Flinn Elementary School

Summary:

Flinn Elementary School is a public elementary school in Charleston, West Virginia, serving 439 students in grades PK-4. The school is part of the Kanawha County Schools district, which is ranked 30 out of 55 districts in the state and has a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Flinn Elementary stands out for its significantly higher percentage of white students (96.81%) compared to the state and district averages, with a lower representation of minority students. Academically, the school's performance on state assessments is generally below the Kanawha County Schools and state averages, particularly in English Language Arts. For example, Flinn's 4th-grade ELA proficiency of 32.9% is lower than the district's 37.8% and the state's 46.6%. The school's rankings among West Virginia elementary schools also vary widely, with strong performance for special education students but much lower rankings for students from low socioeconomic backgrounds.

Flinn Elementary's challenges include a lack of racial diversity, academic underperformance, and disparities in student group performance. Compared to nearby schools like Shoals Elementary School, Cross Lanes Elementary School, and Poca Elementary, Flinn Elementary has a lower statewide ranking and may need to implement targeted interventions and strategies to improve student learning outcomes and ensure equitable access to resources for all students.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 2006 McClure Pkwy
       Charleston, WV  25312-9458


(304) 348-1960

District: Kanawha County Schools

SchoolDigger Rank:
238th of 368 West Virginia Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,495 Help


Students who attend Flinn Elementary School usually attend:

Middle:    Sissonville Middle School
High:    Sissonville High School

Student/teacher ratio:  16.5 Help
Number of students:  439

Racial breakdown:

White:
96.8%
Two or more races:
2.3%
African American:
0.5%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  55.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Flinn Elementary School ranks worse than 64.7% of elementary schools in West Virginia. It also ranks 25th among 41 ranked elementary schools in the Kanawha County Schools District. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.43. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (96.8%), two or more races (2.3%), African American (0.5%). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Flinn Elementary School is 16.5. 32 elementary schools in the Kanawha County Schools District have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Flinn Elementary School is $11,495. 39 elementary schools in the Kanawha County Schools District spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Flinn Elementary School:

SchoolDigger ranks Flinn Elementary School 238th of 368 West Virginia public elementary schools. (See Flinn Elementary School in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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White students:


Kanawha County Schools:

SchoolDigger ranks Kanawha County Schools 30th of 55 West Virginia school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Flinn Elementary School

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Rank History for all students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2009 50.60 213th 420 49.3%
2010 41.35 256th 427 40.0%
2011 59.50 132nd 426 69.0%
2012 40.50 269th 426 36.9%
2013 60.53 133rd 428 68.9%
2014 51.26 187th 422 55.7%
2015 50.04 198th 408 51.5%
2016 37.41 278th 402 30.8%
2017 38.36 265th 399 33.6%
2018 47.41 208th 392 46.9%
2019 39.80 237th 383 38.1%
2021 41.56 219th 380 42.4%
2022 41.70 221st 375 41.1%
2023 40.93 228th 368 38.0%
2024 39.43 238th 368 35.3%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 45.35 117th 218 46.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 42.16 214th 377 43.2%
2018 63.28 57th 258 77.9%
2019 41.12 99th 185 46.5%
2023 66.77 41st 180 77.2%
2024 73.77 27th 183 85.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 43.56 221st 382 42.1%
2018 44.06 224th 368 39.1%
2021 33.47 258th 335 23.0%
2022 37.28 242nd 347 30.3%
2023 39.12 218th 333 34.5%
2024 23.90 301st 336 10.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 48.83 198th 381 48.0%
2018 52.30 164th 366 55.2%
2019 39.10 223rd 339 34.2%
2021 42.56 181st 322 43.8%
2022 44.93 181st 325 44.3%
2023 49.04 156th 317 50.8%
2024 38.86 211th 316 33.2%
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Rank History for Disabled students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 34.54 108th 146 26.0%
2022 49.49 69th 154 55.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 32.57 294th 382 23.0%
2018 44.32 199th 364 45.3%
2019 43.37 194th 338 42.6%
2021 40.64 200th 333 39.9%
2022 37.89 213th 330 35.5%
2023 31.76 249th 322 22.7%
2024 39.18 214th 325 34.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 17.96 184th 187 1.6%
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Rank History for White students at Flinn Elementary School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools WV State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2017 38.13 258th 382 32.5%
2018 45.85 204th 374 45.5%
2019 39.06 232nd 373 37.8%
2021 40.76 221st 376 41.2%
2022 38.70 233rd 373 37.5%
2023 36.70 250th 366 31.7%
2024 38.24 242nd 367 34.1%
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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 Flinn Elementary 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 341 341
1990 329 0 2 2 0 n/a n/a 0 333
1991 321 0 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 322
1992 351 0 3 1 0 n/a n/a 0 355
1993 562 0 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 564
1994 515 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 515
1995 537 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 539
1996 537 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 539
1997 558 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 560
1998 526 4 2 0 1 n/a n/a 0 533
1999 535 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 537
2000 537 2 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 539
2001 534 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 535
2002 497 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 498
2003 497 1 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 498
2004 527 0 0 0 0 n/a n/a 0 527
2005 538 1 1 0 0 n/a n/a 0 540
2006 529 2 2 0 0 n/a n/a 0 533
2007 547 0 2 3 0 n/a n/a 0 552
2008 529 10 2 1 0 n/a n/a 0 542
2009 540 0 2 4 0 n/a n/a 0 546
2010 547 0 3 1 0 0 0 0 551
2011 450 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 453
2012 583 2 2 1 0 0 0 0 588
2013 601 2 2 1 0 0 1 0 607
2014 544 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 546
2015 534 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 537
2016 495 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 499
2017 504 3 0 1 0 0 4 0 512
2018 483 1 0 5 0 0 5 0 494
2019 471 1 2 7 0 0 8 0 489
2020 431 2 2 2 0 0 15 0 452
2021 405 3 2 2 0 0 12 0 424
2022 398 2 2 1 0 0 9 0 412
2023 425 2 1 1 0 0 10 0 439

