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Paw Paw High School

Federal NCES profile for Paw Paw High School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 44/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 540099000824
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👥 S:T ratio
68
🌟 Gifted program
30
🎓 Counselors
72
📋 Attendance
5
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Paw Paw High School earns 44/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 97% of West Virginia schools. It is also one of the smallest schools in West Virginia.

44
Resource Index · Typical
7.9:1
small classes for West Virginia
71
students enrolled

Paw Paw High School has class sizes smaller than 97% of West Virginia schools. Computed live against every West Virginia school reporting to NCES.

School address

Paw Paw, WV 25434
District: Morgan County Schools · West Virginia

NCES ID 540099000824 Verify on NCES CCD record →

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

+5 students YoY

Paw Paw High School grew from 72 students in 2022-23 to 77 in 2023-24 (+6.9%).

Teacher FTE held 9.7 → 9.7 across the same CCD years.

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

Growing CCD campus

+5 students YoY 540099000824 · Paw Paw, WV Other · SMALL · TRAD

71 enr · 7.9:1 · RII 44

Nearest enrollment peer: Berkeley Springs High School (582 students)

Paw Paw High School grew from 72 students in 2022-23 to 77 in 2023-24 (+6.9%). Teacher FTE held 9.7 → 9.7 across the same CCD years. Read with this school → · District book → · West Virginia schools → · Find another →

Paw Paw High School in the enrollment neighbourhood

Fall enrollment among this campus and nearest district peers

students

What this shows Paw Paw High School reports 71 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 Paw Paw High School compares

Paw Paw High School is a growing campus on CCD: 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 7.9:1 ▼ 40% 13.1:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 71 top 96% - -

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

7.9:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
71
Bigger than 7% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators methodology

Staffing depth
7.9:1
students per teacher - 40% below state mean
Top 3% in West Virginia - lower ratio than 97% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
38.0%
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
$14,306
per pupil, district-wide - below West Virginia avg of $15,158
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 7 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 9.9 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Student demographics

White 81.7%
Two or More 12.7%
Hispanic or Latino 4.2%
African American 1.4%

Largest group: White at 81.7% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 31.4/100

Simpson diversity index - at 31.4, Paw Paw High School is more mixed than the West Virginia school average of 17.9.

Programs

District finance for Morgan County Schools reports $14,306 per pupil (NCES F-33) - open the district page for the full revenue mix.

How Paw Paw High School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
Berkeley Springs High School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Widmyer Elementary Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Warm Springs Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Warm Springs Intermediate School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Pleasant View Elementary School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio

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

Other Schools in This District

Morgan County Schools · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

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 (~71 students)

Similar student-teacher ratio (~7.9:1)

Frequently asked questions about Paw Paw High School

How many students attend Paw Paw High School?

Paw Paw High School has 71 students enrolled. It is a public school in Paw Paw, WV. CCD year-over-year: 72 (2022-23) → 77 (2023-24), up 5.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Paw Paw High School?

The student-teacher ratio at Paw Paw High School is 7.9:1, which is 40% lower than the West Virginia average of 13.1:1 and 50% 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 Paw Paw High School?

The largest demographic group at Paw Paw High School is White at 81.7% of enrollment, in Paw Paw, WV.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Paw Paw High School?

Paw Paw High School has a Resource Investment Index of 44/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, gifted-program reporting, counselor availability, chronic absenteeism. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

What other schools are in Morgan County Schools?

Besides Paw Paw High School, Morgan County Schools also operates Berkeley Springs High School (582 students), Widmyer Elementary (484 students), and Warm Springs Middle School (425 students). See the Morgan 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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