Best Cities in West Virginia for Schools

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Rank (of 267)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Smithville	1	0	0	0	0	0.997	1
2^nd	Mount Nebo	1	0	0	0	0	0.992	2
3^rd	White Hall	1	0	0	0	0	0.986	3
4^th	Scott Depot	1	0	0	0	1	0.975	6	2
5^th	Pleasant Valley	1	0	0	0	0	0.972	31	26
6^th	Comfort	1	0	0	0	0	0.969	4	2
7^th	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0.961	7
8^th	Culloden	1	0	0	0	1	0.955	15	7
9^th	Hillsboro	1	0	0	1	0	0.944	20	11
10^th	Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0.93	9	1
11^th	Buckeye	0	1	0	0	0	0.911	24	13
12^th	Sandyville	1	0	0	0	0	0.91	8	4
13^th	Mount Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	40	27
14^th	Vienna	3	1	0	0	0	0.905	16	2
15^th	Bridgeport	2	1	1	0	1	0.895	17	2
16^th	Winfield	2	1	1	0	0	0.894	11	5
17^th	Chester	1	0	0	0	0	0.893	32	15
18^th	Brandywine	1	0	0	0	0	0.885	5	13
19^th	West Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.865	23	4
20^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.862	10	10
21^st	Lerona	1	0	0	0	0	0.856	110	89
22^nd	Williamstown	1	0	1	0	1	0.856	13	9
23^rd	Hurricane	5	1	1	0	1	0.856	21	2
24^th	Triadelphia	1	0	0	0	1	0.854	39	15
25^th	Middlebourne	1	0	0	0	1	0.851	74	49
26^th	Accoville	1	0	0	0	0	0.848	53	27
27^th	Nettie	1	0	0	0	0	0.845	36	9
28^th	Ona	1	0	2	0	0	0.845	45	17
29^th	New Cumberland	1	1	2	0	0	0.844	18	11
30^th	Follansbee	2	0	0	0	0	0.837	83	53
31^st	Wheeling	8	4	2	1	8	0.836	35	4
32^nd	Cottageville	1	0	0	0	0	0.831	12	20
33^rd	Morgantown	11	4	3	1	8	0.82	34	1
34^th	Barrackville	1	0	0	0	0	0.819	27	7
35^th	Salt Rock	1	0	0	0	0	0.811	26	9
36^th	Ripley	2	1	1	0	1	0.811	57	21
37^th	Barboursville	4	1	2	0	0	0.805	30	7
38^th	Eleanor	1	1	1	0	0	0.804	25	13
39^th	Maysville	1	0	0	0	0	0.8	28	11
40^th	Davisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.794	19	21
41^st	Duck	1	0	0	0	1	0.789	42	1
42^nd	Mineral Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.786	46	4
43^rd	Frankford	1	0	0	0	0	0.78	37	6
44^th	Shady Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.779	64	20
45^th	Crum	2	1	0	0	0	0.779	29	16
46^th	Tornado	1	0	0	0	0	0.769	52	6
47^th	Ghent	1	0	0	0	0	0.766	43	4
48^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.763	106	58
49^th	Nitro	2	0	1	0	0	0.76	70	21
50^th	Weirton	2	1	2	0	3	0.758	77	27
51^st	Smoot	1	0	0	0	0	0.758	75	24
52^nd	Fairview	2	1	0	0	0	0.756	14	38
53^rd	Big Sandy	1	0	0	0	0	0.755	86	33
54^th	Glen Dale	1	0	1	0	0	0.754	62	8
55^th	Glen Daniel	0	1	1	0	0	0.753	63	8
56^th	Shepherdstown	1	1	0	0	1	0.753	49	7
57^th	Lost Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.75	150	93
58^th	Lesage	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	68	10
59^th	Grantsville	1	0	1	0	0	0.732	41	18
60^th	Milton	1	1	0	0	0	0.731	60
61^st	Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0.73	71	10
62^nd	Harrisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.718	95	33
63^rd	West Union	2	1	1	0	0	0.716	112	49
64^th	Lindside	0	0	2	0	0	0.712	66	2
65^th	Ravenswood	2	1	1	0	1	0.709	44	21
66^th	Glen Fork	1	0	0	0	0	0.708	33	33
67^th	Harpers Ferry	2	1	0	0	0	0.689	97	30
68^th	Lewisburg	1	0	3	0	2	0.679	50	18
