Summary:
Zip code 25202, located in Tornado, WV, is home to a single elementary school, Andrews Heights Elementary School, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Kanawha County Schools district.
For parents in this area, Andrews Heights Elementary stands out as a strong academic performer. The school holds a 4-star rating and ranks 76th out of 355 elementary schools statewide, placing it in the 79th percentile. Its academic proficiency rates are notably higher than both the district and state averages. In Mathematics, 61.1% of students are proficient, compared to 41.3% for the district and 39.4% for the state. In English Language Arts, 60.0% of students are proficient, versus 47.7% for the district and 47.6% for the state. The school also benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 12.2, which supports more individualized attention. Enrollment is 233 students, and the school has shown consistent improvement in its state ranking over the past three years, moving from 89th to 76th.
However, there are a few areas worth noting. While the school excels in early grades—3rd graders achieve 67.9% proficiency in both Math and ELA—there is a noticeable decline by 5th grade, with Math dropping to 58.1% and ELA to 54.8%. Science is a relative weak point: 5th-grade science proficiency is 35.5%, which is above the district average of 29.6% but below the state average of 34.6%. Additionally, science scores fell from 41.7% the previous year, a decline of over 6 percentage points that parents may want to monitor. Overall, Andrews Heights Elementary is a high-achieving school with a clear academic edge, though maintaining performance in upper grades and science will be key to its continued success.
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