Best High 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 22)	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)
540093000786	1	Morgantown High School	Public	9-12	109 Wilson Ave	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9260	1,859	107	17.4		1,471 (79.1%)	116 (6.2%)	62 (3.3%)	94 (5.1%)	2 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	113 (6.1%)	$10,723			$710			$10,013	95.5%	95.5%	0.08%
540060000397	2	George Washington High School	Public	9-12	1522 Tennis Club Rd	Charleston	25314	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 348-7729	1,195	47	25.4		985 (82.4%)	76 (6.4%)	11 (0.9%)	75 (6.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	47 (3.9%)	$10,179			$1,012			$9,168	90.9%	99.1%	8.20%
540162001170	3	Parkersburg High School	Public	9-12	2101 Dudley Ave	Parkersburg	26101	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 420-9595	1,651	97	17		1,504 (91.1%)	37 (2.2%)	38 (2.3%)	17 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	55 (3.3%)	$10,798			$752			$10,046	86.4%	81.3%	5.11%
540072000553	4	Fairmont Senior High School	Public	9-12	1 Loop Park Dr	Fairmont	26554	Marion County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 367-2150	821	48	17.1		663 (80.8%)	72 (8.8%)	17 (2.1%)	16 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.4%)	50 (6.1%)	$11,580			$864			$10,715	81.8%	88.4%	6.57%
540006000027	5	Musselman High School	Public	9-12	126 Excellence Way	Inwood	25428	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 229-1950	1,754	102	17.1		1,402 (79.9%)	78 (4.4%)	147 (8.4%)	15 (0.9%)	4 (0.2%)	3 (0.2%)	105 (6.0%)	$10,808			$616			$10,193	77.3%	80.4%	3.08%
540087000718	6	Keyser High School	Public	9-12	328 One Tornado Way	Keyser	26726	Mineral County	Mineral County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 788-4230	671	41	16.2		610 (90.9%)	39 (5.8%)	10 (1.5%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.2%)	$11,247			$729			$10,518	72.7%	25.9%	46.83%
540006000026	7	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	68.2%	50.0%	18.18%
540006000019	8	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	63.6%	50.9%	12.74%
540060001443	9	Capital High School	Public	9-12	1500 Greenbrier St	Charleston	25311	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 348-6500	1,086	63	17.2		628 (57.8%)	351 (32.3%)	22 (2.0%)	23 (2.1%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (5.5%)	$11,806			$1,027			$10,779	59.1%	55.4%	3.73%
540057000344	10	Jefferson High School	Public	9-12	4141 Flowing Springs Rd	Shenandoah Junction	25442	Jefferson County	Jefferson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 725-8491	1,444	87	16.6		1,080 (74.8%)	98 (6.8%)	156 (10.8%)	10 (0.7%)	1 (0.1%)	3 (0.2%)	96 (6.6%)	$11,491			$579			$10,912	54.5%	93.8%	39.20%

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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.