Best Cities in West Virginia for Schools

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Rank (of 275)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Smithville	1	0	0	0	0	0.995	1
2^nd	Mount Nebo	1	0	0	0	0	0.992		(n/a)
3^rd	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.976	14	11
4^th	Comfort	1	0	0	0	0	0.97	3	1
5^th	Brandywine	1	0	0	0	0	0.965	12	7
6^th	Scott Depot	1	0	0	0	1	0.962	6
7^th	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0.959	4	3
8^th	Sandyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.957	10	2
9^th	Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0.951	5	4
10^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.929	17	7
11^th	Winfield	2	1	1	0	0	0.928	9	2
12^th	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.918	149	137
13^th	Williamstown	1	0	1	0	1	0.914	15	2
14^th	Fairview	2	1	0	0	0	0.903	13	1
15^th	Culloden	1	0	0	0	1	0.894	8	7
16^th	Vienna	3	1	0	0	0	0.888	11	5
17^th	Bridgeport	2	1	1	0	1	0.887	16	1
18^th	New Cumberland	1	1	2	0	0	0.885	27	9
19^th	Davisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.88	19
20^th	Hillsboro	1	0	0	1	0	0.878	81	61
21^st	Hurricane	5	1	1	0	1	0.874	25	4
22^nd	Diamond	1	0	0	0	0	0.867	56	34
23^rd	West Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.861		(n/a)
24^th	Buckeye	0	1	0	0	0	0.852	21	3
25^th	Eleanor	1	1	1	0	0	0.845	32	7
26^th	Salt Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.845	42	16
27^th	Barrackville	1	0	0	0	0	0.842	18	9
28^th	Maysville	1	0	0	0	0	0.842	26	2
29^th	Crum	2	1	0	0	0	0.839	106	77
30^th	Barboursville	4	1	2	0	0	0.837	20	10
31^st	Pleasant Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.837	2	29
32^nd	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.834	24	8
33^rd	Glen Fork	1	0	0	0	0	0.831	35	2
34^th	Morgantown	11	4	3	1	8	0.829	30	4
35^th	Wheeling	8	4	2	1	8	0.824	46	11
36^th	Nettie	1	0	0	0	0	0.818	41	5
37^th	Frankford	1	0	0	0	0	0.813	57	20
38^th	Inwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.804	104	66
39^th	Triadelphia	1	0	0	0	1	0.802	22	17
40^th	Mount Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.799	7	33
41^st	Grantsville	1	0	1	0	0	0.796	71	30
42^nd	Duck	1	0	0	0	1	0.793	93	51
43^rd	Ghent	1	0	0	0	0	0.788	36	7
44^th	Ravenswood	2	1	1	0	1	0.785	45	1
45^th	Ona	1	0	2	0	0	0.781	34	11
46^th	Mineral Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.78	155	109
47^th	Farmington	0	0	2	0	0	0.777	234	187
48^th	Buffalo	1	0	1	0	0	0.77	120	72
49^th	Shepherdstown	1	1	0	0	1	0.77	29	20
50^th	Lewisburg	1	0	3	0	2	0.763	88	38
51^st	Ceredo	1	1	0	0	0	0.763	37	14
52^nd	Tornado	1	0	0	0	0	0.758	48	4
53^rd	Accoville	1	0	0	0	0	0.755	134	81
54^th	Kenova	3	1	0	0	0	0.754	38	16
55^th	Pennsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.747	89	34
56^th	Kenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.742	40	16
57^th	Ripley	2	1	1	0	1	0.74	65	8
58^th	Capon Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.737	83	25
59^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	1	0.736	53	6
60^th	Milton	1	1	0	0	0	0.732	67	7
61^st	Burlington	1	0	0	1	0	0.726	23	38
62^nd	Glen Dale	1	0	1	0	0	0.723	33	29
63^rd	Glen Daniel	0	1	1	0	0	0.719	105	42
64^th	Shady Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.706	39	25
65^th	Franklin	1	0	1	0	0	0.705	195	130
66^th	Lindside	0	0	2	0	0	0.705	66
