Best Cities in West Virginia for Schools

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Rank (of 265)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
1^st	Smithville	1	0	0	0	0	0.997	1
2^nd	Hometown	1	0	0	0	0	0.983		(n/a)
3^rd	Pleasant Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.969	5	2
4^th	Brandywine	1	0	0	0	0	0.966	18	14
5^th	Mount Nebo	1	0	0	0	0	0.963	2	3
6^th	Salt Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.961	35	29
7^th	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.949	3	4
8^th	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.941	32	24
9^th	Sandyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.938	12	3
10^th	Duck	1	0	0	0	1	0.932	41	31
11^th	Comfort	1	0	0	0	0	0.93	6	5
12^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.921	17	5
13^th	Hillsboro	1	0	0	1	0	0.915	9	4
14^th	Scott Depot	1	0	0	0	1	0.91	4	10
15^th	Williamstown	1	0	1	0	1	0.908	22	7
16^th	Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	10	6
17^th	Winfield	2	1	1	0	0	0.906	16	1
18^th	Culloden	1	0	0	0	1	0.904	8	10
19^th	Triadelphia	1	0	0	0	1	0.901	24	5
20^th	Mount Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.899	13	7
21^st	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0.885	7	14
22^nd	New Cumberland	1	1	2	0	0	0.883	29	7
23^rd	West Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.879	19	4
24^th	Crum	2	1	0	0	0	0.878	45	21
25^th	Vienna	3	1	0	0	0	0.87	14	11
26^th	Hurricane	5	1	1	0	1	0.868	23	3
27^th	Middlebourne	1	0	0	0	0	0.865	25	2
28^th	Follansbee	2	0	0	0	0	0.862	30	2
29^th	Nitro	2	0	1	0	0	0.86	49	20
30^th	Nettie	1	0	0	0	0	0.845	27	3
31^st	Buckeye	0	1	0	0	0	0.845	11	20
32^nd	Ravenswood	2	1	1	0	1	0.836	65	33
33^rd	Glen Dale	1	0	1	0	0	0.832	54	21
34^th	Morgantown	11	4	3	2	8	0.825	33	1
35^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.823	20	15
36^th	Ripley	2	1	1	0	1	0.812	36
37^th	Davisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.808	40	3
38^th	Barboursville	4	1	2	0	0	0.802	37	1
39^th	Ghent	1	0	0	0	0	0.8	47	8
40^th	Bridgeport	2	1	1	0	1	0.793	15	25
41^st	Tornado	1	0	0	0	0	0.786	46	5
42^nd	Shepherdstown	1	1	0	0	2	0.784	56	14
43^rd	Cedar Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	106	63
44^th	Grantsville	1	0	1	0	0	0.775	59	15
45^th	Shady Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.774	44	1
46^th	Lesage	1	0	0	0	0	0.772	58	12
47^th	Eleanor	1	1	1	0	0	0.771	38	9
48^th	Glen Daniel	0	1	1	0	0	0.76	55	7
49^th	Kenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.752	89	40
50^th	Circleville	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	193	143
51^st	Inwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.743	86	35
52^nd	Ona	1	0	2	0	0	0.741	28	24
53^rd	Lerona	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	21	32
54^th	Milton	1	1	0	0	0	0.74	60	6
55^th	Bruceton Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.738	87	32
56^th	Frametown	1	0	0	0	0	0.727	99	43
57^th	Wheeling	8	5	2	1	9	0.722	31	26
58^th	Saint Marys	1	0	2	1	0	0.709	97	39
59^th	Capon Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.709	82	23
60^th	Fairview	2	1	0	0	0	0.702	52	8
61^st	Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	61
62^nd	Charles Town	3	1	1	1	0	0.688	74	12
63^rd	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.685	48	15
64^th	Weirton	2	1	1	1	3	0.684	50	14
