Best Middle Schools in West Virginia for African American Students

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Every year, the West Virginia Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish West Virginia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (African American vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 24)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
540093000801	1	Suncrest Middle School	Public	6-8	360 Baldwin St	Morgantown	26505	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9335	501	36	13.7		337 (67.3%)	40 (8.0%)	24 (4.8%)	62 (12.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (7.4%)	$12,007			$753			$11,254	95.8%	97.6%	1.80%
540057000341	2	Charles Town Middle School	Public	6-8	193 High St	Charles Town	25414	Jefferson County	Jefferson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 725-7821	637	52	12.2		456 (71.6%)	45 (7.1%)	77 (12.1%)	10 (1.6%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	46 (7.2%)	$12,363			$874			$11,489	91.7%	58.6%	33.09%
540123000972	3	Park Middle School	Public	6-8	212 Park Ave	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4586	394	34	11.7		300 (76.1%)	46 (11.7%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	41 (10.4%)	$13,096			$848			$12,248	87.5%	91.1%	3.62%
540006000020	4	Hedgesville Middle School	Public	6-8	334 School House Dr	Hedgesville	25427	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 754-3313	738	46	15.9		578 (78.3%)	33 (4.5%)	52 (7.0%)	8 (1.1%)	3 (0.4%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (8.5%)	$10,993			$778			$10,215	83.3%	67.5%	15.88%
540087001402	5	Keyser Middle School	Public	5-8	879 Harley O Staggers Dr	Keyser	26726	Mineral County	Mineral County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 788-4220	719	47	15.3		630 (87.6%)	44 (6.1%)	18 (2.5%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (3.6%)	$10,338			$725			$9,612	79.2%	9.5%	69.70%
540060000382	6	Dunbar Middle School	Public	6-8	325 27th St	Dunbar	25064	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 766-0363	300	24	12.5		198 (66.0%)	69 (23.0%)	5 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (9.0%)	$13,373			$2,198			$11,175	75.0%	26.6%	48.37%
540081001246	7	Mount View High School	Public	6-12	950 Mount View Rd	Welch	24801	McDowell County	McDowell County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 436-2939	560	35	16		426 (76.1%)	92 (16.4%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	37 (6.6%)	$12,728			$1,702			$11,027	70.8%	12.4%	58.41%
540072001249	8	West Fairmont Middle School	Public	5-8	110 10th St	Fairmont	26554	Marion County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 366-5631	629	42	14.9		477 (75.8%)	68 (10.8%)	19 (3.0%)	14 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	51 (8.1%)	$11,824			$696			$11,129	66.7%	68.0%	1.38%
540006001375	9	Musselman Middle School	Public	6-8	105 Pride Ave	Bunker Hill	25413	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 229-1965	673	54	12.5		508 (75.5%)	43 (6.4%)	53 (7.9%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	62 (9.2%)	$12,183			$947			$11,235	62.5%	32.5%	29.96%
540030000172	10	Oak Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	320 W Oyler Ave	Oak Hill	25901	Fayette County	Fayette County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 469-3711	656	42	15.6		585 (89.2%)	45 (6.9%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (2.6%)	$10,914			$850			$10,063	58.3%	4.1%	54.19%

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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.