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Sissonville High School → Buffalo High School → Nitro High School → Winfield High School → Saint Albans High School → South Charleston High School → Ben Franklin Career Center → Sherman High School →At a glance
- 7 AP courses offered — Elite
- Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- AP rigor: 70th percentile nationally
- SAT/ACT participation: 86th percentile by test-taker volume
- 4-yr grad rate: 97% in 2019 (90th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
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How Poca High School compares for families
Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 70th percentile nationally with 7 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyWV trails the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (−9 points). Stronger local schools matter even more.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Sissonville High School, Buffalo High School, Nitro High School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
70th percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-2186th percentile by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
90th percentile nationally
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Your state's public flagship
West Virginia University
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $15,634/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Pay for college in West Virginia
West Virginia's public scholarships
West Virginia's PROMISE Scholarship is a straightforward pure-merit award — hit the GPA and test bar and the state covers up to $5,500/yr toward tuition. No income limit.
Pure-merit award up to $5,500/yr — needs a 3.0 GPA (core and overall) plus SAT 1080 / ACT 21. (WV public or private HS grads; full-time first-year enrollment.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-10-21.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2021 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -2.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 410 students:
≈ 53 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $14,310 per student in district revenue, the 53 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $758,430/year in funding at risk.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sissonville High School Charleston |
Public | 7.9 | 564 | -6.6% |
| Buffalo High School Buffalo |
Public | 13.9 | 382 | +6.7% |
| Nitro High School Nitro |
Public | 3.1 | 818 | +1.7% |
| Winfield High School Winfield |
Public | 6.4 | 743 | -2.5% |
| Saint Albans High School Saint Albans |
Public | 5.5 | 882 | -9.7% |
| South Charleston High School South Charleston |
Public | 8.8 | 874 | -11.7% |
| Ben Franklin Career Center Dunbar |
Public | 7.1 | — | — |
| Sherman High School Seth |
Public | 26.1 | 316 | -10.2% |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantPoca High School is a public high school in Poca, WV, enrolling 410 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2021 to 2024.
It offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 70% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
326 students took the SAT or ACT in the most recent federal count, a participation level above 86% of U.S. high schools.
Its federal four-year graduation rate was about 97% in the latest EDFacts release.
It has about 205 students per school counselor.
24% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many AP courses does Poca High School offer? Poca High School offers 7 AP courses, a course-rigor profile stronger than 70% of U.S. high schools, and has a dual-enrollment program (federal Civil Rights Data Collection).
What is Poca High School's graduation rate? Poca High School's federal four-year graduation rate was about 97% in the latest EDFacts release.
How many students attend Poca High School? Poca High School is a public high school in Poca, WV, enrolling 410 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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