67^th	Fairmont	4	2	3	1	2	0.705	73	6
68^th	Lesage	1	0	0	0	0	0.704	44	24
69^th	Sistersville	1	1	1	0	0	0.699	85	16
70^th	Nitro	2	0	1	0	0	0.697	80	10
71^st	Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	52	19
72^nd	McMechen	1	0	0	0	0	0.688	50	22
73^rd	Poca	1	1	1	0	0	0.685	63	10
74^th	Middlebourne	1	0	0	0	1	0.679	58	16
75^th	Smoot	1	0	0	0	0	0.671	118	43
76^th	Parkersburg	11	4	5	1	5	0.669	77	1
77^th	Weirton	3	1	1	0	3	0.668	74	3
78^th	Matewan	1	0	0	0	0	0.663	129	51
79^th	East Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0.66	233	154
80^th	Bruceton Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	75	5
81^st	French Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.647	167	86
82^nd	Rivesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.646	55	27
83^rd	Follansbee	2	0	0	0	0	0.644	59	24
84^th	Dunmore	0	0	1	0	0	0.643	116	32
85^th	Charles Town	3	1	1	0	0	0.643	64	21
86^th	Flemington	3	0	0	0	0	0.639	51	35
86^th	Big Sandy	1	0	0	0	0	0.639	184	98
88^th	Junior	1	0	0	0	0	0.636	31	57
89^th	Bud	1	0	0	0	0	0.635	54	35
90^th	Kermit	1	0	0	0	0	0.635	108	18
91^st	Saint Marys	1	0	2	1	0	0.628	154	63
92^nd	Marlinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.628	82	10
93^rd	Ridgeley	0	1	1	0	0	0.627	68	25
94^th	Ellenboro	0	1	0	1	1	0.623	78	16
95^th	Harrisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.622	173	78
96^th	Princeton	7	2	5	0	1	0.621	117	21
97^th	Harpers Ferry	2	1	0	0	0	0.617	91	6
98^th	New Martinsville	1	0	2	0	0	0.608	125	27
99^th	Monongah	1	1	0	0	0	0.603	95	4
100^th	Mason	0	0	1	0	0	0.595	132	32
101^st	Beckley	7	2	3	0	2	0.592	97	4
102^nd	Danville	1	0	0	0	0	0.59	210	108
103^rd	Slanesville	1	0	0	0	1	0.584	92	11
104^th	Circleville	1	0	0	0	0	0.582	69	35
105^th	Berkeley Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.574	213	108
106^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.573	242	136
107^th	Walton	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	130	23
108^th	Hamlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.563	131	23
109^th	Sophia	1	0	1	0	2	0.562	61	48
110^th	Lerona	1	0	0	0	0	0.557	182	72
111^th	Pineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.551	72	39
112^th	West Union	2	1	1	0	0	0.55	49	63
113^th	Coal City	1	1	0	0	0	0.549	136	23
114^th	New Haven	1	0	0	0	0	0.543	135	21
115^th	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	1	0.541	79	36
116^th	Hedgesville	4	1	1	0	0	0.538	147	31
117^th	Verdunville	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	141	24
118^th	Fairdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.535	43	75
119^th	Romney	1	1	1	4	0	0.535	98	21
120^th	Tad	1	0	0	0	0	0.53		(n/a)
121^st	Sutton	2	1	1	0	0	0.526	160	39
122^nd	Jumping Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.522		(n/a)
123^rd	Meadow Bridge	1	0	1	0	1	0.518	190	67
124^th	West Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.516	99	25
125^th	Elkview	2	1	1	0	1	0.516	102	23
126^th	Charleston	18	5	3	2	7	0.509	115	11
127^th	Petersburg	1	0	2	0	3	0.508	126	1
128^th	Lavalette	1	0	0	0	0	0.505	137	9
129^th	Shenandoah Junction	2	1	1	0	0	0.503	101	28
130^th	Huntington	12	5	5	0	6	0.501	107	23
131^st	Cedar Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.5	122	9
132^nd	Rainelle	1	0	0	0	0	0.497	70	62
133^rd	Jane Lew	1	0	0	0	0	0.489	174	41
