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Teachers and Staff
Students Per Counselor
304:1
Student Diversity
Male
51.4%
Female
48.6%
White
93.5%
Two or more races
2.5%
Black
1.6%
Native American
1.1%
Hispanic
1.1%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
<1%
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Specialty School Programs
AP Programs Offered
IB Programs Offered
Free/Reduced Lunch Offered
Athletics Program
Colleges Students are Considering
Students are most interested in or go on to attend these colleges.
Fairmont State University148 Students
West Virginia University147 Students
West Virginia Wesleyan College91 Students
Marshall University84 Students
Davis & Elkins College84 Students
Glenville State University63 Students
West Virginia State University45 Students
West Liberty University42 Students
Pierpont Community & Technical College40 Students
University of Charleston28 Students
What Students Want to Study
Niche users from this school are most interested in the following majors.
Nursing55 Students
Biology38 Students
Psychology28 Students
Business22 Students
Pre-Medicine Studies21 Students
Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement Administration20 Students
Criminology16 Students
Physical Therapy14 Students
Kinesiology and Exercise Science13 Students
Pre-Law Studies13 Students
This School’s Reviews
Niche Reviews
3.2142 Reviews
1.0Parent
10/17/2024
Teachers are not even certified in what they are "teaching". There are bus cancellations every single day and children cannot go to school. Faculty and administration are hired due to names, not abilities. Our children are being stripped of their right to learn due to incompetency.
3.0Alum
2/5/2024
I had a good experience during my time at Philip Barbour, however they do not prepare you for college. The classes you take at this school need to be altered to fit preparing students for life and further education. Overall in my time it was fun and the sports and extracurriculars were always a blast. The teaching staff during my time there was also super supportive and helpful to all students.
3.0Senior
12/3/2023
Organization and communication are almost non-existent a lot of the time. My senior year schedule was messed up due to a mistake that the office made, but they tried to act as though it was my fault and refused to fix it. Every day we're missing at least one teacher or bus driver, so students' education falls by the wayside, and no one seems to care.
Schools administrators and teachers, do not have students best interest in mind when they come into this school i have observed multiple incidents of teachers belittling a student, as well as harassing a student. Students are unmotivated, and relatively unhappy compared to other schools in the area...
This School doesn't correctly deal with issues with students. Most teacher let there power get to there head. We are missing teachers and they are not trying to help students or teach there class in anyway. Studesnt get bullied by the teachers and the over half of the students dont get a lunch.
I have been both a student and a parent in this school system. I have been in many other areas in the country, and Philip Barbour falls way short of what other school systems are doing to provide quality education and environment for their students. To be fair, a lot of the issues are not just the s...
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