Best School Districts in West Virginia

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the West Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

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Rank (of 55)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
48^th	Barbour County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Philippi	Barbour County	0.289	48
37^th	Berkeley County Schools	PK, KG-12	21	6	5	1	Martinsburg	Berkeley County	0.397	35	2
41^st	Boone County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	0	Madison	Boone County	0.366	31	10
30^th	Braxton County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Sutton	Braxton County	0.421	41	11
12^th	Brooke County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Wellsburg	Brooke County	0.628	18	6
10^th	Cabell County Schools	PK, KG-12	18	4	3	1	Huntington	Cabell County	0.643	11	1
29^th	Calhoun County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Mount Zion	Calhoun County	0.435	39	10
	Clarksburg Classical Academy	PK, KG-5	1	0	0	0	Clarksburg	Harrison County			(n/a)
42^nd	Clay County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Clay	Clay County	0.364	46	4
7^th	Doddridge County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Union	Doddridge County	0.716	14	7
	Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy	K-8	1	0	0	0	Kearneysville	Jefferson County			(n/a)
44^th	Fayette County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	1	Fayetteville	Fayette County	0.333	43	1
18^th	Gilmer County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glenville	Gilmer County	0.554	51	33
32^nd	Grant County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	1	Petersburg	Grant County	0.418	26	6
24^th	Greenbrier County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	1	Lewisburg	Greenbrier County	0.465	27	3
21^st	Hampshire County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Romney	Hampshire County	0.503	21
2^nd	Hancock County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	2	3	1	New Cumberland	Hancock County	0.814	4	2
31^st	Hardy County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Moorefield	Hardy County	0.42	49	18
19^th	Harrison County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	5	6	3	Clarksburg	Harrison County	0.546	19
4^th	Jackson County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	0	Ripley	Jackson County	0.785	3	1
17^th	Jefferson County Schools	PK, KG-12	10	4	2	0	Charles Town	Jefferson County	0.562	13	4
22^nd	Kanawha County Schools	PK, KG-12	39	12	10	1	Charleston	Kanawha County	0.502	30	8
52^nd	Lewis County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Weston	Lewis County	0.229	53	1
47^th	Lincoln County Schools	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Hamlin	Lincoln County	0.305	44	3
45^th	Logan County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	3	4	0	West Logan	Logan County	0.323	47	2
9^th	Marion County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	5	4	1	Fairmont	Marion County	0.67	9
20^th	Marshall County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	Moundsville	Marshall County	0.525	20
50^th	Mason County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	0	4	1	Point Pleasant	Mason County	0.281	37	13
54^th	McDowell County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	0	Welch	McDowell County	0.156	55	1
26^th	Mercer County Schools	PK, KG-12	16	3	5	1	Princeton	Mercer County	0.459	24	2
36^th	Mineral County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	2	3	1	Keyser	Mineral County	0.398	36
27^th	Mingo County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Williamson	Mingo County	0.439	38	11
5^th	Monongalia County Schools	PK, KG-12	10	4	4	1	Morgantown	Monongalia County	0.763	5
28^th	Monroe County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Union	Monroe County	0.438	32	4
33^rd	Morgan County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Berkeley Springs	Morgan County	0.417	28	5
25^th	Nicholas County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	2	3	0	Summersville	Nicholas County	0.465	29	4
1^st	Ohio County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	4	1	0	Wheeling	Ohio County	0.846	2	1
15^th	Pendleton County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Franklin	Pendleton County	0.584	7	8
34^th	Pleasants County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Saint Marys	Pleasants County	0.405	23	11
14^th	Pocahontas County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Buckeye	Pocahontas County	0.593	17	3
35^th	Preston County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	1	1	0	Kingwood	Preston County	0.405	34	1
3^rd	Putnam County Schools	PK, KG-12	14	4	5	0	Winfield	Putnam County	0.802	1	2
13^th	Raleigh County Schools	PK, KG-12	17	5	5	0	Beckley	Raleigh County	0.618	12	1
55^th	Randolph County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	1	3	3	Elkins	Randolph County	0.152	54	1
8^th	Ritchie County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Harrisville	Ritchie County	0.675	8
39^th	Roane County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Roane County	0.386	22	17
53^rd	Summers County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Hinton	Summers County	0.219	52	1
40^th	Taylor County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grafton	Taylor County	0.381	16	24
51^st	Tucker County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Parsons	Tucker County	0.246	42	9
11^th	Tyler County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Middlebourne	Tyler County	0.635	10	1
43^rd	Upshur County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	0	Buckhannon	Upshur County	0.34	50	7
	Virtual Preparatory Academy of West Virginia	K-12	0	0	0	1	Kearneysville	Jefferson County			(n/a)
23^rd	Wayne County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Wayne	Wayne County	0.497	15	8
46^th	Webster County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Webster Springs	Webster County	0.308	45	1
	West Virginia Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Morgantown	Monongalia County			(n/a)
	West Virginia Virtual Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Charleston	Kanawha County			(n/a)
49^th	Wetzel County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	0	5	0	New Martinsville	Wetzel County	0.283	40	9
	WIN Academy at BVCTC	11-12	0	0	1	0	South Charleston	Kanawha County			(n/a)
16^th	Wirt County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Elizabeth	Wirt County	0.568	25	9
	Wisdom Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	0	Morgantown	Monongalia County			(n/a)
6^th	Wood County Schools	PK, KG-12	16	5	5	1	Parkersburg	Wood County	0.726	6
	WV School For The Deaf & Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Romney	Hampshire County			(n/a)
38^th	Wyoming County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Pineville	Wyoming County	0.387	33	5

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the West Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 13, 2025, 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.