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Best Public Schools in Ohio County, WV

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Schools

5,528

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedSteenrod Elementary School16^th of 355 West Virginia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Elm Grove Elementary School up 75 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Wheeling Middle School 9 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Warwood Middle School and 1 more

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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 (2021)	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 6th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 11th 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 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 English Language Arts All Grades	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
Sherrard Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 Fairmont Pike	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Marshall County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 233-3331	409	34	12.1	40.7%	390 (95.4%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	74.9	30^th of 161 public middle schools	81.4%		70	34^th of 168 public middle schools	79.8%	4				33.0	53.9	56.3		48.6				56.6	54.7	46.7		52.2		37.8		$12,284	$867	$11,417
Hilltop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2 Ram Dr	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Marshall County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 232-8640	401	27	14.7	25.7%	386 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	47.9	182^nd of 355 public elementary schools	48.7%		72	70^th of 355 public elementary schools	80.3%	112	48.3	50.0	49.2					49.2	48.3	58.6	44.3					50.3	26.2			$11,891	$1,090	$10,801
Bethlehem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	22 Chapel Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0350	125	8	15.9	26.5%	115 (92.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.4%)	65.6	94^th of 355 public elementary schools	73.5%		86.1	29^th of 355 public elementary schools	91.8%	65	54.6	70.8	55.0					60.6	40.9	58.3	60.0					53.0	40.0			$11,118	$727	$10,391
Bridge Street Middle School	Public	6-8	19 Junior Ave	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0381	263	24	11.1	42.9%	240 (91.3%)	9 (3.4%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	42.6	96^th of 161 public middle schools	40.4%		60.8	50^th of 168 public middle schools	70.2%	46				24.3	40.2	23.5		29.8				35.7	44.8	49.4		43.8		27.1		$13,172	$1,222	$11,950
Elm Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Mil Acres Dr	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0363	299	29	10.4	61.8%	269 (90.0%)	13 (4.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.7%)	78.4	53^rd of 355 public elementary schools	85.1%		58.9	128^th of 355 public elementary schools	63.9%	75	74.4	43.1	70.0					60.8	59.0	56.9	72.5					62.3	52.5			$15,706	$2,591	$13,115
Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	91 Zane St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0366	231	22	10.5	78.1%	148 (64.1%)	55 (23.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.7%)	74.1	65^th of 355 public elementary schools	81.7%		76.9	56^th of 355 public elementary schools	84.2%	9	64.3	65.7	50.0					60.2	53.6	68.6	66.7					63.4	36.7			$17,985	$2,612	$15,373
Middle Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	579 Middle Creek Rd	Triadelphia	26059	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0369	225	20	11.2	43.1%	203 (90.2%)	3 (1.3%)	7 (3.1%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	85.7	35^th of 355 public elementary schools	90.1%		79.3	52^nd of 355 public elementary schools	85.4%	17	77.8	77.1	79.0					78.0	63.0	71.4	73.7					70.0	31.6			$14,015	$2,753	$11,262
Ritchie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3700 Wood St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0372	289	26	11.1	71.9%	201 (69.6%)	38 (13.1%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (14.9%)	41.7	216^th of 355 public elementary schools	39.2%		87.4	24^th of 355 public elementary schools	93.2%	192	43.2	60.9	53.7					52.7	36.4	41.3	53.7					43.5	17.1			$15,153	$2,719	$12,434
Steenrod Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Clarks Ln	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0356	256	19	13.2	24.4%	230 (89.8%)	8 (3.1%)	4 (1.6%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	92.3	16^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.5%		89.8	17^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.2%	1	77.8	85.7	59.6					72.9	77.8	74.3	74.5					75.4	51.1			$12,301	$668	$11,633
Triadelphia Middle School	Public	6-8	1636 National Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0387	387	34	11.3	40.5%	313 (80.9%)	35 (9.0%)	4 (1.0%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)	85.1	14^th of 161 public middle schools	91.3%		86.4	11^th of 168 public middle schools	93.5%	3				46.4	50.0	50.4		49.0				74.1	56.0	57.1		62.2		37.6		$12,719	$977	$11,742
West Liberty Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	745 Van Meter Way	West Liberty	26074	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 336-7221	124	9	14.4	26.8%	111 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.5%)	81.4	43^rd of 355 public elementary schools	87.9%		79.8	48^th of 355 public elementary schools	86.5%	5	58.3	90.9	61.1					68.3	50.0	63.6	77.8					65.9	50.0			$11,952	$703	$11,249
Wheeling Middle School	Public	6-8	3500 Chapline St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0425	200	22	9.0	61.8%	135 (67.5%)	32 (16.0%)	5 (2.5%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	23 (11.5%)	77.1	21^st of 161 public middle schools	87.0%		64.3	41^st of 168 public middle schools	75.6%	20				44.2	41.5	35.2		40.3				63.5	62.3	70.4		65.4		31.5		$15,677	$2,586	$13,091
Wheeling Park High School	Public	9-12	1976 Park View Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0400	1,427	106	13.4	37.1%	1,207 (84.6%)	89 (6.2%)	29 (2.0%)	21 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	77 (5.4%)	82	16^th of 105 public high schools	84.8%		81.7	16^th of 111 public high schools	85.6%								31.7								53.9				29.4	$12,432	$832	$11,601
Woodsdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Bethany Pike	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0378	405	32	12.6	40.0%	351 (86.7%)	13 (3.2%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.9%)	83.7	38^th of 355 public elementary schools	89.3%		83.2	36^th of 355 public elementary schools	89.9%	2	75.4	68.3	49.2					64.7	63.1	63.3	71.2					65.8	52.5			$12,388	$1,323	$11,065
Warwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 Richland Ave	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(304) 243-0375	304	22	13.9		274 (90.1%)	10 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	47.9	183^rd of 355 public elementary schools	48.5%					(n/a)	37.2	40.8	48.9					42.3	35.7	53.1	64.4					51.5	40.0			$11,265	$1,296	$9,969
Warwood Middle School	Public	6-8	150 Viking Drive	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(304) 243-0394	183	19	9.6		164 (89.6%)	5 (2.7%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.6%)	57.4	56^th of 161 public middle schools	65.2%					(n/a)				30.4	41.5	33.9		35.8				54.4	47.7	48.4		49.7		27.4		$13,070	$1,362	$11,708

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.