Confidence Elementary School
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 12 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 13 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 11 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 17 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 19 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 16 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 14 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (13) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (14).
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), West Virginia's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all West Virginia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 28.
Where Confidence Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In West Virginia | In Putnam County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.5% | #257 of 350 | #12 of 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.5% | #86 of 348 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 102 | #385 of 417 | #13 of 14 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 102 | 10.5 | 9.7:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 106 | 11.1 | 9.5:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 104 | 11 | 9.4:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 99 | 10 | 9.9:1 | 55% (54) |
| 2017-18 | 182 | 13 | 14.0:1 | 51% (92) |
| 2015-16 | 174 | 13 | 13.4:1 | 54% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 187 | 14 | 13.4:1 | 39% (73) |
| 2000-01 | 144 | 10 | 14.4:1 | 47% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 91 | 7 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (182 to 102); teachers down 19% (13 to 10.5).
About Confidence Elementary School
Confidence Elementary School is a very small elementary school in Liberty, West Virginia. Total enrollment is 102 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in West Virginia have about 283 students on average; enrollment here is 64% lower.
Putnam County Schools enrolls 8,518 students, and its 23 schools include Confidence Elementary School.
A large majority of enrollment at Confidence Elementary School is White, at 100%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Confidence Elementary School scores 0%.
Confidence Elementary School has 10.5 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.7:1. The gap from the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in West Virginia is 3.2 students per teacher.
In Putnam County, home to about 57,177 people, the median household earns about $79,527 a year, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Putnam County number 23, with about 8,518 students.
About 5.6 miles separate Confidence Elementary School from the closest public school, Hometown Elementary School. A ten-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 3%.
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