Best Cities in West Virginia for Schools

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SchoolDigger updates West Virginia rankings as soon as the West Virginia Department of Education releases new test scores each year. The current rankings are based on scores released Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

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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	Winfield	2	1	1	0	0	0.909	16	1
16^th	Evans	1	0	0	0	0	0.907	10	6
17^th	Culloden	1	0	0	0	1	0.904	8	9
18^th	Triadelphia	1	0	0	0	1	0.901	24	6
19^th	Mount Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.899	13	6
20^th	New Cumberland	1	1	2	0	0	0.887	29	9
21^st	Athens	1	0	0	0	0	0.885	7	14
22^nd	West Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.879	19	3
23^rd	Crum	2	1	0	0	0	0.878	45	22
24^th	Williamstown	1	0	1	0	1	0.877	22	2
25^th	Vienna	3	1	0	0	0	0.87	14	11
26^th	Hurricane	5	1	1	0	1	0.869	23	3
27^th	Nitro	2	0	1	0	0	0.865	49	22
28^th	Middlebourne	1	0	0	0	0	0.865	25	3
29^th	Follansbee	2	0	0	0	0	0.862	30	1
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	0.84	65	33
33^rd	Glen Dale	1	0	1	0	0	0.837	54	21
34^th	Morgantown	12	4	3	2	8	0.827	33	1
35^th	Liberty	1	0	0	0	0	0.823	20	15
36^th	Ripley	2	1	1	0	1	0.815	36
37^th	Davisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.808	40	3
38^th	Barboursville	4	1	3	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	Shady Spring	1	1	1	0	0	0.778	44	1
44^th	Cedar Grove	1	0	0	0	0	0.777	106	62
45^th	Glen Daniel	0	1	1	0	0	0.777	55	10
46^th	Grantsville	1	0	1	0	0	0.775	59	13
47^th	Lesage	1	0	0	0	0	0.772	58	11
48^th	Eleanor	1	1	1	0	0	0.771	38	10
49^th	Inwood	1	0	1	0	0	0.757	86	37
50^th	Kenna	1	0	0	0	0	0.752	89	39
51^st	Ona	1	0	2	0	0	0.747	28	23
52^nd	Circleville	1	0	0	0	0	0.746	193	141
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	0.723	31	26
58^th	Saint Marys	1	0	2	1	0	0.715	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	Weirton	2	1	1	1	3	0.694	50	11
62^nd	Dunmore	0	0	1	0	0	0.692	104	42
63^rd	Charles Town	3	1	1	1	0	0.691	74	11
64^th	Daniels	1	0	0	0	0	0.69	61	3
65^th	Poca	1	1	1	0	0	0.69	77	12
66^th	Ashford	1	0	0	0	0	0.685	48	18
67^th	Rock Cave	1	0	0	0	0	0.682	133	66
68^th	Burlington	1	0	0	1	0	0.679	69	1
69^th	Barrackville	1	0	0	0	0	0.678	34	35
70^th	Salem	1	0	0	0	1	0.676	78	8
71^st	French Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.668	102	31
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	Franklin	1	0	1	0	0	0.648	94	19
