Best High 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 112)	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)
540036000220	51	Petersburg High School	Public	7-12	207 Viking Drive	Petersburg	26847	Grant County	Grant County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 257-1444	616	41	15.2		589 (95.6%)	6 (1.0%)	17 (2.8%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	$10,294			$948			$9,346	53.5	44.3	62	11
540129001021	52	Ritchie County High School	Public, Alternative	1-12	201 Ritchie County School Rd	Ellenboro	26346	Ritchie County	Ritchie County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 869-3526	387	31	12.4		379 (97.9%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$11,929			$782			$11,148	53.4	51.7	49	3
540060000450	53	Sissonville High School	Public	9-12	6100 Sissonville Dr	Charleston	25312	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 348-1954	563	35	16		554 (98.4%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	$11,924			$935			$10,989	52	51.3	50	3
540120000931	54	Poca High School	Public	9-12	1 Dot Way	Poca	25159	Putnam County	Putnam County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 755-3951	446	38	11.8		432 (96.9%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	$13,196			$785			$12,411	51.2	59	43	11
540006000019	55	Hedgesville High School	Public	9-12	109 Ridge Rd N	Hedgesville	25427	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 754-3354	1,392	90	15.3		1,033 (74.2%)	111 (8.0%)	120 (8.6%)	20 (1.4%)	3 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	102 (7.3%)	$11,488			$604			$10,884	50	35.2	73	18
540006000026	56	Martinsburg High School	Public	9-12	701 S Queen St	Martinsburg	25401	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 267-3530	1,471	100	14.7		840 (57.1%)	277 (18.8%)	175 (11.9%)	13 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	161 (10.9%)	$11,206			$841			$10,365	48.8	43.2	64	8
540078000630	57	Wahama Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	1 White Falcon Drive	Mason	25260	Mason County	Mason County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 773-5539	387	25	15.7		366 (94.6%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (1.6%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.6%)	$12,311			$994			$11,317	48.4	33.6	74	17
540123000958	58	Independence High School	Public	9-12	850 Independence Rd	Sophia	25921	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 683-3228	572	34	16.8		548 (95.8%)	7 (1.2%)	6 (1.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$11,452			$925			$10,527	45.8	43.7	63	5
540060000442	59	South Charleston High School	Public	9-12	1 Eagle Way	South Charleston	25309	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 766-0352	952	47	20.2		671 (70.5%)	179 (18.8%)	19 (2.0%)	9 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	73 (7.7%)	$11,427			$1,070			$10,358	45.3	64.5	37	22
540006001487	60	Spring Mills High School	Public	9-12	499 Campus Dr	Martinsburg	25404	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 274-5141	1,480	97	15.3		1,091 (73.7%)	153 (10.3%)	112 (7.6%)	23 (1.6%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	98 (6.6%)	$10,938			$639			$10,299	44.3	51.3	51	9

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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.