Boone County Schools^↗ET reported attendance below 90% in six of the eight school years from 2017-18 through 2024-25. Its rate was 89.0% in 2017-18 and 88.7% in 2024-25, a decline of 0.3 percentage points.

The two years at or above 90% were 2019-20, at 90.9%, and 2020-21, at 93.8%. The district then reported 87.5%, 87.9%, 87.7%, and 88.7% over the next four years.

Seven schools below 90%

Seven of Boone County's 12 reported schools had unrounded rates below 90% in 2024-25. All three high schools were below 87%: Scott High School at 86.1%, Van Junior/Senior High School at 86.3%, and Sherman High School at 86.4%.

Madison Middle School reported 88.7%, Sherman Junior High School 89.3%, and Brookview Elementary 89.5%. Ramage Elementary's displayed rate rounds to 90.0%, but its unrounded package value is slightly below 90%. The district's five other schools were at or above 90%.

Enrollment also declined

Boone County's reported enrollment fell from 3,568 in 2017-18 to 2,679 in 2024-25. That was a decline of 889 students, or 24.9%.

In 2024-25, Logan County^↗ET reported an 87.9% attendance rate and McDowell County^↗ET reported 87.6%, compared with Boone County's 88.7%.

What the data does not establish

The state files establish the reported attendance rates, school pattern, and enrollment change. They do not establish whether transportation, poverty, health access, industry change, or any particular district practice caused those results. Those explanations are unresourced here and have been removed from the earlier draft.

Attendance rates and enrollment counts come from West Virginia Department of Education files.

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