 9 0 0 1 0 646
2021 609 3 3 11 1 0 1 0 628
2022 602 2 1 14 1 0 2 0 622
2023 589 6 1 17 1 0 2 0 616

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Petersburg High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 747 44.5 16.7 n/a
1990 767 41.5 18.4 28.2
1991 734 43.1 17.0 27.2
1992 733 42.0 17.4 31.4
1993 728 42.5 17.1 26.6
1994 752 44.4 16.9 28.2
1995 717 41.5 17.3 31.4
1996 717 41.5 17.3 31.4
1997 727 42.4 17.1 34.9
1998 719 42.5 16.9 25.2
1999 750 42.0 17.9 41.9
2000 730 44.4 16.4 52.3
2001 726 44.9 16.2 37.1
2002 745 48.5 15.4 40.4
2003 745 48.5 15.4 40.4
2004 757 44.9 16.9 41.3
2005 790 48.9 16.2 45.3
2006 766 48.9 15.7 42
2007 768 50.4 15.2 41.1
2008 756 51.0 14.8 43.9
2009 748 51.0 14.7 44
2010 729 50.0 14.5 45.7
2011 713 51.3 13.8 43.1
2012 739 44.0 16.7 48.2
2013 723 47.0 15.3 42.3
2014 728 47.0 15.4 44.6
2015 703 47.0 14.9 45.2
2016 692 46.0 15.0 48.3
2017 682 45.0 15.1 35.2
2018 670 42.5 15.7 51.6
2019 657 42.5 15.4 42.5
2020 646 40.5 15.9 43.2
2021 628 41.5 15.1 41.2
2022 622 40.5 15.3 n/a
2023 616 40.5 15.2 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Petersburg High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 747 44.5 16.7 n/a
1990 767 41.5 18.4 28.2
1991 734 43.1 17.0 27.2
1992 733 42.0 17.4 31.4
1993 728 42.5 17.1 26.6
1994 752 44.4 16.9 28.2
1995 717 41.5 17.3 31.4
1996 717 41.5 17.3 31.4
1997 727 42.4 17.1 34.9
1998 719 42.5 16.9 25.2
1999 750 42.0 17.9 41.9
2000 730 44.4 16.4 52.3
2001 726 44.9 16.2 37.1
2002 745 48.5 15.4 40.4
2003 745 48.5 15.4 40.4
2004 757 44.9 16.9 41.3
2005 790 48.9 16.2 45.3
2006 766 48.9 15.7 42
2007 768 50.4 15.2 41.1
2008 756 51.0 14.8 43.9
2009 748 51.0 14.7 44
2010 729 50.0 14.5 45.7
2011 713 51.3 13.8 43.1
2012 739 44.0 16.7 48.2
2013 723 47.0 15.3 42.3
2014 728 47.0 15.4 44.6
2015 703 47.0 14.9 45.2
2016 692 46.0 15.0 48.3
2017 682 45.0 15.1 35.2
2018 670 42.5 15.7 51.6
2019 657 42.5 15.4 42.5
2020 646 40.5 15.9 43.2
2021 628 41.5 15.1 41.2
2022 622 40.5 15.3 n/a
2023 616 40.5 15.2 n/a

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Petersburg High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $948 (9.2%) $9,346 (90.8%) $10,294

Data source: West Virginia Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Petersburg High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 80th of 171 Middle schoolsRanks 98th of 168 Middle schools
 11.5%
Ranks 66th of 114 High schoolsRanks 62nd of 112 High schools
 2.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Mathematics (Petersburg High School)38.231.7
 6.5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Grant County Schools)36.329.3
 7%
   7th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.830.7
 6%
7th Grade English Language Arts (Petersburg High School)44.140.2
 3.9%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (Grant County Schools)42.542.7
 0.2%
   7th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)42.638.8
 3.8%
8th Grade Mathematics (Petersburg High School)24.59.4
 15.1%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Grant County Schools)23.910.3
 13.6%
   8th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)36.628.2
 8.4%
8th Grade English Language Arts (Petersburg High School)37.831.1
 6.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (Grant County Schools)38.532.8
 5.7%
   8th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)43.942.7
 1.2%
8th Grade Science (Petersburg High School)39.629.3
 10.3%
   8th Grade Science (Grant County Schools)37.429.3
 8.1%
   8th Grade Science (West Virginia)33.127
 6.1%
11th Grade Mathematics (Petersburg High School)17.219.5
 2.3%
   11th Grade Mathematics (Grant County Schools)16.517.4
 0.9%
   11th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)2421.5
 2.5%
11th Grade English Language Arts (Petersburg High School)49.543.5
 6%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (Grant County Schools)48.538.6
 9.9%
   11th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)51.849.9
 1.9%
11th Grade Science (Petersburg High School)2524
 1%
   11th Grade Science (Grant County Schools)23.722.2
 1.5%
   11th Grade Science (West Virginia)29.227.9
 1.3%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students657616
 6.2%
African American66
American Indian11
Asian01
Hispanic617
 183.3%
Pacific Islander00
White643589
 8.4%
Two or More Races12
 100%


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In the 2022-23 school year, 616 students attended Petersburg High School.

Students at Petersburg High School are 96% White, 3% Hispanic.

Petersburg High School ranks 62nd of 112 West Virginia high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Petersburg High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Maysville Elementary School
Elementary : Petersburg Elementary School


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