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)
540093000763	21	Ridgedale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1550 Goshen Rd	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9231	525	33	16.1		501 (95.4%)	9 (1.7%)	7 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.5%)	$12,517			$789			$11,728	89.3	92.2	17	4
540012000069	22	Sutton Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	288 N Hill Rd	Sutton	26601	Braxton County	Braxton County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 765-5202	159	11	14.6		153 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.8%)	$12,543			$3,463			$9,080	89.1	75.7	64	42
540120000934	23	Rock Branch Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4616 1st Ave	Nitro	25143	Kanawha County	Putnam County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 755-0078	214	18	11.7		196 (91.6%)	6 (2.8%)	7 (3.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	$12,718			$1,859			$10,859	88.5	94.7	10	13
540093000073	24	Cheat Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	154 Crosby Rd	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 594-2772	770	47	16.3		705 (91.6%)	12 (1.6%)	9 (1.2%)	17 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.4%)	$12,088			$892			$11,195	88.4	88.5	24
540162001168	25	Neale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2305 Grand Central Ave	Vienna	26105	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 420-9587	382	30	12.6		340 (89.0%)	7 (1.8%)	7 (1.8%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (5.5%)	$12,314			$1,711			$10,603	88.3	89	20	5
540120000920	26	Confidence Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	8786 McLane Pike	Liberty	25124	Putnam County	Putnam County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 586-2041	104	11	9.4		104 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	$14,098			$514			$13,585	88.3	85.3	33	7
540093000762	27	Brookhaven Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1215 Baker St	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9236	571	35	16.3		533 (93.3%)	11 (1.9%)	5 (0.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (3.3%)	$12,643			$1,112			$11,532	88.1	82.6	45	18
540057000342	28	C. W. Shipley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	652 Shipley School Rd	Harpers Ferry	25425	Jefferson County	Jefferson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 725-4395	346	24	14.7		281 (81.2%)	7 (2.0%)	22 (6.4%)	8 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (8.1%)	$11,431			$586			$10,846	87.6	86.8	30	2
540105000876	29	Woodsdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Bethany Pike	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0378	437	32	13.6		376 (86.0%)	19 (4.3%)	5 (1.1%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	33 (7.6%)	$12,112			$959			$11,153	87.5	72.4	74	45
540054000326	30	Cottageville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	270 2nd St	Cottageville	25239	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 372-7330	164	14	11.5		148 (90.2%)	2 (1.2%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (5.5%)	$13,873			$1,901			$11,973	87.3	44.6	201	171

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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.