Dunbar Intermediate Center
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 | 6 | 3% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 32% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 35% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 31% |
School pathway
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), West Virginia's statewide test, about 21 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all West Virginia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 28.
Where Dunbar Intermediate Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In West Virginia | In Kanawha County |
|---|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 19.0% | #309 of 350 | #35 of 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #331 of 348 | #36 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 232 | #233 of 417 | #23 of 44 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #85 of 285 | #8 of 30 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.8% | #19 of 286 | #6 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #134 of 260 | #12 of 26 |
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 | 232 | 19 | 12.2:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 247 | 22.5 | 11.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 252 | 18 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 262 | 19 | 13.8:1 | 69% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 281 | 20 | 14.1:1 | 61% (172) |
| 2015-16 | 303 | 19 | 15.9:1 | 54% (164) |
| 2010-11 | 325 | 23 | 14.1:1 | 69% (224) |
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (281 to 232); teachers down 5% (20 to 19).
About Dunbar Intermediate Center
Dunbar Intermediate Center is an elementary school located in Dunbar, West Virginia, in Kanawha County. A federal count lists 232 students at the school, in grades 3 through 5.
The district for Dunbar Intermediate Center is Kanawha County Schools, with 65 schools and 23,485 students.
At Dunbar Intermediate Center, White students make up 62% of the student body. After that, the student body is 19% Black and 16% multiracial. Census figures show Kanawha County is about 86% White. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
At Dunbar Intermediate Center, 19 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 12.2:1. That matches the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in West Virginia fairly closely.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Kanawha County show that the median household income is $60,943, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Besides Dunbar Intermediate Center, Kanawha County has 69 other public schools.
Bridgeview Elementary School is the public school closest to Dunbar Intermediate Center, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8.
Dunbar Intermediate Center is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.
Dunbar Intermediate Center's enrollment declined from 262 in 2020-21 to 232 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.2:1, from 13.8:1.
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