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C. W. Shipley Elementary School is a public elementary school in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia that serves 346 students from pre-kindergarten to 5th grade, and is part of the Jefferson County Schools district.
C. W. Shipley Elementary School consistently ranks among the top elementary schools in West Virginia, with a statewide ranking between 7th and 30th place over the past decade. In the 2022-2023 school year, the school ranked 30th out of 368 West Virginia elementary schools and received a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's student proficiency rates in Mathematics, English Language Arts, and Science are significantly higher than the district and state averages. For example, in the 2022-2023 school year, 69.5% of 3rd-grade students were proficient or better in Mathematics, compared to 49.9% in the district and 51.6% statewide. C. W. Shipley Elementary School has also consistently high rankings for various student subgroups, including female students, male students, white students, and students with special needs.
Compared to nearby schools, C. W. Shipley Elementary School has a higher percentage of white students (81.21% in 2022-2023) and a lower percentage of minority students. The school's spending per student ($11,431 in 2018-2019) is slightly higher than the nearby schools, which range from $9,943 to $15,081 per student. C. W. Shipley Elementary School also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 14.7 in the 2022-2023 school year, which is lower than most of the nearby schools. While C. W. Shipley Elementary School consistently ranks among the top schools in West Virginia, some of the nearby schools, such as South Jefferson Elementary, Shepherdstown Elementary, and Driswood Elementary, also perform well, with rankings in the top 100-200 schools in the state.
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