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)
540147001432	321	Union Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	481 Heavner Grove Rd	Buckhannon	26201	Upshur County	Upshur County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 472-1394	264	17	15.5		262 (99.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$10,914			$1,245			$9,669	21.3	14.4	343	22
540117001522	322	South Preston School	Public	PK, KG-8	5258 S Preston Hwy	Tunnelton	26444	Preston County	Preston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 568-2331	342	24	14.2		338 (98.8%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$11,354			$2,050			$9,304	21	17.8	333	11
540099000823	323	Paw Paw Elementary School	Public	K-6	60 Pirate Cir	Paw Paw	25434	Morgan County	Morgan County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 947-7425	81	9	9.3		68 (84.0%)	1 (1.2%)	5 (6.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.6%)	$15,265			$2,178			$13,087	21	40.8	229	94
540063000478	324	Peterson-Central Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	509 Berlin Rd	Weston	26452	Lewis County	Lewis County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 269-8330	459	28	16.4		446 (97.2%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.1%)	$10,881			$1,350			$9,531	20.8	19.3	322	2
540060000872	325	Piedmont Year-Round Education	Public	PK, KG-5	203 Bradford St	Charleston	25301	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 348-1910	258	24	10.7		103 (39.9%)	118 (45.7%)	5 (1.9%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.6%)	$12,444			$2,401			$10,043	20.7	19.3	324	1
540048000056	326	East Hardy Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-6	238 Cougar Dr	Baker	26801	Hardy County	Hardy County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 897-5970	339	26	13.1		331 (97.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$10,667			$1,483			$9,184	20.7	23.6	310	16
540069000517	327	Justice Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	70 Circle Dr	Logan	25601	Logan County	Logan County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 752-3250	107	9	11.8		104 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.8%)	$13,398			$2,188			$11,210	20.4	21	316	11
540156001125	328	Long Drain School	Public	PK, KG-8	3538 Long Drain Rd.	Metz	26585	Marion County	Wetzel County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 775-4221	167	22	7.5		167 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,704			$2,727			$18,977	20.4	21.9	313	15
540006001122	329	Orchard View Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1455 Delmar Orchard Rd	Martinsburg	25403	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 263-4143	672	52	12.9		399 (59.4%)	90 (13.4%)	79 (11.8%)	6 (0.9%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	97 (14.4%)	$11,509			$1,284			$10,225	20	18.2	331	2
540123001176	330	Beckley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	399 Grey Flats Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4620	320	23	13.9		156 (48.8%)	98 (30.6%)	4 (1.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	61 (19.1%)	$12,672			$2,373			$10,299	19.8	8.1	365	35

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.