69^th	Burlington	1	0	0	1	0	0.676	61	8
70^th	Fayetteville	1	0	0	0	0	0.667	210	140
71^st	Kenova	3	1	0	0	0	0.66	54	17
72^nd	Monongah	1	1	0	0	0	0.65	99	27
73^rd	Parkersburg	11	4	5	1	5	0.649	76	3
74^th	Charles Town	3	1	1	0	0	0.641	85	11
75^th	Ceredo	1	1	0	0	0	0.637	51	24
76^th	New Martinsville	1	0	2	0	0	0.637	98	22
77^th	Poca	1	1	1	0	0	0.634	73	4
78^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	1	0.625	59	19
79^th	Mannington	1	1	0	0	0	0.625	162	83
80^th	Sophia	1	0	1	0	2	0.623	109	29
81^st	Berkeley Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.623	105	24
82^nd	Capon Bridge	1	1	0	0	0	0.618	58	24
83^rd	Beckley	7	2	3	0	2	0.612	101	18
84^th	Marlinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.611	92	8
85^th	Arnoldsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	139	54
86^th	Inwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.604	38	48
87^th	Bruceton Mills	1	0	0	0	0	0.602	80	7
88^th	Fairmont	4	2	3	1	2	0.6	67	21
89^th	Kenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.6	56	33
90^th	Kermit	1	0	0	0	0	0.589	90
91^st	Pineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.589	111	20
92^nd	Princeton	7	2	5	0	1	0.585	96	4
93^rd	Flemington	3	0	0	0	0	0.582	86	7
94^th	Franklin	1	0	1	0	0	0.581	65	29
95^th	Ellenboro	0	1	1	0	1	0.578	94	1
96^th	Danville	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	102	6
97^th	Saint Marys	1	0	2	1	0	0.576	91	6
98^th	Matewan	1	0	0	0	0	0.574	78	20
99^th	Frametown	1	0	0	0	0	0.572	164	65
100^th	Shinnston	1	1	1	0	0	0.57	136	36
101^st	Ridgeley	0	1	1	0	0	0.569	93	8
102^nd	French Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.569	81	21
103^rd	Elizabeth	1	1	1	0	0	0.568	140	37
104^th	Dunmore	0	0	1	0	0	0.568	84	20
105^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.567	194	89
106^th	Cedar Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.566	131	25
107^th	Hedgesville	4	1	1	0	0	0.564	116	9
108^th	Sistersville	1	1	1	0	0	0.564	69	39
109^th	Williamson	3	0	1	0	4	0.56	149	40
110^th	Wellsburg	2	1	1	1	1	0.559	141	31
111^th	Charleston	18	5	4	2	7	0.558	126	15
112^th	Glenville	1	0	1	1	0	0.554	206	94
113^th	Rivesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.548	82	31
114^th	Fairdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.544	118	4
115^th	Elkview	2	1	1	0	1	0.539	125	10
116^th	Roanoke	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	135	19
117^th	Buffalo	1	0	1	0	0	0.536	48	69
118^th	Shenandoah Junction	2	1	1	0	0	0.532	129	11
119^th	Petersburg	1	0	2	0	3	0.532	127	8
120^th	Mabscott	1	0	0	0	1	0.527	211	91
121^st	Cameron	1	0	1	0	0	0.526	201	80
122^nd	New Richmond	0	0	1	0	0	0.523	198	76
123^rd	Junior	1	0	0	0	0	0.518	88	35
124^th	Saint Albans	5	2	1	0	1	0.513	143	19
125^th	Jumping Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.51	122	3
126^th	Sutton	2	1	1	0	0	0.51	121	5
127^th	Farmington	0	0	2	0	0	0.505	47	80
128^th	Coal City	1	1	0	0	0	0.504	113	15
129^th	Pennsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.504	55	74
130^th	Huntington	12	5	5	0	6	0.493	130
131^st	Walton	1	0	0	0	0	0.493	107	24
132^nd	Diamond	1	0	0	0	0	0.487	22	110
133^rd	Rock Cave	1	0	0	0	0	0.479	259	126
134^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.479	160	26
