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Best Public Schools in Clay County, WV

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Schools

1,437

Students

Top rankedBig Otter Elementary School75^th of 355 West Virginia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Clay Middle School up 29 spots statewide this year

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2025)							WV Assessment English Language Arts (2025)							WV Assessment Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 11th Grade	WV Assessment Science 5th Grade	WV Assessment Science 8th Grade	WV Assessment Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Clay Middle School	Public	6-8	419 Church Street	Clay	25043	Clay County	Clay County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 587-2343	302	21	14.3		295 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	32.6	121^st of 168 public middle schools	28.0%		19.8	150^th of 169 public middle schools	11.2%	29				31.6	25.4	11.2					33.7	35.2	39.7			27.6		$11,274	$1,670	$9,604
Clay County High School	Public	9-12	1 Panther Drive	Clay	25043	Clay County	Clay County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 587-4226	520	34	15.2		508 (97.7%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	18.3	96^th of 111 public high schools	13.5%		28.6	80^th of 112 public high schools	28.6%	16							10.2							39.7			19.4	$13,685	$1,559	$12,127
Clay Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	219 Church Street	Clay	25043	Clay County	Clay County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 587-4276	431	35	12.3		422 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.6%)	31.9	265^th of 355 public elementary schools	25.4%		41.5	231^st of 368 public elementary schools	37.2%	34	52.9	15.8	31.9					51.4	26.3	48.9					23.4			$13,896	$2,945	$10,951
Big Otter Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	59 Ossia Rd	Duck	25063	Clay County	Clay County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 286-3111	184	14	13.2		176 (95.7%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.7%)	71.4	75^th of 355 public elementary schools	78.9%		71.7	76^th of 368 public elementary schools	79.3%	1	86.1	48.3	50.0					50.0	58.6	58.3					50.0			$12,419	$1,895	$10,524

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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.

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