76^th	Smoot	1	0	0	0	0	0.648	51	25
77^th	Fayetteville	1	0	0	0	0	0.645	70	7
78^th	Lost Creek	1	1	1	0	0	0.642	57	21
79^th	Lewisburg	1	0	2	1	2	0.638	68	11
80^th	Marlinton	1	0	0	0	0	0.637	84	4
81^st	West Union	2	1	1	0	0	0.636	63	18
82^nd	Shinnston	1	1	1	0	0	0.636	100	18
83^rd	Fairmont	4	2	3	1	2	0.63	88	5
84^th	Beckley	7	2	3	0	2	0.628	83	1
85^th	New Martinsville	1	0	2	0	0	0.626	76	9
86^th	Accoville	1	0	0	0	0	0.625	26	60
87^th	Kenova	3	1	0	0	0	0.617	71	16
88^th	Aurora	1	0	0	0	0	0.616	105	17
89^th	Harrisville	1	0	0	0	0	0.614	62	27
90^th	Alum Creek	1	0	0	0	1	0.611	149	59
91^st	Williamson	3	0	1	0	4	0.606	109	18
92^nd	Roanoke	1	0	0	0	0	0.606	116	24
93^rd	Berkeley Springs	2	1	1	0	0	0.599	81	12
94^th	Charmco	0	0	1	0	0	0.598	202	108
95^th	Harpers Ferry	2	1	0	0	0	0.593	67	28
96^th	Rivesville	1	0	0	0	0	0.592	113	17
97^th	Sistersville	1	1	1	0	0	0.592	108	11
98^th	Fairdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.58	114	16
99^th	Charleston	17	5	4	2	7	0.578	111	12
100^th	Parkersburg	9	3	5	2	8	0.578	73	27
101^st	Jumping Branch	1	0	0	0	0	0.577	125	24
102^nd	Elkview	2	1	1	0	1	0.573	115	13
103^rd	Paw Paw	1	0	1	0	0	0.572	227	124
104^th	Man	1	0	1	0	0	0.561	148	44
105^th	Hedgesville	4	1	1	0	0	0.559	107	2
106^th	Cameron	1	0	1	0	0	0.556	121	15
107^th	Kingwood	1	1	1	0	0	0.55	152	45
108^th	Jane Lew	1	0	0	0	0	0.549	204	96
109^th	Ridgeley	1	1	1	0	0	0.545	101	8
110^th	New Haven	1	0	0	0	0	0.544	179	69
111^th	Wellsburg	2	1	1	1	0	0.543	110	1
112^th	Saint Albans	4	1	1	0	2	0.541	124	12
113^th	Sophia	1	0	1	0	2	0.539	80	33
114^th	Sutton	2	1	1	0	0	0.538	126	12
115^th	Ansted	1	0	0	0	0	0.538	211	96
116^th	Seth	0	1	1	0	0	0.535	167	51
117^th	Frankford	1	0	0	0	0	0.53	43	74
118^th	Mineral Wells	1	0	0	0	0	0.527	42	76
119^th	Slanesville	1	0	0	0	1	0.524		(n/a)
120^th	Shenandoah Junction	2	1	1	0	0	0.523	118	2
121^st	East Lynn	1	0	0	0	0	0.521	153	32
122^nd	Huntington	12	5	3	1	6	0.521	130	8
123^rd	Princeton	6	2	5	1	1	0.52	92	31
124^th	Monongah	1	1	0	0	0	0.516	72	52
125^th	Mullens	1	1	0	0	0	0.514	142	17
126^th	Buffalo	1	0	1	0	0	0.512	117	9
127^th	Union	1	0	0	0	0	0.507	134	7
128^th	White Sulphur Springs	1	0	0	0	1	0.504	216	88
129^th	Diamond	1	0	0	0	0	0.501	132	3
130^th	Matewan	1	0	0	0	0	0.498	98	32
131^st	Mason	0	0	1	0	0	0.497	192	61
132^nd	Bunker Hill	0	1	0	0	0	0.497	176	44
133^rd	Augusta	1	0	0	1	0	0.496		(n/a)
134^th	Arnoldsburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.49	85	49
135^th	Crawley	1	1	0	0	0	0.489	146	11
136^th	Petersburg	1	0	2	0	3	0.475	119	17
