Best Public Schools in Zip Code 24981

Summary:

The 24981 zip code in West Virginia is home to a single public elementary school, Talcott Elementary School, which serves grades PK-5 with a total enrollment of 160 students. The school is part of the Summers County Schools district, which is ranked 53 out of 55 districts in the state and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Talcott Elementary School's academic performance is consistently below the Summers County Schools district and the state of West Virginia as a whole. In the 2024-2025 school year, the school's proficiency rates ranged from 13.6% to 41.4% in math, 27.8% to 40.9% in English Language Arts, and 13.6% in science. The previous year, the school's proficiency rates were even lower, ranging from 16.7% to 33.3% in math, 17.4% to 29.6% in English Language Arts, and 18.5% in science. The school's statewide ranking has also declined, going from 282 out of 368 West Virginia elementary schools in 2022-2023 to 350 out of 368 in 2023-2024 and 338 out of 355 in 2024-2025.

While the specific free/reduced lunch rate for Talcott Elementary School is not provided, the school's low performance, low district ranking, and high student-teacher ratio of 9.4 to 1 suggest potential challenges in terms of funding and resources available to the school. Further investigation into the school's teaching quality, student demographics, and other factors would be necessary to better understand the root causes of the school's struggles and identify areas for improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2025)			WV Assessment English Language Arts (2025)			WV Assessment Science (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	WV Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Talcott Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	133 Talcott School Rd	Talcott	24981	Summers County	Summers County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 466-6029	160	15	10.6		158 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	13.8	338^th of 355 public elementary schools	4.8%		12.7	350^th of 368 public elementary schools	4.9%	12	41.4	27.8	13.6	31.0	27.8	40.9	13.6	$10,794	$1,755	$9,039

Cities Near Zip Code 24981

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Talcott	0.79 mi	1	263^rd
Alderson	7.94 mi	1	181^st
Hinton	8.2 mi	4	230^th
Union	11.6 mi	1	134^th
Lindside	12.39 mi	1	64^th

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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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