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Nitro High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

1300 Park Ave

Nitro WV, 25143, Kanawha County

Phone: 304-755-4321

Ranking:

(8 out of 111, top 7%)*

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:	46		45		45		48		51		47		50
Total Students:	791		829		790		755		784		835		856
Grade 9:	215	27.2%	233	28.1%	263	33.3%	200	26.5%	234	29.8%	202	24.2%	219	25.6%
Grade 10:	191	24.1%	228	27.5%	189	23.9%	215	28.5%	180	23.0%	206	24.7%	226	26.4%
Grade 11:	216	27.3%	187	22.6%	193	24.4%	160	21.2%	180	23.0%	209	25.0%	222	25.9%
Grade 12:	169	21.4%	181	21.8%	145	18.4%	180	23.8%	190	24.2%	218	26.1%	189	22.1%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	401	50.7%	443	53.4%	412	52.2%	395	52.3%	415	52.9%	448	53.7%	447	52.2%
Female:	390	49.3%	386	46.6%	378	47.8%	360	47.7%	369	47.1%	379	45.4%	405	47.3%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	2	0.2%	1	0.1%
Asian:	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	3	0.4%	2	0.3%	4	0.5%	10	1.2%	16	1.9%
Hispanic:	12	1.5%	12	1.4%	10	1.3%	6	0.8%	7	0.9%	7	0.8%	3	0.4%
Black:	51	6.4%	51	6.2%	42	5.3%	47	6.2%	40	5.1%	52	6.2%	51	6.0%
White:	723	91.4%	762	91.9%	733	92.8%	698	92.5%	730	93.1%	764	91.5%	785	91.7%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	235	29.7%	185	22.3%	205	25.9%	194	25.7%	218	27.8%	211	25.3%	213	24.9%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	40	5.1%	33	4.0%	43	5.4%	24	3.2%	67	8.5%	71	8.5%	71	8.3%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	17.20		18.42		17.56		15.86		15.37		17.80		17.10

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
WESTEST 2
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60.43	55.02	54
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	56.28	39.5	39
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	62.06	43.55	42
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60.32	43.82	42
2009	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.72	44.59	47
2010	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	58.78	42.8	43
2011	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	59.9	50.69	47
2012	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	62.5	53.09	47
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	63.88	59.97	60
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.33	46.91	44
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	59.31	48.67	44
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	58.88	47.13	44
2009	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60.3	58.88	59
2010	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.24	41.47	41
2011	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	65.73	47.31	44
2012	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60	48.84	44
2009	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.6	50.85	52
2010	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.13	35.34	35
2011	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	67.13	50.02	44
2012	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	56.98	51.45	44
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60.41	63.45	63
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	28.04	31.95	33
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	54.28	42.58	37
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.05	39.13	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	72.82	57.16	61
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.88	32.26	36
2011	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	51.04	36.72	39
2012	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	57.08	45.62	39
2009	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	60.21	45.29	47
2010	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	46.46	38.59	40
2011	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	67.01	51.33	47
2012	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	57.87	54.12	47
2009	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	64.28	49.05	52
2010	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.66	30.27	30
2011	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	43.38	36.09	35
2012	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	46.52	35.19	35
2009	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	64.28	49.95	52
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.85	36.86	36
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.53	40.88	38
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.21	41.61	38

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

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