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South Middle School

Serves grades 6 - 8

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2023 – 2024 school year.
  • Expenditures: 2022
  • Educational Environment: 2023 (latest available). Updated annually.
  • All data updated June 2025

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School Overview

Address
500 E Parkway Dr
Morgantown, WV 26501
Phone
(304) 291-9340
District
MONONGALIA COUNTY SCHOOLS
County
MONONGALIA COUNTY
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
768
Classroom Teachers
62

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to West Virginia

6

(10 is best)

Better than 59.4% of all WV schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S.

5

(10 is best)

South Middle School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 8

70 60 50 40 30 20 10 0
80 60 40 20 0
57%
51%
59%
54%
55%
47%
57%
51%
59%
54%
55%
47%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

17.5 15 12.5 10 7.5 5 2.5 0
12
14
14
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 6 270 35.2%
Grade 7 261 34.0%
Grade 8 237 30.9%
Total 768 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/Racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 94.4% 89.5% 92.1%
Black 3.3% 4.1% 4.5%
Hispanic 1.5% 3.0% 2.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 0.8% 3.3% 0.7%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 0.0% 0.2% 0.1%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
Economically disadvantaged Unreported Unreported Unreported
Free lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
Reduced lunch eligible Unreported Unreported Unreported
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 106,520 1,770,071
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 295.8 73
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 4.5% 5.0%
5-19 YEARS OLD 18.4% 17.7%
20-44 YEARS OLD 43.4% 30.1%
45-64 YEARS OLD 20.6% 26.5%
65 OR OLDER 13.1% 20.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 44,361 721,448
Single Parent Households With Children 6.1% 7.3%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 94.0% 88.6%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 47.9% 23.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 18.7% 11.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 14.7% 14.6%
$75,000 - $99,999 9.2% 12.6%
$50,000 - $74,999 15.1% 17.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 15.6% 17.4%
$15,000 - $29,999 12.9% 14.6%
$15,000 or less 13.6% 12.1%

Education Expenditures

For this District Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,139 $91,681,000 53.8%
Support Expenditures
Student $929 $10,464,000 6.1%
Staff $415 $4,677,000 2.7%
General Administration $158 $1,781,000 1.0%
School Administration $695 $7,824,000 4.6%
Operation $1,509 $16,994,000 10.0%
Transportation $1,043 $11,753,000 6.9%
Other $217 $2,443,000 1.4%
Total Support $4,965 $55,936,000 32.8%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,025 $22,817,000 13.4%
Total Expenditures $15,130 $170,434,000 100.0%
For the State Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,259 $2,039,047,000 52.3%
Support Expenditures
Student $885 $218,571,000 5.6%
Staff $518 $127,993,000 3.3%
General Administration $202 $49,884,000 1.3%
School Administration $742 $183,111,000 4.7%
Operation $1,438 $354,980,000 9.1%
Transportation $1,069 $263,978,000 6.8%
Other $293 $72,416,000 1.9%
Total Support $5,148 $1,270,933,000 32.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $2,385 $588,939,000 15.1%
Total Expenditures $15,793 $3,898,919,000 100.0%
For the Nation Per Student Total % of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,169 $453,314,948,000 49.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,031 $50,976,033,477 5.6%
Staff $799 $39,519,417,000 4.3%
General Administration $308 $15,224,255,000 1.7%
School Administration $850 $42,029,112,000 4.6%
Operation $1,430 $70,704,769,000 7.7%
Transportation $613 $30,295,759,523 3.3%
Other $623 $30,798,344,000 3.4%
Total Support $5,654 $279,547,690,000 30.6%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,675 $181,697,172,000 19.9%
Total Expenditures $18,499 $914,559,810,000 100.0%

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