Schools in Zip Code 24977

Zip code 24977 is home to a single school, Smoot Elementary, a small rural school in the Greenbrier County Schools district serving 145 students in grades PK through 5.

For parents considering this area, Smoot Elementary offers a clear academic strength in mathematics. The school's overall math proficiency rate of 65.1% far exceeds both the district (36.0%) and state (39.4%) averages, with a standout 90.5% proficiency rate in 3rd-grade math—a remarkable 36-point advantage over the state average. However, this strength does not carry evenly across all subjects. English Language Arts proficiency sits at 52.4%, only modestly above the state average of 47.6%, while 5th-grade science proficiency is a concerning 28.6%, well below both the district (36.2%) and state (34.6%) averages. The school also shows a notable "3rd-grade peak" pattern, where math proficiency drops sharply from 90.5% in 3rd grade to 47.6% in 4th grade before recovering to 57.1% in 5th grade, suggesting performance may be heavily influenced by specific student cohorts rather than consistent school-wide systems.

With a favorable student-teacher ratio of 14:1 and per-student spending of $13,285, the school has resources to support personalized instruction. Its state ranking has fluctuated between 3 and 4 stars over the past three years, currently sitting at 125th out of 355 West Virginia schools. While the school excels in early-grade math, parents should be aware of the relative weaknesses in upper-grade ELA and science, as well as the year-over-year inconsistency that suggests outcomes may vary significantly depending on the specific group of students in each grade.