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Best Elementary Schools in Jackson County, WV

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At a glance

Schools

1,920

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedFairplain Elementary School3^rd of 355 West Virginia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Kenna Elementary School up 54 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Ravenswood Grade School 12 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2026)				WV Assessment English Language Arts (2026)				WV Assessment Science (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics All Grades	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 All Grades	WV Assessment Science 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Cottageville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	270 2nd St	Cottageville	25239	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 372-7330	161	12	13.0		157 (97.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.6%)	90.2	21^st of 355 public elementary schools	94.1%		75.8	60^th of 355 public elementary schools	83.1%	39	79.2	77.3	83.3	80.0	58.3	86.4	66.7	70.0	45.8	$13,212	$2,682	$10,529
Evans Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Schoolhouse Dr	Evans	25241	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 372-7333	147	11	13.6		143 (97.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	86	33^rd of 355 public elementary schools	90.7%		87.1	25^th of 355 public elementary schools	93.0%	8	90.0	87.0	68.8	83.1	65.0	82.6	87.5	78.0	25.0	$13,726	$1,633	$12,092
Fairplain Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	51 Panther Dr	Ripley	25271	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 372-7340	152	11	14.4		147 (96.7%)	2 (1.3%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	96.8	3^rd of 355 public elementary schools	99.2%		91.9	12^th of 355 public elementary schools	96.6%	9	94.7	75.0	87.0	86.2	79.0	81.3	87.0	82.8	52.2	$13,713	$2,146	$11,567
Gilmore Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	7412 Parkersburg Rd	Sandyville	25275	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 273-3511	155	11	13.6		147 (94.8%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (3.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.9%)	89.9	22^nd of 355 public elementary schools	93.8%		84.9	32^nd of 355 public elementary schools	91.0%	10	81.8	75.0	82.6	80.0	54.6	60.0	73.9	63.1	69.6	$12,870	$1,455	$11,416
Kenna Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	275 Business Park Dr	Kenna	25248	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 372-2262	225	17	13.0		219 (97.3%)	2 (0.9%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	67	88^th of 355 public elementary schools	75.2%		56.9	142^nd of 355 public elementary schools	60.0%	54	63.2	62.9	48.5	58.2	33.7	68.6	63.6	58.2	42.4	$12,926	$1,954	$10,972
Henry J Kaiser Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-2	803 Kaiser Ave	Ravenswood	26164	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 273-2692	294	22	13.3		263 (89.5%)	6 (2.0%)	11 (3.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (4.8%)								(n/a)										$12,739	$2,581	$10,158
Ravenswood Grade School	Public	3-5	1 Grade School Rd	Ravenswood	26164	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 273-5391	216	18	12.0		210 (97.2%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	60.7	121^st of 355 public elementary schools	65.9%		63.5	107^th of 355 public elementary schools	69.9%	14	45.6	53.5	53.3	50.8	45.6	46.5	71.7	53.8	48.3	$12,519	$2,725	$9,794
Ripley Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	404 2nd Ave	Ripley	25271	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 372-7345	570	40	14.0		539 (94.6%)	2 (0.4%)	11 (1.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	17 (3.0%)	63.6	106^th of 355 public elementary schools	70.1%		59.2	126^th of 355 public elementary schools	64.5%	20	60.7	50.5	53.6	54.8	53.9	47.3	60.8	54.1	42.3	$12,359	$2,410	$9,948

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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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