137^th	Dingess	1	0	0	0	0	0.47	171	34
138^th	Flemington	3	0	0	0	0	0.469	93	45
139^th	Clear Fork	0	0	1	0	0	0.467	235	96
140^th	Coal City	1	1	0	0	0	0.466	128	12
141^st	Mannington	1	1	0	0	0	0.45	79	62
142^nd	Blacksville	1	0	1	0	0	0.449	135	7
143^rd	New Richmond	0	0	1	0	0	0.449	122	21
144^th	Elizabeth	1	1	1	0	0	0.447	103	41
145^th	McMechen	1	0	0	0	0	0.445	228	83
146^th	Ellenboro	0	1	1	0	1	0.441	95	51
147^th	Pineville	1	1	1	0	0	0.435	91	56
148^th	Summersville	3	1	1	0	2	0.433	140	8
149^th	South Charleston	3	1	2	0	2	0.431	144	5
150^th	Farmington	0	0	2	0	0	0.43	127	23
151^st	Wayne	1	1	1	0	0	0.424	145	6
152^nd	Quinwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.423	157	5
153^rd	Glenville	1	0	1	1	0	0.422	112	41
154^th	Rainelle	1	0	0	0	0	0.414	158	4
155^th	Hanover	1	0	0	0	0	0.413	222	67
156^th	Cyclone	1	0	0	0	0	0.411	160	4
157^th	Point Pleasant	3	0	2	1	0	0.405	172	15
158^th	Moorefield	2	1	1	0	0	0.403	162	4
159^th	Gerrardstown	2	1	0	0	0	0.403	138	21
160^th	Junior	1	0	0	0	0	0.403	123	37
161^st	Pennsboro	1	0	0	0	0	0.4	129	32
162^nd	Romney	1	1	1	4	0	0.398	161	1
163^rd	Harts	2	0	0	0	0	0.395	137	26
164^th	Green Bank	1	0	0	0	0	0.395	206	42
165^th	Elkins	4	1	3	2	4	0.384	209	44
166^th	Hundred	1	0	0	0	0	0.383	186	20
167^th	Oak Hill	2	1	2	0	2	0.381	184	17
168^th	Clay	1	1	1	0	1	0.38	221	53
169^th	Craigsville	2	1	2	0	0	0.372	246	77
170^th	Buckhannon	5	1	2	0	1	0.369	198	28
171^st	Clarksburg	3	1	2	4	4	0.365	203	32
172^nd	Bud	1	0	0	0	0	0.361	150	22
173^rd	Alderson	1	0	0	0	0	0.358	181	8
174^th	Miami	1	0	0	0	0	0.352	177	3
175^th	Terra Alta	1	0	0	0	1	0.348	151	24
176^th	Van	1	0	1	0	0	0.343	197	21
177^th	Hamlin	2	0	1	0	0	0.341	156	21
178^th	Hico	0	0	1	0	0	0.335	168	10
179^th	Mount Hope	1	0	0	0	1	0.335	175	4
180^th	Matoaka	1	0	0	0	0	0.332	155	25
181^st	Keyser	2	1	2	2	0	0.325	210	29
182^nd	Spencer	1	1	1	0	1	0.322	165	17
183^rd	West Milford	1	0	0	0	0	0.321	139	44
184^th	Moundsville	3	1	0	2	0	0.319	188	4
185^th	Logan	2	1	1	0	0	0.317	190	5
186^th	Belmont	1	1	0	0	0	0.314	215	29
187^th	Gallipolis Ferry	1	0	0	0	0	0.313	170	17
188^th	Chapmanville	4	1	1	0	0	0.31	164	24
189^th	Brenton	1	0	0	0	0	0.31	220	31
190^th	Cowen	1	0	0	0	0	0.304	231	41
191^st	Dunbar	2	1	2	0	0	0.303	173	18
192^nd	Belington	1	1	0	0	0	0.3	224	32
193^rd	Martinsburg	11	3	4	2	5	0.299	196	3
194^th	Nutter Fort	2	0	0	0	1	0.299	136	58
195^th	Grafton	1	1	1	1	0	0.294	212	17
196^th	Leon	1	0	0	0	0	0.293	241	45
197^th	Ronceverte	1	1	0	0	1	0.293	182	15
198^th	Hambleton	1	0	1	0	0	0.292	214	16
