Best Elementary Schools in West Virginia

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

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 368)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
540084000678	271	Brushfork Elementary School	Public	K-5	140 Brushfork School Rd	Bluefield	24701	Mercer County	Mercer County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 325-7066	185	13	14.2		151 (81.6%)	10 (5.4%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (11.9%)	$13,936			$2,421			$11,515	32	42.1	218	53
540018000938	272	Central City Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2100 Washington Ave	Huntington	25704	Wayne County	Cabell County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 528-5231	407	34	11.9		308 (75.7%)	30 (7.4%)	13 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	54 (13.3%)	$13,043			$2,853			$10,190	31.3	26.1	302	30
540147001320	273	Washington District Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5078 Tallmansville Rd	Buckhannon	26201	Upshur County	Upshur County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 472-6599	117	10	11.7		115 (98.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$11,318			$1,197			$10,121	30.7	48.3	182	91
540003000001	274	Belington Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	471 Morgantown Pike	Belington	26250	Barbour County	Barbour County Board Of Education	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 823-1411	294	21	14		286 (97.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.0%)	$11,265			$1,320			$9,944	30.6	32.7	272	2
540126001371	275	Jennings Randolph Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	101 Scott Ford Rd	Elkins	26241	Randolph County	Randolph County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 636-9181	251	18	13.9		219 (87.3%)	17 (6.8%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.0%)	$11,263			$1,467			$9,796	30.6	32.5	273	2
540060000063	276	Bridgeview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	5100 Ohio St	South Charleston	25309	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 766-0383	421	27	15.5		309 (73.4%)	33 (7.8%)	8 (1.9%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	67 (15.9%)	$12,479			$2,220			$10,259	30.6	29.8	287	11
540162000679	277	Franklin Elementary Center	Public	PK, KG-5	1511 Division Street Ext	Parkersburg	26101	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 420-9534	266	30	8.7		245 (92.1%)	4 (1.5%)	4 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.9%)	$16,495			$3,055			$13,440	30.5	19.5	320	43
540165001218	278	Road Branch Elementary & Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	1165 Huff Creek Rd	Cyclone	24827	Wyoming County	Wyoming County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 682-5916	165	15	11.3		160 (97.0%)	4 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$13,126			$1,864			$11,262	30.2	43.7	208	70
540072000104	279	Blackshere Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	41 Blackshere Dr.	Mannington	26582	Marion County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 986-2707	333	23	14.4		325 (97.6%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.8%)	$14,024			$1,553			$12,471	30.1	38.4	243	36
540078001136	280	Pt. Pleasant Intermediate	Public	3-6	1 Walden Roush Way	Point Pleasant	25550	Mason County	Mason County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 675-1430	304	27	11.2		286 (94.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.3%)	$11,696			$2,042			$9,654	29.8	36.3	254	26

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on WV Assessment Mathematics, WV Assessment English Language Arts, WV Assessment Science 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.