The top reported proficiency rate is 66% in Math. The lowest is 36% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Salt Rock Elementary School
Salt Rock Elementary School sits on Madison Creek Road in a small, unincorporated corner of rural Cabell County, part of the Cabell County Schools system. It serves pre-kindergarten through fifth grade in a single building, drawing from a community that has been quietly losing population over recent census cycles. The settlement along West Virginia Route 10 has no commercial core, no sidewalks, no described transit. Its civic anchors are a post office and a branch library. Residents who want shopping, employment, or services travel toward Huntington, the county seat, which lies to the northwest.
The school itself is small for its grade band, with roughly two dozen students per grade in most tested classrooms. Its student body is nearly entirely white, with only a handful of students identifying as two or more races and a single Hispanic student. No other racial or ethnic groups are represented in the enrollment figures. The data does not include free or reduced-price lunch counts, individualized education program rates, or English learner figures, so it is not possible to characterize the school's economic profile or the share of students receiving specialized support from the information provided.
On the most recent West Virginia General Summative Assessment, Salt Rock Elementary's third and fourth graders posted solid proficiency results. Fourth grade stands out as the strongest cohort, with most students reaching proficiency in both math and English language arts, and math proficiency there running notably high. Third grade results were also healthy, with a clear majority proficient in both subjects. Fifth grade tells a different story. Proficiency drops sharply in both math and reading, and science proficiency for fifth graders sits well below where a parent would want it. This is a pattern a family might want to look into directly with the school, since the gap between the upper elementary grades and the earlier ones is large enough to raise a real question about what changes between fourth and fifth grade instructionally.
There are no state testing results for grades six through eight, which is expected because Salt Rock Elementary does not serve those grades. No graduation rate applies for the same reason. The school's grade band covers only the early and elementary years, so those measures are simply not part of this school's profile.
The housing market around Salt Rock is modest by any standard. Typical home values in the ZIP code sit well below both the statewide West Virginia benchmark and the national figure, making this one of the more affordable places to buy a home in the region. Estimated monthly mortgage costs run below typical rent levels, and the price-to-income ratio is low, suggesting that a working family could manage a purchase here without the strain common in larger markets. Rents are not separately reported, so a rental comparison is not available. The broader economy shows a national unemployment rate holding steady and mortgage rates hovering in the mid-six percent range, which shapes what a family actually pays to finance a home.
Several things a parent might want to know are simply absent from the available data. The school's Title I status is not reported. Discipline data, course access, staffing ratios, and attendance figures are all missing. No information on special programs, gifted services, extracurriculars, or intervention supports was provided. The Cabell County district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes such as curriculum shifts, facility projects, or tax measures. This thin programmatic picture is common for a small rural elementary school, but it means a family considering enrollment would need to call the school directly for details about what happens beyond the tested subjects.
What the data does show is a small, rural elementary school where the youngest tested grades are performing well and where the community is affordable and quiet. The fifth grade proficiency dip is the clearest academic question mark, and the absence of any economic or support-program data limits how much a parent can assess from the page alone. For a family drawn to a low-cost, low-density setting and willing to engage with the school on its upper-grade instruction, Salt Rock Elementary may be worth a closer look. For a family wanting rich program offerings or a more diverse peer environment, the data here suggests this is not that school.
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