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Bluefield High School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

535 West Cumberland Rd

Bluefield WV, 24701, Mercer County

Phone: 304-325-9116

Ranking:

(75 out of 111, bottom 32%)*

Type: Regular High School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Grade 9 to Grade 12

School District: Mercer 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:	47		49		49		47		47		48		47
Total Students:	669		734		706		692		685		646		656
Grade 9:	171	25.6%	230	31.3%	233	33.0%	215	31.1%	217	31.7%	215	33.3%	219	33.4%
Grade 10:	185	27.7%	183	24.9%	158	22.4%	174	25.1%	175	25.5%	166	25.7%	184	28.0%
Grade 11:	166	24.8%	155	21.1%	156	22.1%	159	23.0%	143	20.9%	146	22.6%	115	17.5%
Grade 12:	147	22.0%	166	22.6%	159	22.5%	144	20.8%	150	21.9%	119	18.4%	138	21.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	365	54.6%	406	55.3%	374	53.0%	354	51.2%	348	50.8%	323	50.0%	326	49.7%
Female:	304	45.4%	328	44.7%	332	47.0%	338	48.8%	337	49.2%	315	48.8%	326	49.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	5	0.7%	6	0.9%	1	0.1%	1	0.2%	1	0.2%
Asian:	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	1	0.1%	2	0.3%	2	0.3%
Hispanic:	8	1.2%	8	1.1%	5	0.7%	2	0.3%	0	0.0%	1	0.2%	3	0.5%
Black:	152	22.7%	170	23.2%	174	24.6%	166	24.0%	170	24.8%	161	24.9%	145	22.1%
White:	489	73.1%	539	73.4%	515	72.9%	517	74.7%	513	74.9%	481	74.5%	505	77.0%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	1	0.1%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	18	2.7%	14	1.9%	5	0.7%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	466	63.5%	379	53.7%	373	53.9%	330	48.2%	298	46.1%	292	44.5%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	NA	NA	0	0.0%	80	11.3%	65	9.4%	63	9.2%	54	8.4%	52	7.9%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	14.39		14.98		14.41		14.84		14.57		13.50		14.00

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
WESTEST 2
2009	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	51.03	51.74	54
2010	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.12	34.36	39
2011	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	41.29	36.67	42
2012	Math	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	38.96	41.97	42
2009	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	45.2	45.71	47
2010	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	39.37	41.8	43
2011	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	44.58	42.33	47
2012	RLA	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	43.87	46.98	47
2009	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	65.73	59.96	60
2010	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	49.35	45.25	44
2011	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	34.61	41.57	44
2012	Social Studies	10th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.93	47.38	44
2009	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	66.66	65.29	59
2010	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.85	38.79	41
2011	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.46	39.62	44
2012	Math	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	43.91	50.85	44
2009	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	53.33	55.12	52
2010	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	27.27	31.55	35
2011	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	36.3	36.62	44
2012	RLA	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	32.43	42.53	44
2009	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	63.28	64.13	63
2010	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	22.9	29.94	33
2011	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.8	34.57	37
2012	Social Studies	11th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	21.12	31.11	37
2009	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	67.75	65.81	61
2010	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	37.37	38.99	36
2011	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	40.31	46.65	39
2012	Math	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	41.7	49.61	39
2009	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	42.07	44.85	47
2010	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	29.29	34.5	40
2011	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.33	42.77	47
2012	RLA	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	34.12	43.78	47
2009	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.83	51	52
2010	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	18.27	22.84	30
2011	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	23.4	27.87	35
2012	Science	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	25.25	23.02	35
2009	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	50.27	49.64	52
2010	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	33.15	33.07	36
2011	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	26.17	35.73	38
2012	Social Studies	9th Grade	Mean Scaled Score	34	35.3	38

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* Bluefield High School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.