65^th	Rock Cave	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	133	68
66^th	Burlington	1	0	0	1	0	0.679	69	3
67^th	Barrackville	1	0	0	0	0	0.678	34	33
68^th	Poca	1	1	1	0	0	0.677	77	9
69^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	1	0.676	78	9
70^th	French Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	102	32
71^st	Dunmore	0	0	1	0	0	0.667	104	33
72^nd	Kermit	1	0	0	0	0	0.663	90	18
73^rd	Glen Fork	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	66	7
74^th	Maysville	1	0	0	0	0	0.654	39	35
75^th	Smoot	1	0	0	0	0	0.648	51	24
76^th	Fayetteville	1	0	0	0	0	0.645	70	6
77^th	Marlinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	84	7
78^th	Lewisburg	1	0	2	1	2	0.632	68	10
79^th	Lost Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.629	57	22
80^th	Fairmont	4	2	3	1	2	0.627	88	8
81^st	Accoville	1	0	0	0	0	0.625	26	55
82^nd	Beckley	7	2	3	0	2	0.625	83	1
83^rd	West Union	2	1	1	0	0	0.617	63	20
84^th	Kenova	3	1	0	0	0	0.617	71	13
85^th	New Martinsville	1	0	2	0	0	0.617	76	9
86^th	Shinnston	1	1	1	0	0	0.617	100	14
87^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.616	105	18
88^th	Harrisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.614	62	26
89^th	Alum Creek	1	0	0	0	1	0.611	149	60
90^th	Roanoke	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	116	26
91^st	Williamson	3	0	1	0	4	0.601	109	18
92^nd	Harpers Ferry	2	1	0	0	0	0.593	67	25
93^rd	Rivesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	113	20
94^th	Fairdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	114	20
95^th	Berkeley Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.58	81	14
96^th	Jumping Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	125	29
97^th	Parkersburg	10	4	5	2	8	0.577	73	24
98^th	Charleston	17	5	4	2	7	0.575	111	13
99^th	Sistersville	1	1	1	0	0	0.572	108	9
100^th	Charmco	0	0	1	0	0	0.571	202	102
101^st	Elkview	2	1	1	0	1	0.57	115	14
102^nd	Hedgesville	4	1	1	0	0	0.555	107	5
103^rd	Jane Lew	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	204	101
104^th	New Haven	1	0	0	0	0	0.544	179	75
105^th	Ridgeley	1	1	1	0	0	0.54	101	4
106^th	Saint Albans	4	2	1	0	2	0.539	124	18
107^th	Ansted	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	211	104
108^th	Sutton	2	1	1	0	0	0.535	126	18
109^th	Frankford	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	43	66
110^th	Kingwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.527	152	42
111^th	Mineral Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.527	42	69
112^th	Slanesville	1	0	0	0	1	0.524		(n/a)
113^th	East Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	153	40
114^th	Wellsburg	2	1	1	1	0	0.52	110	4
115^th	Shenandoah Junction	2	1	1	0	0	0.519	118	3
116^th	Huntington	12	5	4	1	6	0.518	130	14
117^th	Monongah	1	1	0	0	0	0.516	72	45
118^th	Princeton	6	2	5	1	1	0.516	92	26
119^th	Mullens	1	1	0	0	0	0.514	142	23
120^th	Sophia	1	0	1	0	2	0.51	80	40
121^st	Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.507	134	13
122^nd	White Sulphur Springs	1	0	0	0	1	0.504	216	94
123^rd	Diamond	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	132	9
124^th	Glenville	1	0	1	1	0	0.5	112	12
125^th	Matewan	1	0	0	0	0	0.498	98	27
126^th	Bunker Hill	2	1	0	0	0	0.497	176	50
127^th	Augusta	1	0	0	1	0	0.496		(n/a)
128^th	Franklin	1	0	1	0	0	0.495	94	34
129^th	Buffalo	1	0	1	0	0	0.495	117	12
