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Weir High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

100 Red Rider Rd

Weirton WV, 26062, Hancock County

Phone: 304-748-7600

Ranking:

(25 out of 111, top 23%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Hancock 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:	42		44		45		47		44		44		48
Total Students:	619		618		632		619		637		677		693
Grade 9:	170	27.5%	171	27.7%	154	24.4%	167	27.0%	186	29.2%	202	29.8%	197	28.4%
Grade 10:	171	27.6%	154	24.9%	169	26.7%	170	27.5%	175	27.5%	148	21.9%	170	24.5%
Grade 11:	144	23.3%	151	24.4%	152	24.1%	153	24.7%	133	20.9%	151	22.3%	186	26.8%
Grade 12:	134	21.6%	142	23.0%	157	24.8%	129	20.8%	143	22.4%	176	26.0%	140	20.2%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	324	52.3%	334	54.0%	335	53.0%	321	51.9%	344	54.0%	349	51.6%	343	49.5%
Female:	295	47.7%	284	46.0%	297	47.0%	298	48.1%	293	46.0%	320	47.3%	346	49.9%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%
Asian:	3	0.5%	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	6	0.9%	5	0.7%
Hispanic:	3	0.5%	4	0.6%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	3	0.5%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Black:	37	6.0%	41	6.6%	39	6.2%	51	8.2%	52	8.2%	48	7.1%	47	6.8%
White:	566	91.4%	564	91.3%	582	92.1%	563	91.0%	579	90.9%	621	91.7%	639	92.2%
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:	10	1.6%	6	1.0%	3	0.5%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	237	38.3%	224	36.2%	210	33.2%	183	29.6%	164	25.7%	160	23.6%	164	23.7%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	48	7.8%	62	10.0%	58	9.2%	49	7.9%	46	7.2%	47	6.9%	45	6.5%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.74		14.21		14.04		13.18		14.48		15.40		14.60

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
WESTEST 2
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	73.77	74.19	54
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.66	51.86	39
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.73	50	42
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.04	46.98	42
2009	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	66.39	61.69	47
2010	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.65	48.88	43
2011	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40	45.17	47
2012	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	43.31	43.03	47
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	72.95	68.95	60
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.29	50.18	44
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.59	43.4	44
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.35	41.53	44
2009	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	78.46	74.31	59
2010	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	52.99	54.04	41
2011	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	46.3	52.7	44
2012	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.6	49.41	44
2009	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	68.46	59.53	52
2010	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.29	43.82	35
2011	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	46.93	47.08	44
2012	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	39.84	45.09	44
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	72.22	69.72	63
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.71	37.82	33
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.02	39.09	37
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	36.15	35.05	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	69.71	73.71	61
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.29	44.08	36
2011	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.37	48.38	39
2012	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	47.01	46.31	39
2009	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	48	48.94	47
2010	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40	38.87	40
2011	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.38	46.76	47
2012	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.39	44.56	47
2009	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.44	56.09	52
2010	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.13	30.65	30
2011	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	35.18	32.05	35
2012	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	25.34	25	35
2009	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	51.72	56.23	52
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	28.23	32.64	36
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.06	42.64	38
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	34.89	34.39	38

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Weir High School was rated 4.5 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.