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 Flinn Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 341 21.0 16.2 n/a
1990 333 21.0 15.8 21.6
1991 322 21.0 15.3 18.3
1992 355 19.0 18.6 20.8
1993 564 28.0 20.1 38.1
1994 515 29.0 17.8 33.8
1995 539 30.0 18.0 34.3
1996 539 30.0 18.0 34.3
1997 560 31.0 18.1 33
1998 533 30.0 17.8 39.6
1999 537 31.5 17.0 48.6
2000 539 28.0 19.3 46.8
2001 535 28.0 19.1 43.9
2002 498 29.0 17.2 40
2003 498 29.0 17.2 40
2004 527 28.0 18.8 41.4
2005 540 26.0 20.8 40.9
2006 533 27.0 19.7 39.6
2007 552 27.0 20.4 49.3
2008 542 29.0 18.7 48.7
2009 546 28.5 19.2 47.6
2010 551 28.0 19.6 49.5
2011 453 29.2 15.4 47.2
2012 588 34.5 17.0 57.8
2013 607 34.0 17.8 58.8
2014 546 31.5 17.3 n/a
2015 537 30.0 17.9 43
2016 499 31.0 16.0 48.5
2017 512 29.5 17.3 49
2018 494 30.0 16.4 57.7
2019 489 27.5 17.7 57.1
2020 452 28.0 16.1 61.7
2021 424 28.5 14.8 55.2
2022 412 27.0 15.2 n/a
2023 439 26.5 16.5 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 Flinn Elementary School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 341 21.0 16.2 n/a
1990 333 21.0 15.8 21.6
1991 322 21.0 15.3 18.3
1992 355 19.0 18.6 20.8
1993 564 28.0 20.1 38.1
1994 515 29.0 17.8 33.8
1995 539 30.0 18.0 34.3
1996 539 30.0 18.0 34.3
1997 560 31.0 18.1 33
1998 533 30.0 17.8 39.6
1999 537 31.5 17.0 48.6
2000 539 28.0 19.3 46.8
2001 535 28.0 19.1 43.9
2002 498 29.0 17.2 40
2003 498 29.0 17.2 40
2004 527 28.0 18.8 41.4
2005 540 26.0 20.8 40.9
2006 533 27.0 19.7 39.6
2007 552 27.0 20.4 49.3
2008 542 29.0 18.7 48.7
2009 546 28.5 19.2 47.6
2010 551 28.0 19.6 49.5
2011 453 29.2 15.4 47.2
2012 588 34.5 17.0 57.8
2013 607 34.0 17.8 58.8
2014 546 31.5 17.3 n/a
2015 537 30.0 17.9 43
2016 499 31.0 16.0 48.5
2017 512 29.5 17.3 49
2018 494 30.0 16.4 57.7
2019 489 27.5 17.7 57.1
2020 452 28.0 16.1 61.7
2021 424 28.5 14.8 55.2
2022 412 27.0 15.2 n/a
2023 439 26.5 16.5 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 Flinn Elementary School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,168 (10.2%) $10,327 (89.8%) $11,495

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Flinn Elementary School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 237th of 383 Elementary schoolsRanks 228th of 368 Elementary schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Mathematics (Flinn Elementary School)44.338.6
 5.7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Kanawha County Schools)52.445.6
 6.8%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)50.951.6
 0.7%
3rd Grade English Language Arts (Flinn Elementary School)44.332.9
 11.4%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (Kanawha County Schools)42.636.5
 6.1%
   3rd Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)4439.9
 4.1%
4th Grade Mathematics (Flinn Elementary School)44.748.8
 4.1%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Kanawha County Schools)51.346.5
 4.8%
   4th Grade Mathematics (West Virginia)47.345.7
 1.6%
4th Grade English Language Arts (Flinn Elementary School)42.743.9
 1.2%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (Kanawha County Schools)49.441.9
 7.5%
   4th Grade English Language Arts (West Virginia)48.844.2
 4.5%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students489439
 10.2%
African American12
 100%
American Indian00
Asian21
 50%
Hispanic71
 85.7%
Pacific Islander00
White471425
 9.8%
Two or More Races810
 25%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Flinn Elementary School

In the 2022-23 school year, 439 students attended Flinn Elementary School.

Flinn Elementary School ranks 238th of 368 West Virginia elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Students at Flinn Elementary School are 97% White, 2% Two or more races.

Students who attend Flinn Elementary School usually go on to attend:

Middle : Sissonville Middle School
High : Sissonville High School


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.

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