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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the KEYSER HIGH SCHOOL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
665
High
DISTRICT 577 · STATE 640
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MINERAL COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 540087000718
Keyser High School
328 One Tornado Way, Keyser, WV 26726 · (304) 788-4230 · Mineral County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
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Not graded
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
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 13.8:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Title I proxy
Community
1
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 198 | 30% |
| Grade 10 | 167 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 146 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 154 | 23% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 23% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)English Language Arts
42.0%
WV avg 39.7%
Math
27.0%
WV avg 27.8%
What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), West Virginia's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all West Virginia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 28.
Source: EDFacts (federal). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Keyser High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #23 of 107 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #71 of 108 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #46 of 118 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #73 of 104 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.2% | #28 of 104 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.4% | #14 of 25 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
665
0 (0%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 835
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 18.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 665 | 40.4 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 662 | 40.4 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 671 | 41.4 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 37 | 18.0:1 | 38% (252) |
| 2017-18 | 637 | 38.6 | 16.5:1 | 59% (377) |
| 2015-16 | 670 | 40 | 16.8:1 | 59% (398) |
| 2010-11 | 729 | 42 | 17.4:1 | 38% (277) |
| 2000-01 | 792 | 48 | 16.5:1 | 40% (317) |
| 1990-91 | 835 | 42 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keyser High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (637 to 665); teachers up 5% (38.6 to 40.4).
About Keyser High School
Keyser High School, located in Keyser, West Virginia, is a mid-sized high school. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 665 students.
Keyser High School is one of 14 schools in Mineral County Schools, which enrolls 4,621 students in total.
White students are 90% of those enrolled at Keyser High School. Other reported shares: 7% Black and 2% multiracial. That is in line with Mineral County, where about 93% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 19%.
Keyser High School reported 40.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 16.5:1. High schools in West Virginia average 13.8:1, 2.7 fewer students per teacher than here.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Mineral County show that median household income comes to about $69,375, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Mineral County counts 15 public schools with about 4,621 students.
The closest school to Keyser High School is New Creek Primary School, located about 1.8 miles away. There are 5 more public schools inside five miles.
Keyser High School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (665) and 2024-25 (665). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 18.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 16.5:1.
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Mineral County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
26,854
Census ACS
Median income
$69,375
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
4,621 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Mineral County Schools
- Frankfort Elementary SchoolElementary · 713 students
- Keyser Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Keyser Primary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Frankfort High SchoolHigh · 488 students
- Frankfort Middle SchoolMiddle · 487 students
- Frankfort Intermediate SchoolElementary · 284 students
Other schools in Keyser
- Keyser Middle SchoolMiddle · 633 students
- Keyser Primary SchoolElementary · 568 students
- Fountain Primary SchoolElementary · 123 students
- Mineral County Alternative ProgramCombined · 4 students
- Mineral County Technical CenterHigh
Nearby schools
- New Creek Primary School1.8 mi · 94
- Keyser Middle School2.5 mi · 633
- Mineral County Alternative Program2.5 mi · 4
- Keyser Primary School2.7 mi · 568
- Fountain Primary School4.7 mi · 123
- Westernport Elementary5.8 mi · 248
Frequently asked questions
About Keyser High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Keyser High School?
Keyser High School enrolls approximately 665 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Keyser High School serve?
Keyser High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Keyser High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Keyser High School is approximately 16.5:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Keyser High School?
Keyser High School reports a student body of 90% White, 1% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Keyser High School in?
Keyser High School is part of Mineral County Schools.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.