Other / mixed grade configuration · Harts, WV

Hugh Dingess Elementary School

Federal NCES profile for Hugh Dingess Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 30/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 540069000516
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👥 S:T ratio
61
🌟 Gifted program
30
📋 Attendance
0
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Hugh Dingess Elementary School earns 30/100 on the Resource Investment Index, even as it posts class sizes smaller than 88% of West Virginia schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in West Virginia.

30
Resource Index · Lower
9.8:1
small classes for West Virginia
88
students enrolled

Hugh Dingess Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 88% of West Virginia schools. Computed live against every West Virginia school reporting to NCES.

School address

Harts, WV 25524
District: Logan County Schools · West Virginia

NCES ID 540069000516 Verify on NCES CCD record →

CCD year-over-year · 2022-23 → 2023-24

-5 students YoY

Hugh Dingess Elementary School held near 97 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-5 headcount).

Teacher FTE held 9.0 → 9.3 across the same CCD years.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data public-school universe (2022-23, 2023-24).

Steady CCD campus

-5 students YoY 540069000516 · Harts, WV Other · SMALL · TRAD

88 enr · 9.8:1 · RII 30

Nearest enrollment peer: Chapmanville Regional High School (645 students)

Hugh Dingess Elementary School held near 97 students from 2022-23 to 2023-24 (-5 headcount). Teacher FTE held 9.0 → 9.3 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · West Virginia schools → · Find another →

Hugh Dingess Elementary School in the enrollment neighbourhood

Fall enrollment among this campus and nearest district peers

students

What this shows Hugh Dingess Elementary School reports 88 students on the CCD universe file.

Source U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data (Public School Universe) As of 2024-25

How Hugh Dingess Elementary School compares

Hugh Dingess Elementary School held steady on CCD headcount: ratios and free-lunch share vs West Virginia and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs West Virginia West Virginia avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 9.8:1 ▼ 25% 13.1:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 88 top 95% - -

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

9.8:1
Leaner classes than 90% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
88
Bigger than 9% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
9.8:1
students per teacher - 25% below state mean
Top 12% in West Virginia - lower ratio than 88% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
47.7%
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
$14,098
per pupil, district-wide - below West Virginia avg of $15,158
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 3 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 3.4 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 98.9%
African American 1.1%

Largest group: White at 98.9% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 2.2/100

Simpson diversity index - at 2.2, Hugh Dingess Elementary School is less mixed than the West Virginia school average of 17.9.

Programs

District finance for Logan County Schools reports $14,098 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

How Hugh Dingess Elementary School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Chapmanville Regional High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Logan Senior High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Chapmanville Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Logan Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Man Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Hugh Dingess Elementary School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Logan County Schools · 5 sibling schools

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Nationwide other schools with similar size or staffing

Out-of-state peers matched by enrollment and by student-teacher ratio, not the same-city or same-district lists above.

Similar enrollment (~88 students)

Similar student-teacher ratio (~9.8:1)

Frequently asked questions about Hugh Dingess Elementary School

How many students attend Hugh Dingess Elementary School?

Hugh Dingess Elementary School has 88 students enrolled. It is a public school in Harts, WV. CCD year-over-year: 102 (2022-23) → 97 (2023-24), nearly flat (-5).

What is the student-teacher ratio at Hugh Dingess Elementary School?

The student-teacher ratio at Hugh Dingess Elementary School is 9.8:1, which is 25% lower than the West Virginia average of 13.1:1 and 38% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Hugh Dingess Elementary School?

The largest demographic group at Hugh Dingess Elementary School is White at 98.9% of enrollment, in Harts, WV.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Hugh Dingess Elementary School?

Hugh Dingess Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 30/100 (lower reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Logan County Schools?

Besides Hugh Dingess Elementary School, Logan County Schools also operates Chapmanville Regional High School (645 students), Logan Senior High School (550 students), and Chapmanville Middle School (485 students). See the Logan County Schools district page for the complete list.

Read our methodology - how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2022-23) · 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.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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