The top reported proficiency rate is 47% in Math. The lowest is 35% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Guyandotte Elementary School
Guyandotte Elementary School sits on 5th Avenue in Huntington, a mid-sized river city in southwestern West Virginia that serves as a regional hub for transportation, healthcare, and higher education. The school is part of Cabell County Schools, a district whose campuses are spread across neighborhoods throughout the city and county rather than clustered in one area. Huntington itself blends a walkable historic downtown, Marshall University's campus, established residential corridors, and a remaining industrial and logistics sector anchored by the Port of Huntington Tri-State and CSX Transportation's division headquarters. The city has seen long-term population decline since its mid-twentieth-century peak, but local government has pursued downtown revitalization and housing reinvestment planning, and the broader Huntington-Ashland metropolitan area provides a larger regional market that partially offsets the city's losses.
Guyandotte Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade and has a small enrollment for its grade band. Its student body is predominantly white, with a smaller group identified as two or more races and a very small share identified as Black. No other racial or ethnic groups are represented in the reported counts. Free- and reduced-price-lunch data was not available, so the economic profile of the student body cannot be characterized from what was provided. Information on students with individualized education programs and English learners was also missing.
On West Virginia's General Summative Assessment, the most recent results show a mixed but improving pattern as students move up through the grades. In math, third and fourth graders scored at a moderate proficiency level, while fifth graders jumped to a strong proficiency rate that stands out as the school's best result across all subjects and grades. English language arts followed a similar upward arc, with third and fourth grade proficiency at the lower end and fifth grade reaching a high proficiency rate that suggests older students at Guyandotte are finishing elementary school well prepared in reading and writing. Science, tested only in fifth grade, landed at a moderate level, below the strong fifth-grade showing in math and ELA but not weak. Participation was full across every tested grade. Average scale scores were not reported, so the picture rests on proficiency rates alone. No multi-year trend data was available, so it is not possible to say whether these results represent improvement, decline, or stability over time.
The school does not serve grades six through eight, so the missing proficiency results for those grades reflect the grade band, not a gap in reporting. There is no graduation rate, no course access data, and no civil-rights or discipline information in what was provided. Title I status was also not reported, though a school of this size and setting in Cabell County would commonly participate, and a parent may want to ask the school directly. Staffing, attendance, and program offerings were not available either.
Housing in the school's zip code is affordable by both state and national standards. Typical home values sit well below the West Virginia state benchmark and far below the national figure, and the estimated monthly mortgage on a typical home is modest. Rent data was not available for this zip code, but the broader affordability picture suggests that families looking to buy near the school face relatively low housing costs compared with most of the country. The area's price-to-income ratio is low, which may appeal to families prioritizing affordability.
Guyandotte Elementary fits a family looking for a small, neighborhood-scale elementary school in an affordable, historic river-city setting, with evidence that students tend to leave fifth grade performing well above where they started in third grade. The weaker third- and fourth-grade proficiency, particularly in English language arts, is something a parent may want to look into further with the school, since the available data cannot explain why younger grades lag while fifth grade surges. The missing economic and special-population data also limits the picture, and families would benefit from asking the school directly about Title I services, student supports, and what drives the strong fifth-grade results.
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