134^th	Kingwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.486	138	4
135^th	Roanoke	1	0	0	0	0	0.484	176	41
136^th	Shinnston	1	1	1	0	0	0.483	159	23
137^th	Foster	1	0	1	0	0	0.481	152	15
138^th	Seth	0	1	1	0	0	0.476	119	19
139^th	Arnoldsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.476	60	79
140^th	Elizabeth	1	1	1	0	0	0.474	100	40
141^st	Wellsburg	2	1	1	1	1	0.471	123	18
142^nd	Spencer	1	1	1	0	0	0.47	177	35
143^rd	Saint Albans	5	2	1	0	1	0.465	142	1
144^th	Reader	1	0	0	0	0	0.464	208	64
145^th	Man	1	0	1	0	0	0.463	191	46
146^th	Nutter Fort	2	0	0	0	1	0.462	183	37
147^th	Prichard	1	0	0	0	0	0.457	76	71
148^th	Thomas	1	0	0	0	1	0.456	239	91
149^th	Williamson	3	0	1	0	4	0.449	161	12
150^th	Lost Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.448	143	7
151^st	Charmco	0	0	1	0	0	0.446	238	87
152^nd	Grafton	1	1	1	1	0	0.443	178	26
153^rd	Left Hand	1	0	0	0	0	0.442	199	46
154^th	Webster Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.435	84	70
155^th	Moorefield	2	1	1	0	0	0.433	150	5
156^th	Terra Alta	1	0	0	0	0	0.433	144	12
157^th	Lumberport	1	0	0	0	0	0.432	124	33
158^th	Ansted	1	0	0	0	0	0.421	86	72
159^th	Mullens	1	1	0	0	0	0.419	153	6
160^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	112	48
161^st	Cross Lanes	1	0	0	0	1	0.408	203	42
162^nd	Mannington	1	1	0	0	0	0.405	162
163^rd	Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.399	215	52
164^th	Frametown	1	0	0	0	0	0.397	90	74
165^th	Van	1	0	1	0	0	0.395	237	72
166^th	Cyclone	1	0	0	0	0	0.392	151	15
167^th	Hico	0	0	1	0	0	0.384	212	45
168^th	Alum Creek	1	0	0	0	1	0.38	201	33
169^th	Point Pleasant	3	0	3	0	0	0.38	114	55
170^th	Blacksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.372	103	67
171^st	Harts	2	0	0	0	0	0.367	163	8
172^nd	New Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.359	113	59
173^rd	Chesapeake	1	0	0	0	0	0.356	87	86
174^th	Summersville	3	1	1	0	2	0.356	168	6
175^th	Belington	1	1	0	0	0	0.356	156	19
176^th	Ronceverte	1	1	0	0	1	0.353	157	19
177^th	Wayne	1	1	1	0	0	0.346	111	66
178^th	Dunlow	1	0	0	0	0	0.342	140	38
179^th	Belmont	1	1	0	0	0	0.34	96	83
180^th	Bunker Hill	2	1	0	0	0	0.335	194	14
181^st	Crawley	1	1	0	0	0	0.334	188	7
182^nd	Matoaka	1	0	0	0	0	0.334	171	11
183^rd	Leon	1	0	0	0	0	0.329	121	62
184^th	Gerrardstown	2	1	0	0	0	0.328	206	22
185^th	Fort Ashby	2	0	0	0	0	0.326	158	27
186^th	Bluefield	5	1	1	0	0	0.324	225	39
187^th	Moundsville	3	1	1	1	0	0.323	185	2
188^th	White Sulphur Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.323	181	7
189^th	Philippi	1	1	1	0	1	0.323	243	54
190^th	Elkins	4	1	4	1	4	0.322	180	10
191^st	Alderson	1	0	0	0	0	0.318	165	26
192^nd	Oak Hill	2	1	2	0	2	0.315	207	15
193^rd	Upperglade	0	0	1	0	0	0.313	222	29
194^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	109	85
195^th	Arthurdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.31	226	31
196^th	Naoma	1	0	0	0	0	0.31	259	63
197^th	Martinsburg	12	3	4	1	4	0.304	200	3
198^th	New Richmond	0	0	1	0	0	0.304	47	151
199^th	Metz	1	0	0	0	0	0.303	205	6
200^th	Gallipolis Ferry	1	0	0	0	0	0.302	133	67
201^st	Cameron	1	0	1	0	0	0.301	127	74
202^nd	Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.298	227	25
203^rd	Hundred	0	0	1	0	0	0.295	28	175
204^th	Hambleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.281	110	94
205^th	Buckhannon	5	1	2	0	1	0.281	214	9
206^th	Glenville	1	0	1	1	0	0.278	148	58