135^th	Blacksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.478	170	35
136^th	Nutter Fort	2	0	0	0	1	0.476	146	10
137^th	Harts	2	0	0	0	0	0.47	171	34
138^th	Gerrardstown	2	1	0	0	0	0.466	184	46
139^th	West Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.462	124	15
140^th	Summersville	3	1	1	0	2	0.461	174	34
141^st	Baker	1	0	1	0	0	0.459	242	101
142^nd	Mullens	1	1	0	0	0	0.458	159	17
143^rd	Sissonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.451	237	94
144^th	South Charleston	3	1	2	0	0	0.446	209	65
145^th	Wayne	1	1	1	0	0	0.439	177	32
146^th	Crawley	1	1	0	0	0	0.438	181	35
147^th	Upperglade	0	0	1	0	0	0.436	193	46
148^th	Man	1	0	1	0	0	0.431	145	3
149^th	Alum Creek	1	0	0	0	1	0.428	168	19
150^th	Bud	1	0	0	0	0	0.426	89	61
151^st	Terra Alta	1	0	0	0	0	0.425	156	5
152^nd	Kingwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.425	134	18
153^rd	East Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0.423	79	74
154^th	Belle	1	1	1	0	0	0.406	226	72
155^th	Matoaka	1	0	0	0	0	0.406	182	27
156^th	Hamlin	1	0	1	0	0	0.405	108	48
157^th	Quinwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	255	98
158^th	Rainelle	1	0	0	0	0	0.397	132	26
159^th	Prichard	1	0	0	0	0	0.394	147	12
160^th	Cyclone	1	0	0	0	0	0.389	166	6
161^st	Romney	1	1	1	4	0	0.389	119	42
162^nd	Moorefield	2	1	1	0	0	0.382	155	7
163^rd	Iaeger	1	0	0	0	0	0.38	244	81
164^th	Chapmanville	4	1	1	0	0	0.377	215	51
165^th	Spencer	1	1	1	0	0	0.377	142	23
166^th	Lavalette	1	0	0	0	0	0.372	128	38
167^th	Seth	0	1	1	0	0	0.371	138	29
168^th	Hico	0	0	1	0	0	0.37	167	1
169^th	Tad	1	0	0	0	0	0.369	120	49
170^th	Gallipolis Ferry	1	0	0	0	0	0.366	200	30
171^st	Dingess	1	0	0	0	0	0.363	263	92
172^nd	Point Pleasant	3	0	3	0	0	0.361	169	3
173^rd	Dunbar	3	1	2	0	0	0.36	245	72
174^th	East Bank	0	1	0	0	0	0.357	246	72
175^th	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	1	0.355	115	60
176^th	Bunker Hill	2	1	0	0	0	0.35	180	4
177^th	Miami	1	0	0	0	0	0.346	253	76
178^th	New Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.341	172	6
179^th	New Haven	1	0	0	0	0	0.338	114	65
180^th	Richwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.335	228	48
181^st	Alderson	1	0	0	0	0	0.33	191	10
182^nd	Ronceverte	1	1	0	0	1	0.315	176	6
183^rd	Bluefield	5	1	1	0	0	0.314	186	3
184^th	Oak Hill	2	1	2	0	2	0.314	192	8
185^th	Gassaway	1	0	0	0	1	0.313	243	58
186^th	Hundred	0	0	1	0	0	0.306	203	17
187^th	Birch River	1	0	0	0	1	0.301		(n/a)
188^th	Moundsville	3	1	1	1	0	0.298	187	1
189^th	Rock Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.296		(n/a)
190^th	Logan	2	1	1	0	0	0.295	214	24
191^st	Left Hand	1	0	0	0	0	0.294	153	38
192^nd	Mason	0	0	1	0	0	0.294	100	92
193^rd	Circleville	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	104	89
194^th	Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0.291	248	54
195^th	Foster	1	0	1	0	0	0.29	137	58
196^th	Martinsburg	12	3	4	1	4	0.29	197	1
197^th	Van	1	0	1	0	0	0.287	165	32
198^th	Buckhannon	5	1	2	0	1	0.287	205	7
199^th	Mallory	1	1	0	0	0	0.286	207	8
200^th	Cross Lanes	1	0	0	0	1	0.285	161	39
201^st	Philippi	1	1	1	0	1	0.284	189	12
202^nd	Charmco	0	0	1	0	0	0.279	151	51
