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Putnam County Schools

A public school district in Winfield, West Virginia, with 23 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

8,518
Students enrolled
646.5
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
1,274.5
All staff, full-time equivalent
$13,757
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 8,518 in 2024–25
Ranks 1,078th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 8th of 62 in West Virginia. Larger than 93% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $13,757 in fiscal year 2023
More than 33% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Putnam County Schools spent $13,757 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,416 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Putnam County Schools spent $13,757 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $8,416 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$13,757$123.7 million8,993
FY2022$13,149$120.1 million9,136
FY2021$12,241$112.0 million9,147
FY2020$11,862$112.5 million9,482
FY2019$11,648$111.2 million9,543
FY2018$11,124$107.4 million9,654
FY2017$11,052$107.4 million9,715
FY2016$10,912$106.5 million9,761
FY2015$11,040$108.1 million9,792
FY2014$10,775$106.8 million9,907
FY2013$10,973$107.4 million9,788
FY2012$10,709$104.7 million9,779
FY2011$7,191$69.3 million9,631
FY2010$11,182$106.4 million9,517
FY2009$10,147$94.8 million9,341
FY2008$9,620$88.5 million9,201
FY2007$9,140$83.3 million9,109
FY2006$8,996$80.9 million8,993
FY2005$8,416$75.2 million8,930

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Putnam County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$15.7 million11.0%
State$67.4 million47.2%
Local$59.6 million41.8%
Total$142.7 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

23 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Putnam County Schools
SchoolStudents
Buffalo Elementary School195
Buffalo High School382
Confidence Elementary School102
Conner Street Elementary School292
Eastbrook Elementary School255
George Washington Elementary School201
George Washington Middle School291
Hometown Elementary School58
Hurricane High School1,141
Hurricane Middle School821
Hurricane Town Elementary School269
Lakeside Elementary School182
Mountain View Elementary School457
Poca Elementary School279
Poca High School410
Poca Middle School277
Putnam Career & Technical Center2
Rock Branch Elementary School187
Scott Teays Elementary School435
West Teays Elementary School453
Winfield Elementary School534
Winfield High School743
Winfield Middle School552

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
5401200

Elsewhere

Sources

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