130^th	Hamlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.49	156	26
131^st	Arnoldsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.49	85	46
132^nd	Crawley	1	1	0	0	0	0.489	146	14
133^rd	Mason	0	0	1	0	0	0.482	192	59
134^th	Dingess	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	171	37
135^th	Flemington	3	0	0	0	0	0.469	93	42
136^th	Man	1	0	1	0	0	0.468	148	12
137^th	Coal City	1	1	0	0	0	0.466	128	9
138^th	Seth	0	1	1	0	0	0.466	167	29
139^th	Mannington	1	1	0	0	0	0.45	79	60
140^th	McMechen	1	0	0	0	0	0.445	228	88
141^st	Cameron	1	0	1	0	0	0.444	121	20
142^nd	Pineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.435	91	51
143^rd	Summersville	3	1	1	0	2	0.428	140	3
144^th	South Charleston	3	1	2	0	2	0.426	144
145^th	Point Pleasant	3	0	2	1	0	0.423	172	27
146^th	Quinwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.423	157	11
147^th	Hico	0	0	1	0	0	0.42	168	21
148^th	Wayne	1	1	1	0	0	0.415	145	3
149^th	Elizabeth	1	1	1	0	0	0.414	103	46
150^th	Rainelle	1	0	0	0	0	0.414	158	8
151^st	Hanover	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	222	71
152^nd	Cyclone	1	0	0	0	0	0.411	160	8
153^rd	Clear Fork	0	0	1	0	0	0.41	235	82
154^th	Gerrardstown	2	1	0	0	0	0.403	138	16
155^th	Junior	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	123	32
156^th	Pennsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.4	129	27
157^th	Harts	2	0	0	0	0	0.395	137	20
158^th	Green Bank	1	0	0	0	0	0.395	206	48
159^th	New Richmond	0	0	1	0	0	0.39	122	37
160^th	Metz	1	0	0	0	0	0.383	262	102
161^st	Romney	1	1	1	4	0	0.378	161
162^nd	Paw Paw	1	0	1	0	0	0.376	227	65
163^rd	Blacksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.376	135	28
164^th	Elkins	4	1	3	2	4	0.374	209	45
165^th	Ellenboro	0	1	1	0	1	0.372	95	70
166^th	Clay	1	1	1	0	1	0.372	221	55
167^th	Farmington	0	0	2	0	0	0.371	127	40
168^th	Oak Hill	2	1	2	0	2	0.369	184	16
169^th	Craigsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.363	246	77
170^th	Bud	1	0	0	0	0	0.361	150	20
171^st	Clarksburg	3	2	3	4	4	0.36	203	32
172^nd	Alderson	1	0	0	0	0	0.358	181	9
173^rd	Moorefield	2	1	1	0	0	0.357	162	11
174^th	Buckhannon	5	1	2	0	1	0.355	198	24
175^th	Miami	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	177	2
176^th	Terra Alta	1	0	0	0	1	0.348	151	25
177^th	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	1	0.335	175	2
178^th	Petersburg	1	0	2	0	3	0.333	119	59
179^th	Matoaka	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	155	24
180^th	Baker	1	0	1	0	0	0.325	141	39
181^st	West Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	139	42
182^nd	Moundsville	3	1	0	2	0	0.319	188	6
183^rd	Belmont	1	1	0	0	0	0.314	215	32
184^th	Spencer	1	1	1	0	1	0.314	165	19
185^th	Gallipolis Ferry	1	0	0	0	0	0.313	170	15
186^th	Brenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.31	220	34
187^th	Keyser	2	1	2	2	0	0.308	210	23
188^th	Cowen	1	0	0	0	0	0.304	231	43
189^th	Dunbar	2	1	2	0	0	0.303	173	16
190^th	Logan	2	1	1	0	0	0.3	190
191^st	Belington	1	1	0	0	0	0.3	224	33
192^nd	Nutter Fort	2	0	0	0	1	0.299	136	56
193^rd	Leon	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	241	48
194^th	Ronceverte	1	1	0	0	1	0.293	182	12
195^th	Cross Lanes	1	0	0	0	1	0.29	200	5
196^th	Tunnelton	2	0	0	0	0	0.29	233	37
197^th	Ceredo	1	1	0	0	0	0.286	75	122
198^th	Lavalette	1	0	0	0	0	0.285	166	32
