Best Middle 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 169)	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)
540093000755	71	Westwood Middle School	Public	6-8	670 River Rd	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9300	363	36	10.2		308 (84.8%)	7 (1.9%)	7 (1.9%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (10.2%)	$15,345			$1,183			$14,161	54.3	48.4	84	13
540165001217	72	Pineville Middle School	Public	5-8	607 River Road	Pineville	24874	Wyoming County	Wyoming County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 732-6442	267	21	13		261 (97.8%)	2 (0.7%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$11,543			$1,153			$10,390	53.9	61.9	49	23
540072001284	73	Mannington Middle School	Public	5-8	113 Clarksburg St	Mannington	26582	Marion County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 986-1050	251	20	12.5		241 (96.0%)	1 (0.4%)	5 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.6%)	$14,557			$814			$13,743	53.5	48.9	80	7
540027000043	74	Doddridge County Middle School	Public	5-8	65 Doddridge County School Rd	West Union	26456	Doddridge County	Doddridge County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 873-2390	328	28	11.7		320 (97.6%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	$19,600			$979			$18,621	52.3	52.4	73	1
540090000906	75	Kermit Pre K8	Public	PK, KG-8	300 Blue Devil Ln	Kermit	25674	Mingo County	Mingo County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 393-4130	309	26	11.7		302 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	$11,672			$1,747			$9,925	52.1	38.7	103	28
540117000913	76	Terra Alta/East Preston School	Public	PK, KG-8	1103 E State Ave	Terra Alta	26764	Preston County	Preston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 789-2344	310	23	13.4		302 (97.4%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.9%)	$10,355			$1,387			$8,968	49.9	59.9	56	20
540093000769	77	Clay-Battelle High School	Public	6-12	6226 Mason-Dixon Highway	Blacksville	26521	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 432-8208	341	30	11.3		335 (98.2%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	$15,379			$911			$14,468	49.2	52.9	69	8
540165001218	78	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	49	44.4	90	12
540132001305	79	Geary Elementary/Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	9538 Clay Rd	Left Hand	25251	Roane County	Roane County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 565-3721	229	23	9.9		220 (96.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.5%)	$12,582			$2,068			$10,513	48.7	31.6	122	43
540051000864	80	South Harrison Middle School	Public	6-8	3003 Hawk Hwy	Lost Creek	26385	Harrison County	Harrison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 326-7460	274	22	12.2		263 (96.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.8%)	$12,158			$588			$11,570	48.2	43.5	93	13

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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.
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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.