High school (grades 9-12) · Ona, WV

Cabell Midland High School

Federal NCES profile for Cabell Midland High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 42/100.

2024-25 NCES dataHigh school (grades 9-12)NCES 540018000686
0/100100/10042/100
👥 S:T ratio
34
📚 AP courses
100
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
45
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Cabell Midland High School earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 88% of West Virginia schools. It is also one of the largest schools in West Virginia.

42
Resource Index · Typical
16.4:1
large classes for West Virginia
1,638
students enrolled

Cabell Midland High School has class sizes larger than 88% of West Virginia schools. Computed live against every West Virginia school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

1,638

West Virginia · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

100.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

16.4:1

vs 13.1:1 West Virginia avg

+25% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Cabell Midland High School compares with West Virginia and U.S. medians

Larger classes than state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Cabell Midland High School

Cabell Midland High School is a large high school in Ona, West Virginia, enrolling 1,638 students.

Class loads run heavy: 16.4:1 is larger than about 88% of West Virginia schools and 25% above the 13.1:1 state mean, so each teacher carries more students than is typical.

By headcount it is one of the larger campuses in West Virginia, bigger than 99% of state schools at 1,638 students.

Its Resource Investment Index trails 95% of the 643 West Virginia schools with a score on record, one of the lower results on this measure.

Its student body is predominantly White (94% of enrollment) (diversity index 12/100).

On the academic-pipeline side it reports 24 Advanced Placement courses.

Counselor coverage runs a bit thin, about 273 students per counselor, somewhat past the ASCA-recommended 250:1 benchmark.

Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 46.2% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).

Its district draws 21.5% of revenue from federal sources, an above-typical federal share that tends to track a higher-need student population.

Discipline events run high: 651 in- and out-of-school suspensions were reported for 1,638 students in the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection.

The federal civil-rights collection also records 5 expulsions at this campus for 2021-22.

Cabell County Schools also operates Huntington High School (1,667 students) and Barboursville Middle School (697 students) alongside Cabell Midland High School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Cabell Midland High School compares

Cabell Midland High School on the metrics families compare, against West Virginia and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs West Virginia West Virginia avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 16.4:1 ▲ 25% 13.1:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 1,638 top 1% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

16.4:1
Leaner classes than 35% of US schools, a middle-of-the-pack class size.
1,638
Bigger than 97% of US schools by enrollment, a large campus nationally.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
16.4:1
students per teacher - 25% above state mean
Top 88% in West Virginia - lower ratio than 12% of state schools
Between 16:1 and 20:1, squarely in the typical U.S. public-school staffing range.
Engagement
46.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$14,538
per pupil, district-wide - below West Virginia avg of $14,844
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors6.0 FTE
Per 273 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
378
in-school suspensions + 273 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 23.1 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 39.7 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection. Includes 5 expulsions.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 93.6%
Two or More 3.4%
Hispanic or Latino 1.3%
African American 0.8%
Asian 0.7%
American Indian / Alaska Native 0.1%

Largest group: White at 93.6% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 12.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 12.2, Cabell Midland High School is less mixed than the West Virginia school average of 17.9.

Programs

AP courses offered 24

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Cabell County Schools, which includes Cabell Midland High School.

$14,538
Per student
-2%
vs West Virginia
Avg $14,844
-12%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 33.8%
State 44.7%
Federal 21.5%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Cabell Midland High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Huntington High School Similar size No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Barboursville Middle School Smaller No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Huntington Middle School Smaller No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Village of Barboursville Elementary Sch Smaller No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio
Milton Middle School Smaller No free-lunch data Lower S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Cabell Midland High School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Cabell County Schools · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar high schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of West Virginia, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Cabell Midland High School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Cabell Midland High School

How many students attend Cabell Midland High School?

Cabell Midland High School has 1,638 students enrolled. It is a high school in Ona, WV.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Cabell Midland High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Cabell Midland High School is 16.4:1, which is 25% higher than the West Virginia average of 13.1:1 and 4% higher than the national average of 15.7:1.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Cabell Midland High School?

The largest demographic group at Cabell Midland High School is White at 93.6% of enrollment, in Ona, WV.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Cabell Midland High School?

Cabell Midland High School has a Resource Investment Index of 42/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 5 factors: student-teacher ratio, AP course offerings, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Cabell Midland High School a good school?

Cabell Midland High School earns 42/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes larger than 88% of West Virginia schools. It is also one of the largest schools in West Virginia. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Cabell County Schools?

Besides Cabell Midland High School, Cabell County Schools also operates Huntington High School (1,667 students), Barboursville Middle School (697 students), and Huntington Middle School (601 students). See the Cabell County Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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