Best School Districts in West Virginia

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the West Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, August 19, 2024.

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Rank (of 55)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
48^th	Barbour County Board Of Education	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Philippi	Barbour County	0.311	46	2
35^th	Berkeley County Schools	PK, KG-12	21	6	5	0	Martinsburg	Berkeley County	0.395	41	6
31^st	Boone County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	0	Madison	Boone County	0.423	40	9
41^st	Braxton County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Sutton	Braxton County	0.367	44	3
18^th	Brooke County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Wellsburg	Brooke County	0.514	18
11^th	Cabell County Schools	PK, KG-12	18	4	4	0	Huntington	Cabell County	0.648	10	1
39^th	Calhoun County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Mount Zion	Calhoun County	0.374	26	13
46^th	Clay County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Clay	Clay County	0.317	38	8
14^th	Doddridge County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Union	Doddridge County	0.55	7	7
	Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Kearneysville	Jefferson County			(n/a)
43^rd	Fayette County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	1	4	0	Fayetteville	Fayette County	0.343	49	6
51^st	Gilmer County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glenville	Gilmer County	0.278	30	21
26^th	Grant County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	1	Petersburg	Grant County	0.471	36	10
27^th	Greenbrier County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	2	3	0	Lewisburg	Greenbrier County	0.466	33	6
21^st	Hampshire County Schools	PK, KG-12	5	2	1	0	Romney	Hampshire County	0.493	15	6
4^th	Hancock County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	2	4	0	New Cumberland	Hancock County	0.77	3	1
49^th	Hardy County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Moorefield	Hardy County	0.306	32	17
19^th	Harrison County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	6	8	0	Clarksburg	Harrison County	0.507	21	2
3^rd	Jackson County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	0	Ripley	Jackson County	0.807	6	3
13^th	Jefferson County Schools	PK, KG-12	10	4	2	0	Charles Town	Jefferson County	0.554	13
30^th	Kanawha County Schools	PK, KG-12	43	12	10	1	Charleston	Kanawha County	0.435	25	5
53^rd	Lewis County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Weston	Lewis County	0.226	52	1
44^th	Lincoln County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Hamlin	Lincoln County	0.327	48	4
47^th	Logan County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	3	4	0	West Logan	Logan County	0.314	50	3
9^th	Marion County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	5	4	1	Fairmont	Marion County	0.716	8	1
20^th	Marshall County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	0	Moundsville	Marshall County	0.495	17	3
37^th	Mason County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	0	5	0	Point Pleasant	Mason County	0.387	29	8
55^th	McDowell County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	0	Welch	McDowell County	0.131	55
24^th	Mercer County Schools	PK, KG-12	17	3	5	0	Princeton	Mercer County	0.483	34	10
36^th	Mineral County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	1	Keyser	Mineral County	0.389	27	9
38^th	Mingo County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Williamson	Mingo County	0.384	42	4
5^th	Monongalia County Schools	PK, KG-12	10	4	4	0	Morgantown	Monongalia County	0.753	2	3
32^nd	Monroe County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Union	Monroe County	0.413	24	8
28^th	Morgan County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Berkeley Springs	Morgan County	0.443	47	19
29^th	Nicholas County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	2	3	0	Summersville	Nicholas County	0.441	35	6
2^nd	Ohio County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	3	1	0	Wheeling	Ohio County	0.84	4	2
7^th	Pendleton County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Franklin	Pendleton County	0.733	23	16
23^rd	Pleasants County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Saint Marys	Pleasants County	0.484	20	3
17^th	Pocahontas County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Buckeye	Pocahontas County	0.519	19	2
34^th	Preston County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	1	1	0	Kingwood	Preston County	0.403	28	6
1^st	Putnam County Schools	PK, KG-12	14	4	5	0	Winfield	Putnam County	0.854	1
12^th	Raleigh County Schools	PK, KG-12	17	5	5	0	Beckley	Raleigh County	0.579	14	2
54^th	Randolph County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	1	4	2	Elkins	Randolph County	0.191	53	1
8^th	Ritchie County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Harrisville	Ritchie County	0.722	9	1
22^nd	Roane County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Roane County	0.491	39	17
52^nd	Summers County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Hinton	Summers County	0.243	54	2
16^th	Taylor County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grafton	Taylor County	0.521	22	6
42^nd	Tucker County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Parsons	Tucker County	0.351	37	5
10^th	Tyler County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Middlebourne	Tyler County	0.694	11	1
50^th	Upshur County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	0	Buckhannon	Upshur County	0.299	51	1
	Virtual Preparatory Academy of West Virginia	K-12	0	0	0	1	Kearneysville	Jefferson County			(n/a)
15^th	Wayne County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Wayne	Wayne County	0.53	16	1
45^th	Webster County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Webster Springs	Webster County	0.318	43	2
	West Virginia Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Morgantown	Monongalia County			(n/a)
	West Virginia Virtual Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Charleston	Kanawha County			(n/a)
40^th	Wetzel County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	0	5	0	New Martinsville	Wetzel County	0.369	45	5
	WIN Academy at BVCTC	11-12	0	0	1	0	South Charleston	Kanawha County			(n/a)
25^th	Wirt County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Elizabeth	Wirt County	0.474	12	13
6^th	Wood County Schools	PK, KG-12	17	5	5	0	Parkersburg	Wood County	0.746	5	1
	Wv Schools For The Deaf And The Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Romney	Hampshire County			(n/a)
33^rd	Wyoming County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Pineville	Wyoming County	0.413	31	2

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the West Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the West Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the West Virginia Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the West Virginia Department of Education.