Best Public Schools in Zip Code 22939

Zip code 22939 (Fishersville, VA) is served by three schools in the Augusta County Public Schools district, offering a complete K-12 feeder pattern from Wilson Elementary (PK-5) to Wilson Middle (6-8) to Wilson Memorial High (9-12), with a combined enrollment of 2,133 students. The district is ranked 75th out of 131 Virginia districts (43rd percentile) with a 2-star rating, but the three schools show very different performance profiles.

Wilson Memorial High is the academic standout, ranking in the 68th percentile of Virginia high schools (105 out of 331) and improving steadily over three years. It excels in Geometry (95.92% proficient), Earth Science (80% vs. 45% state), and 11th-grade English Reading (92.22%), though its graduation rate (91.4%) falls below the district and state. Wilson Middle is a math acceleration highlight, with 100% of 8th graders proficient in Algebra I and 7th-grade math proficiency 23 points above the state, but reading proficiency lags in every grade and chronic absenteeism (17.8%) exceeds the state average. Wilson Elementary has the best attendance (12.2% chronic absenteeism, below the state) but the lowest academic ranking (22nd percentile) and the highest poverty rate (81.98% free/reduced lunch).

Several findings stand out. Wilson Elementary has the highest poverty rate but the lowest per-pupil spending ($7,959 vs. $8,739 at the middle school), suggesting an inverted resource allocation. The elementary school also saw sharp 5th-grade score drops in math (77.45% to 56.07%) and reading (70.48% to 54.63%) between 2024-25 and 2025-26. Meanwhile, the middle school’s success in advanced math contrasts with weak reading scores, and the high school’s strong SOL performance does not translate to a higher graduation rate. Both middle and high schools report chronic absenteeism at 17.8%, while the elementary school’s rate is lower. Ranking trends are divergent: the high school is rising (61st to 68th percentile), the middle school is stable (42nd to 45th), and the elementary school is falling (40th to 22nd), which may foreshadow future challenges for the upper grades if early literacy gaps are not addressed.