Best Elementary Schools in West Virginia for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in West Virginia!

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, Low Socio Economic Status 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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 336)	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 (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
540054000331	1	Gilmore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7412 Parkersburg Rd	Sandyville	25275	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 273-3511	159	15	10.5		153 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	$12,181			$805			$11,376	99.7%	95.7%	4.05%
540018000112	2	Hite Saunders Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3708 Green Valley Rd	Huntington	25701	Cabell County	Cabell County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 528-5132	197	15	13.1		172 (87.3%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.1%)	$11,695			$1,096			$10,599	99.4%	98.4%	1.04%
540084000672	3	Athens Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	205 S State Street	Athens	24712	Mercer County	Mercer County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 384-9229	242	17	14.2		227 (93.8%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (5.4%)	$12,305			$1,997			$10,308	99.1%	95.9%	3.18%
540120000920	4	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	98.8%	92.9%	5.87%
540162001152	5	Gihon Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2000 Belmont Rd	Parkersburg	26101	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 420-9539	269	21	13.1		245 (91.1%)	3 (1.1%)	5 (1.9%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	14 (5.2%)	$12,272			$885			$11,387	98.5%	97.3%	1.23%
540009000793	6	Sherman Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7487 Coal River Road	Comfort	25206	Boone County	Boone County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 837-8310	250	23	10.8		245 (98.0%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	$13,022			$1,536			$11,486	98.2%	97.0%	1.20%
540123000950	7	Crescent Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Crescent Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4585	323	23	14		264 (81.7%)	34 (10.5%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	20 (6.2%)	$10,808			$877			$9,931	97.9%	96.7%	1.18%
540105000866	8	Ritchie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3700 Wood St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0372	285	25	11.6		196 (68.8%)	41 (14.4%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (14.7%)	$15,041			$2,853			$12,187	97.6%	95.4%	2.24%
540105000861	9	Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	91 Zane St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0366	277	23	12.3		172 (62.1%)	71 (25.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	33 (11.9%)	$17,677			$2,294			$15,384	97.3%	94.6%	2.76%
540060000405	10	Holz Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1505 Hampton Rd	Charleston	25314	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 348-1906	278	16	17.3		247 (88.8%)	9 (3.2%)	4 (1.4%)	8 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.1%)	7 (2.5%)	$12,755			$1,126			$11,629	97.0%	98.6%	1.62%

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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.