203^rd	Clarksburg	2	3	5	1	4	0.276	208	5
204^th	Jane Lew	1	0	0	0	0	0.268	133	71
205^th	Moatsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.262	258	53
206^th	Green Bank	1	0	0	0	0	0.262	265	59
207^th	Thomas	1	0	0	0	1	0.262	148	59
208^th	Peterstown	1	1	0	0	0	0.261	212	4
209^th	Elkins	4	1	4	1	4	0.259	190	19
210^th	Keyser	2	1	2	2	0	0.258	232	22
211^th	Ansted	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	158	53
212^th	Grafton	1	1	1	1	0	0.247	152	60
213^th	Linn	1	0	0	0	0	0.239	249	36
214^th	Hambleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.235	204	10
215^th	Belmont	1	1	0	0	0	0.234	179	36
216^th	White Sulphur Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.234	188	28
217^th	Arthurdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.232	195	22
218^th	Paden City	1	0	1	0	0	0.23	238	20
219^th	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.228	221	2
220^th	Brenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.225	241	21
221^st	Clay	1	1	1	0	1	0.223	216	5
222^nd	Hanover	1	0	0	0	0	0.219	236	14
223^rd	Flatwoods	1	0	0	0	0	0.217	273	50
224^th	Belington	1	1	0	0	0	0.208	175	49
225^th	Mount Zion	0	0	1	0	0	0.201	252	27
226^th	Fort Gay	1	0	1	0	0	0.2	219	7
227^th	Paw Paw	1	0	1	0	0	0.196	213	14
228^th	McMechen	1	0	0	0	0	0.192	72	156
229^th	Webster Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.189	154	75
230^th	Hinton	1	1	2	0	0	0.18	227	3
231^st	Cowen	1	0	0	0	0	0.172	230	1
232^nd	Delbarton	1	0	1	0	0	0.171	240	8
233^rd	Tunnelton	2	0	0	0	0	0.168	217	16
234^th	Ashton	1	0	1	0	0	0.166	218	16
235^th	Clear Fork	0	0	1	0	0	0.162	223	12
236^th	Lumberport	1	0	0	0	0	0.158	157	79
237^th	Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.153	202	35
238^th	Madison	1	1	1	0	2	0.153	234	4
239^th	Pratt	1	0	0	0	0	0.149	261	22
240^th	Reader	1	0	0	0	0	0.142	144	96
241^st	Leon	1	0	0	0	0	0.141	183	58
242^nd	Spanishburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.138	231	11
243^rd	Smithers	1	0	0	0	0	0.138	256	13
244^th	Oceana	1	1	0	0	1	0.13	220	24
245^th	Holden	1	0	0	0	0	0.121	262	17
246^th	Craigsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.12	224	22
247^th	Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.118	163	84
248^th	Kimball	1	0	0	0	0	0.115	264	16
249^th	Weston	1	1	1	0	1	0.11	260	11
250^th	Griffithsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.109	254	4
251^st	Pine Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.108	229	22
252^nd	Mill Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.104	257	5
253^rd	Whitesville	1	0	0	1	0	0.096	247	6
254^th	Coalton	1	0	0	0	0	0.093	239	15
255^th	Kearneysville	1	0	0	2	2	0.085	250	5
256^th	Verdunville	1	0	0	0	0	0.076	117	139
257^th	Ranson	1	0	0	0	0	0.073	235	22
258^th	Welch	1	0	2	0	0	0.073	269	11
259^th	Bradshaw	1	1	1	0	0	0.062	267	8
260^th	West Hamlin	1	0	0	0	0	0.062	268	8
261^st	Omar	1	0	0	0	0	0.054	233	28
262^nd	Metz	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	199	63
263^rd	Talcott	1	0	0	0	0	0.048	270	7
264^th	Chesapeake	1	0	0	0	0	0.042	173	91
265^th	Branchland	0	1	0	0	0	0.042	275	10
266^th	War	1	0	0	0	0	0.032	251	15
267^th	Beverly	1	0	0	0	1	0	272	5

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