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Education in The Region
Quality educational opportunities can be found in the Huntington region from Pre-K to kindergarten to high school to college and beyond.
The Cabell County Public School system has a proud tradition of 
professional employees. No school system in the state has a more extensively trained and experienced instructional staff. According to the latest figures, 70 percent of the county's teachers have at least a master's degree.
With more than 50 percent of teachers having at least a master's degree and a 13.9 - 1 student to teacher ratio, neighboring Wayne County's education system also offers quality opportunities.
Computer instruction begins in kindergarten as technology is stressed throughout the entire learning process.
In the 1990s, bonds for school construction were passed which brought about the consolidation of seven high schools into three: Cabell Midland High School, Huntington High School and Spring Valley High School. In addition to Spring Valley High School, Wayne County is also home to Tolsia and Wayne High schools. Alternative choices in private and parochial schooling can also be found in the region.
Upon graduating from high school, students have a number of local educational choices including studying at the Huntington Junior College, Huntington School of Beauty Culture, Cabell County Career Technology Center, St. Mary's School of Nursing and Marshall University. Founded in 1837 as a small teacher's college, Marshall University is now West Virginia's fastest growing institution for higher earning with an enrollment in excess of 16,000. The 1990s brought sweeping changes on the campus not only in terms of academic excellence, but modern new facilities as well.
In 1991, a $30 million football stadium opened. A year later, construction was completed in a $13 million Fine & Performing Arts Center. In 1996, construction was completed on the Drinko Library, one of the nation's most technologically advanced facilities.
Marshall offers 200 academic programs, 1,200 academic scholarships, masters and doctorate degrees, and is rated as a U.S. News & World Report "Best Buy."
The Huntington Regional Chamber of Commerce also is working to advance educational opportunities for the area's youth. The Chamber's School-to-Work program prepares the workforce of the future through workbased learning initiatives.
In addition, the Chamber maintains a Job Shadowing program that allows students and teachers to spend a day learning what it's like to work in different vocations.
Courtesy of Discover Huntington WV magazine