West Virginia Snapshot
County Data
Barbour, Berkeley, Boone, Braxton, Brooke, Cabell, Calhoun, Clay, Doddridge, Fayette, Gilmer, Grant, Greenbrier, Hampshire, Hancock, Hardy, Harrison, Jackson, Jefferson, Kanawha, Lewis, Lincoln, Logan, Marion, Marshall, Mason, McDowell, Mercer, Mineral, Mingo, Monongalia, Monroe, Morgan, Nicholas, Ohio, Pendleton, Pleasants, Pocahontas, Preston, Putnam, Raleigh, Randolph, Ritchie, Roane, Summers, Taylor, Tucker, Tyler, Upshur, Wayne, Webster, Wetzel, Wirt, Wood, Wyoming
State Summary Data
Demographic Information
- Primary – 30 schools, 9,845 students
- Elementary – 339 schools, 92,914 students
- Middle – 153 schools, 63,559 students
- Secondary – 115 schools, 77,800 students
- Alternative – 10 schools, 532 students
Number of Professional Student Support Staff
- Attendance Staff – 91
- Communities In Schools Coordinators – 272
- School Counselors – 806
- School Nurses – 374
- School Psychologists – 135
- Social Workers – 244
- Student Social & Emotional Support Specialists – 145
- Truancy Diversion Specialist – 12
Social and Emotional/Behavior Supports
- Positive Behavior Interventions & Supports (PBIS)
- WV Behavior & Mental Health Technical Assistance Center (BMHTAC)
- WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Student Success
Mental Health/Trauma Supports
- 24/7 Children’s Crisis and Referral Line
- ACES Coalition of WV
- Handle with Care
- PREPaRE Model Crisis Intervention
- Project AWARE (Expanded School Mental Health & Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports)
- Children, Youth and Families – WVBBH
- WV Behavior and Mental Health Technical Assistance Center (BMHTAC)
- WV Expanded School Mental Health (ESMH)
Support for At-Risk Students
- Communities In Schools (CIS)
- Homeless Grant / McKinney Vento
- Neglected and Delinquent State Agency Program
- Neglected and Delinquent Local Educational Agency Program
- WV Guideposts to Graduation
- WV Schools of Diversion & Transition
Prevention
- It’s on Us WV
- Prevent Suicide WV Training (DHHR)
- WV Prevention First – Prevention Lead Organizations
- WVBE Policy 2520.5 – WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and Standards for Wellness Education
- WVBE Policy 2520.19 – WV College and Career Readiness Dispositions and standards for Student Success
- WV Students Against Destructive Decisions (SADD)
Community Partnerships/Initiative
- 21st CCLC Afterschool Programs
- DHHR Bureau for Behavioral Health, Office of Children, Youth & Families
- DHHR Bureau for Public Health, Office of Maternal Child & Family Health
- Lawyers in Schools Programs
- School Based Health Centers
- WV Family Engagement Grant
WVDE Student Support & Well-Being Contacts
- 21st Century Community Learning Centers
Sherry Swint
Loren Farmer - Attendance
Stacey Losh - Child Nutrition
Amanda Harrison - Communities In Schools
Cynthia Sorsaia and Tracy Komorowski - Guideposts to Graduation
Tonya Rutkowski - Homeless/McKinney-Vento, Neglected & Delinquent
Kristin Walter - Family & Community Engagement, Special Education, ACEs
Nancy Cline - Safe Schools
Jonah Adkins - School Counseling & Student Support, CSCP Model, Project AWARE, ESMH, Social-Emotional Learning, Prevention, WVTSS, ACEs
Stephanie Hayes - School Mental Health, Prevention, Project AWARE, ESMH, Military Families, WVTSS, ACEs
Kelly Mordecki - School Nurses, School Health
Carol Ward - School Psychologist/Behavior Interventionist, Special Education, WVTSS, PREPaRE Crisis Intervention
Lisha Tignor - WV Schools of Diversion & Transition, Superintendent
Jacob Green - WV Standards for Student Success (Middle/Secondary), WVTSS
Lauren Landry