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Capital High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1500 Greenbrier St

Charleston WV, 25311, Kanawha County

Phone: 304-348-6500

Ranking:

(65 out of 111, bottom 41%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Kanawha County School District

Title I Eligible School: No

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009		2007-2008
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	77		79		79		73		82		76		78
Total Students:	1,323		1,276		1,261		1,236		1,197		1,192		1,203
Grade 9:	392	29.6%	414	32.4%	387	30.7%	384	31.1%	412	34.4%	370	31.0%	387	32.2%
Grade 10:	373	28.2%	341	26.7%	334	26.5%	333	26.9%	277	23.1%	294	24.7%	298	24.8%
Grade 11:	316	23.9%	270	21.2%	280	22.2%	272	22.0%	229	19.1%	265	22.2%	261	21.7%
Grade 12:	242	18.3%	237	18.6%	249	19.7%	227	18.4%	267	22.3%	247	20.7%	241	20.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	653	49.4%	631	49.5%	611	48.5%	612	49.5%	572	47.8%	598	50.2%	615	51.1%
Female:	670	50.6%	645	50.5%	650	51.5%	624	50.5%	625	52.2%	586	49.2%	584	48.5%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.2%	4	0.3%	2	0.2%
Asian:	23	1.7%	26	2.0%	33	2.6%	29	2.3%	22	1.8%	20	1.7%	18	1.5%
Hispanic:	18	1.4%	12	0.9%	17	1.3%	9	0.7%	7	0.6%	5	0.4%	8	0.7%
Black:	441	33.3%	413	32.4%	403	32.0%	393	31.8%	369	30.8%	364	30.5%	387	32.2%
White:	826	62.4%	817	64.0%	805	63.8%	804	65.0%	797	66.6%	799	67.0%	788	65.5%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	13	1.0%	7	0.5%	2	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	569	44.6%	612	48.5%	544	44.0%	482	40.3%	496	41.6%	486	40.4%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	32	2.5%	76	6.0%	52	4.2%	76	6.3%	70	5.9%	85	7.1%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.18		16.15		16.04		17.02		14.69		15.80		15.40

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
WESTEST 2
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.42	55.02	54
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	32.92	39.5	39
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	34.89	43.55	42
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.85	43.82	42
2009	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.35	44.59	47
2010	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.27	42.8	43
2011	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.62	50.69	47
2012	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.72	53.09	47
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	58.26	59.97	60
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	41.8	46.91	44
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	39.92	48.67	44
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.85	47.13	44
2009	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	57.51	58.88	59
2010	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.56	41.47	41
2011	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	39.09	47.31	44
2012	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.41	48.84	44
2009	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	54.31	50.85	52
2010	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.38	35.34	35
2011	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.94	50.02	44
2012	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.62	51.45	44
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	63.5	63.45	63
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	26.88	31.95	33
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.6	42.58	37
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	31.39	39.13	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.72	57.16	61
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	22.75	32.26	36
2011	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	30.81	36.72	39
2012	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.9	45.62	39
2009	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.48	45.29	47
2010	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	31.65	38.59	40
2011	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.05	51.33	47
2012	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.41	54.12	47
2009	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.81	49.05	52
2010	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	18.71	30.27	30
2011	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	25.89	36.09	35
2012	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	28.04	35.19	35
2009	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	46.62	49.95	52
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	22.95	36.86	36
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.88	40.88	38
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.04	41.61	38

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* Capital High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.