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One in 18 West Virginia Students Is Now Classified as Homeless
In Jefferson County, 1,160 students are classified as homeless, more than any other county in the state, in a district you might not associate with the word. Jefferson County sits in the Eastern Panha...
One in Three: Clay County's Hidden Housing Crisis
In Clay County, 447 of the school system's 1,336 students are classified as experiencing homelessness under federal law. That is 33.5% of enrollment, a rate more than eight times the statewide average...
West Virginia's Kindergarten Classes Have Shrunk 27% Since 2011
In 2010-11, West Virginia enrolled 21,245 kindergartners. This past fall, the number was 15,469. That is a loss of 5,776 children, a 27.2% decline, in 15 years.