Poca High School

Poca High School operates as a cozy high school in Poca, West Virginia, run under Putnam County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 410 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 640 students each, so Poca High School sits 36% smaller than that benchmark.

Putnam County Schools comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 8,518 students; Poca High School is among them.

Demographically, Poca High School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That composition is broadly in line with Putnam County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 13.8:1, putting Poca High School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Putnam County put median household income runs about $79,527, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Poca High School is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 8,518 students).

Rock Branch Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Poca High School.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Poca High School's enrollment has contracted 21% since 2018, when it stood at 517 (now 410).

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