The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on George C. Weimer Elementary School
George C. Weimer Elementary School sits on Kanawha Terrace in Saint Albans, a small historic river town at the confluence of the Kanawha and Coal Rivers in Kanawha County. It is part of Kanawha County Schools, one of the larger districts in the state, and serves children from pre-kindergarten through fifth grade. The school is one of several elementary campuses spread across Saint Albans, sited in residential neighborhoods rather than clustered around the downtown core. Weimer is a regular public school with no charter or magnet designation.
The enrollment is small for a school covering seven grade levels, and the student body is predominantly white, with a smaller group of students identifying as two or more races and a handful of Black students. The school also has one or two students of other backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and the dataset did not include IEP or English-learner counts, so the economic and special-population picture is incomplete. A parent evaluating fit may want to ask the school directly about its Title I status and the share of students receiving learning support.
State testing results from the most recent year show real academic challenges, particularly in the upper elementary grades. In fourth-grade math, roughly a quarter of tested students reached proficiency. By fifth grade, that share dropped further, with only a small number of students clearing the bar. English language arts followed a similar pattern: fourth grade showed modestly stronger results than math, but fifth-grade proficiency fell again. Fifth-grade science was also low. Third-grade results were suppressed in both math and ELA, so there is no published read on the earliest tested grade. Testing data for grades six through eight is absent because Weimer does not serve those grades. Participation rates were generally solid across the grades that reported.
The small tested counts mean that a few students moving above or below the proficiency line can shift results noticeably, so parents should treat the numbers as a signal rather than a precise measure. That said, the pattern across grades and subjects is consistent enough to point to a school where many students are arriving at upper elementary grades without the foundational skills the state expects. A parent may want to look into this further with the school, asking specifically what tier-two interventions, small-group tutoring, or diagnostic screening tools are in place for students who are behind.
No program offerings, course access, staffing, attendance, or discipline data were provided, so this account cannot speak to those dimensions. The district brief for Kanawha County Schools returned no parent-relevant changes meeting a lasting-impact threshold, so there is little to report on recent curriculum, consolidation, or funding shifts.
Saint Albans itself is a quiet river town with a modest commercial strip along MacCorkle Avenue, where a few shops, restaurants, and the Alban Arts Center hold the downtown together. The city manages several parks, has a public library branch, and has recently established flatwater trail access along the rivers. Publicly reported estimates describe a community in slow population decline, with modest household incomes and a poverty rate that sits above what many families would find comfortable. The housing market is among the more affordable in the region. Typical home values in the school's zip code run well below both the state and national medians, and recent year-over-year movement was slightly negative. For a family already rooted in the area, buying a home near the school is financially accessible. Rents, where available, appear modest relative to income, though specific rent data for the zip code was not provided. The town is car-dependent outside the downtown strip, with interstate and highway access nearby.
What Weimer offers is a small, neighborhood-scale elementary setting in a tight-knit river community with low housing costs. What the testing data makes plain is that academic outcomes are currently weak, and families considering enrollment should weigh that record carefully and ask the school directly how it plans to support students who are not yet meeting grade-level expectations.
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