199^th	Cross Lanes	1	0	0	0	1	0.29	200	1
200^th	Lindside	0	0	1	0	0	0.29	64	136
201^st	Tunnelton	1	0	0	0	0	0.29	233	32
202^nd	Belle	1	1	1	0	0	0.289	154	48
203^rd	Ceredo	1	1	0	0	0	0.286	75	128
204^th	Lavalette	1	0	0	0	0	0.285	166	38
205^th	Talcott	1	0	0	0	0	0.282	263	58
206^th	Fort Gay	1	0	1	0	0	0.282	226	20
207^th	Reader	1	0	0	0	0	0.264	240	33
208^th	Iaeger	1	0	0	0	0	0.259	163	45
209^th	Tad	1	0	0	0	0	0.256	169	40
210^th	Thomas	1	0	0	0	1	0.253	207	3
211^th	Spanishburg	1	0	0	0	0	0.248	242	31
212^th	Bluefield	4	1	1	0	1	0.245	183	29
213^th	Rock Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.245	189	24
214^th	Pine Grove	0	0	1	0	0	0.243	251	37
215^th	Gilbert	1	0	0	0	0	0.237	194	21
216^th	Gassaway	1	0	0	0	1	0.234	185	31
217^th	Rock	1	0	1	0	0	0.232	237	20
218^th	Sissonville	1	0	0	0	0	0.228	143	75
219^th	Left Hand	1	0	0	0	0	0.227	191	28
220^th	Walton	1	0	0	0	0	0.226	131	89
221^st	Webster Springs	1	0	0	0	0	0.206	229	8
222^nd	Madison	1	1	1	0	2	0.201	238	16
223^rd	Paden City	1	0	0	0	0	0.2	218	5
224^th	Artie	1	0	0	0	0	0.197		(n/a)
225^th	Delbarton	1	0	1	0	0	0.195	232	7
226^th	Mabscott	1	0	0	0	1	0.194	120	106
227^th	Ashton	1	0	1	0	0	0.194	234	7
228^th	Peterstown	1	1	0	0	0	0.191	208	20
229^th	Linn	1	0	0	0	0	0.189	213	16
230^th	Mallory	1	1	0	0	0	0.183	199	31
231^st	Prichard	1	0	0	0	0	0.183	159	72
232^nd	Bradshaw	1	1	1	0	0	0.182	259	27
233^rd	Philippi	1	1	1	0	1	0.178	201	32
234^th	Flatwoods	1	0	0	0	0	0.163	223	11
235^th	Burnsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.161	219	16
236^th	Oceana	1	1	0	0	1	0.157	244	8
237^th	Weston	1	1	1	0	1	0.15	249	12
238^th	Welch	1	0	2	0	0	0.149	258	20
239^th	Baker	1	0	1	0	0	0.144	141	98
240^th	Mount Zion	0	0	1	0	0	0.137	225	15
241^st	Upperglade	0	0	1	0	0	0.124	147	94
242^nd	Danville	1	0	0	0	0	0.118	96	146
243^rd	Foster	1	0	1	0	0	0.113	195	48
244^th	Kearneysville	2	0	0	0	2	0.107	255	11
245^th	Smithers	1	0	0	0	0	0.104	243	2
246^th	Pratt	1	0	0	0	0	0.101	239	7
247^th	Moatsville	1	0	0	0	0	0.094	205	42
248^th	Lookout	1	0	0	0	0	0.09	247	1
249^th	Elk Garden	1	0	0	0	0	0.087		(n/a)
250^th	Ranson	1	0	0	0	0	0.082	257	7
251^st	Arthurdale	1	0	0	0	0	0.064	217	34
252^nd	Chesapeake	1	0	0	0	0	0.054	264	12
253^rd	Lumberport	1	0	0	0	0	0.051	236	17
254^th	Mill Creek	1	0	1	0	0	0.05	252	2
255^th	Richwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.042	180	75
256^th	Hinton	1	1	2	0	0	0.041	230	26
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	2	0	0	0	0	0	261	4

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