The top reported proficiency rate is 58% in English language arts. The lowest is 52% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Cox Landing Elementary School
Cox Landing Elementary School sits on Cox Landing Road in Lesage, an unincorporated community stretched along the Ohio River in Cabell County. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade and operates as a regular public school within Cabell County Schools. Lesage itself is a rural, car-dependent census-designated place with no municipal government of its own. Residents commute, mostly by car, toward the Huntington area for work, and the community has no traditional downtown or civic center. The Ohio River frames the landscape, and the built environment is dispersed along a state route. Publicly reported sources describe Lesage as a small, primarily residential place with a declining or stable population and minimal new development. A roadside hot dog stand called Hillbilly Hot Dogs is the community's most recognizable landmark.
The school is small for its grade band, with an enrollment that fills classrooms across pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in roughly even cohorts. The student body is nearly entirely white, with only a handful of students identifying as Asian, Hispanic, or two or more races. Whether this composition reflects a family preference or simply the demographics of the surrounding community, it is what a parent considering the school should expect. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and information on students with individualized education programs or English learners was not reported, so the picture of student need and support is incomplete from the data we have.
Academically, Cox Landing shows a clear upward pattern across the tested grades in both math and English language arts. Third graders posted proficiency rates near the halfway mark in math and ELA. By fourth grade, both subjects ticked upward. Fifth grade is where the school stands out strongest, especially in English language arts, where the proficiency rate reached a level that clears the majority of tested students. Fifth-grade math and science also landed above the halfway mark. Participation was full across every tested grade and subject, which means these results reflect the entire eligible cohort rather than a subset. Average scale scores were not available, so it is hard to gauge how students performing below proficiency are progressing, but the proficiency rates themselves tell a story of growth as students move through the upper elementary grades. No multi-year trend data was available beyond the current year, so there is no way to compare these results against prior years.
Because the school ends at fifth grade, there is no graduation rate to report, and grades six through eight show no assessment data because those students have moved on to other schools. This is a function of the grade band, not a gap in reporting.
The housing market around Cox Landing is modest. Home values in the school's zip code sit well below both the state and national benchmarks, making this one of the more affordable corners of the region for families looking to buy. The price-to-income ratio is low relative to the national figure, and the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home is manageable for a household earning near the national median income. Rental data was not available, so the rental picture is incomplete. For families already in the area or considering moving in, housing costs are unlikely to be a barrier.
The locale brief and district brief turned up little about recent district-level changes that would affect families. Cabell County Schools has no publicly reported referendums, curriculum overhauls, or property-tax shifts in the material we reviewed, so there is nothing concrete to relay on that front. We searched for strategic priorities and found little, so we left it out rather than guess.
What the data describes is a small rural elementary school with a homogenous student body, solid and improving proficiency results in the upper grades, full participation on state assessments, and an affordable housing backdrop. Families drawn to a quiet river-adjacent community with a manageable commute to Huntington and who want a small-school setting for the early and elementary years will find a coherent academic pathway here. The absence of free-or-reduced-price lunch data, special-population breakdowns, and multi-year trend comparisons limits how much can be said about student support and long-term academic trajectory. A parent may want to ask the school directly about those areas before deciding.
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