207^th	Mallory	1	1	0	0	0	0.277	211	4
208^th	Clarksburg	2	3	5	1	4	0.276	202	6
209^th	South Charleston	3	1	2	0	0	0.271	139	70
210^th	Fayetteville	1	0	0	0	0	0.27		(n/a)
211^th	Mabscott	1	0	0	0	1	0.269	192	19
212^th	Peterstown	1	1	0	0	0	0.267	186	26
213^th	Paw Paw	1	0	1	0	0	0.266	170	43
214^th	Logan	2	1	1	0	0	0.262	228	14
215^th	Chapmanville	4	1	1	0	0	0.259	223	8
216^th	Clay	1	1	1	0	1	0.257	175	41
217^th	Tunnelton	2	0	0	0	0	0.253	166	51
218^th	Ashton	1	0	1	0	0	0.252	179	39
219^th	Fort Gay	1	0	1	0	0	0.246	224	5
220^th	Oceana	1	1	0	0	1	0.238	220
221^st	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.236	256	35
222^nd	Augusta	1	0	0	1	0	0.234	164	58
223^rd	Clear Fork	0	0	1	0	0	0.232	262	39
224^th	Craigsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.23	236	12
225^th	Clear Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.22	189	36
226^th	Belle	1	1	1	0	0	0.217	196	30
227^th	Hinton	1	1	2	0	0	0.215	245	18
228^th	Richwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.215	193	35
229^th	Pine Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.214	229
230^th	Cowen	1	0	0	0	0	0.212	197	33
231^st	Spanishburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.209	94	137
232^nd	Keyser	2	1	2	2	0	0.209	217	15
233^rd	Omar	1	0	0	0	0	0.204	271	38
234^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	2	0.203	169	65
235^th	Ranson	1	0	0	0	0	0.201	267	32
236^th	Hanover	1	0	0	0	0	0.194	216	20
237^th	Sissonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.193	231	6
238^th	Paden City	1	0	1	0	0	0.189	247	9
239^th	Coalton	1	0	0	0	0	0.188	240	1
240^th	Delbarton	1	0	1	0	0	0.186	221	19
241^st	Brenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.186	241
242^nd	Baker	1	0	1	0	0	0.178	146	96
243^rd	Gassaway	1	0	0	0	1	0.177	187	56
244^th	Iaeger	1	0	0	0	0	0.166	263	19
245^th	Dunbar	2	1	2	0	0	0.163	232	13
246^th	East Bank	0	1	0	0	0	0.16	257	11
247^th	Whitesville	1	0	0	1	0	0.144	265	18
248^th	Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0.141	244	4
249^th	Linn	1	0	0	0	0	0.139	198	51
250^th	Kearneysville	1	0	0	2	2	0.136	248	2
251^st	War	1	0	0	0	0	0.132	251
252^nd	Mount Zion	0	0	1	0	0	0.112	209	43
253^rd	Miami	1	0	0	0	0	0.098	254	1
254^th	Griffithsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.092	258	4
255^th	Quinwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.09	249	6
256^th	Smithers	1	0	0	0	0	0.089	253	3
257^th	Mill Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.088	252	5
258^th	Moatsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.087	230	28
259^th	Rock Cave	1	0	0	0	0	0.082	235	24
260^th	Weston	1	1	1	0	1	0.081	246	14
261^st	Pratt	1	0	0	0	0	0.073	272	11
262^nd	Holden	1	0	0	0	0	0.071	62	200
263^rd	Dingess	1	0	0	0	0	0.068	268	5
264^th	Kimball	1	0	0	0	0	0.065	260	4
265^th	Green Bank	1	0	0	0	0	0.058	204	61
266^th	Marmet	1	0	0	0	0	0.054	145	121
267^th	Bradshaw	1	1	1	0	0	0.053	266	1
268^th	West Hamlin	1	0	0	0	0	0.052	255	13
269^th	Welch	1	0	2	0	0	0.05	261	8
270^th	Talcott	1	0	0	0	0	0.049	218	52
271^st	Springfield	1	0	0	0	0	0.046	128	143
272^nd	Beverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.03	264	8
273^rd	Flatwoods	1	0	0	0	0	0.024	273
274^th	Lizemores	1	0	0	0	0	0.022	219	55
275^th	Branchland	0	1	0	0	0	0.018	269	6

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