199^th	Grafton	1	1	1	1	0	0.284	212	13
200^th	Martinsburg	12	3	4	2	5	0.284	196	4
201^st	Talcott	1	0	0	0	0	0.282	263	62
202^nd	Chapmanville	4	1	1	0	0	0.268	164	38
203^rd	Reader	1	0	0	0	0	0.264	240	37
204^th	Van	1	0	1	0	0	0.264	197	7
205^th	Iaeger	1	0	0	0	0	0.259	163	42
206^th	Tad	1	0	0	0	0	0.256	169	37
207^th	Fort Gay	1	0	1	0	0	0.255	226	19
208^th	Thomas	1	0	0	0	1	0.253	207	1
209^th	Spanishburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	242	33
210^th	Hambleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.246	214	4
211^th	Rock Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.245	189	22
212^th	Belle	1	1	1	0	0	0.243	154	58
213^th	Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0.237	194	19
214^th	Gassaway	1	0	0	0	1	0.234	185	29
215^th	Sissonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.228	143	72
216^th	Bluefield	5	1	1	0	1	0.228	183	33
217^th	Left Hand	1	0	0	0	0	0.227	191	26
218^th	Walton	1	0	0	0	0	0.226	131	87
219^th	Ashton	1	0	1	0	0	0.212	234	15
220^th	Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.212	237	17
221^st	Webster Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.206	229	8
222^nd	Paden City	1	0	1	0	0	0.2	218	4
223^rd	Artie	1	0	0	0	0	0.197		(n/a)
224^th	Mabscott	1	0	0	0	1	0.194	120	104
225^th	Peterstown	1	1	0	0	0	0.191	208	17
226^th	Linn	1	0	0	0	0	0.189	213	13
227^th	Mallory	1	1	0	0	0	0.183	199	28
228^th	Prichard	1	0	0	0	0	0.183	159	69
229^th	Flatwoods	1	0	0	0	0	0.163	223	6
230^th	Bradshaw	1	1	1	0	0	0.163	259	29
231^st	Lindside	0	0	1	0	0	0.162	64	167
232^nd	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	219	13
233^rd	Oceana	1	1	0	0	1	0.157	244	11
234^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	2	0.155	238	4
235^th	Philippi	1	1	1	0	1	0.155	201	34
236^th	Delbarton	1	0	1	0	0	0.149	232	4
237^th	Hinton	1	1	2	0	0	0.136	230	7
238^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0	0.118	96	142
239^th	Foster	1	0	1	0	0	0.113	195	44
240^th	Kearneysville	2	0	0	0	2	0.107	255	15
241^st	Weston	1	1	1	0	1	0.104	249	8
242^nd	Smithers	1	0	0	0	0	0.104	243	1
243^rd	Pratt	1	0	0	0	0	0.101	239	4
244^th	Moatsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.094	205	39
245^th	Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.09	247	2
246^th	Mount Zion	0	0	1	0	0	0.087	225	21
247^th	Elk Garden	1	0	0	0	0	0.087		(n/a)
248^th	Griffithsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.083	250	2
249^th	Ranson	1	0	0	0	0	0.082	257	8
250^th	Welch	1	0	2	0	0	0.079	258	8
251^st	Upperglade	0	0	1	0	0	0.076	147	104
252^nd	Arthurdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.064	217	35
253^rd	Chesapeake	1	0	0	0	0	0.054	264	11
254^th	Lumberport	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	236	18
255^th	Richwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.042	180	75
256^th	Mill Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.039	252	4
257^th	New Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.031	178	79
258^th	Branchland	0	1	0	0	0	0.025	265	7
259^th	War	1	0	0	0	0	0.02	266	7
260^th	West Hamlin	1	0	0	0	0	0.02	260
261^st	Beverly	1	0	0	0	1	0.017	267	6
262^nd	Whitesville	1	0	0	1	0	0.014	253	9
263^rd	Coalton	1	0	0	0	0	0.006	254	9
264^th	Holden	1	0	0	0	0	0.003	245	19
265^th	Omar	1	0	0	0	0	0	261	4

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