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Schools in Ritchie County, WV

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Schools

1,135

Students

5-star school

Top rankedSmithville Elementary1^st of 355 West Virginia elementary schools

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Smallest classes

Ritchie County Middle 10 students per teacher

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (private or 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 (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	WV Assessment Science All Grades	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Ritchie County Middle	Public	5-8	201 Ritchie County School Rd	Ellenboro	26346	Ritchie County	Ritchie County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 869-3512	301	30	10.0	50.5%	290 (96.3%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	58.1	55^th of 161 public middle schools	65.8%		64.1	42^nd of 168 public middle schools	75.0%	13			52.8	40.3	38.6	44.9		44.8			49.4	49.3	42.9	49.3		47.8	32.6	23.2		28.5	$12,827	$2,846	$9,981
Creed Collins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	512 Collins Ave	Pennsboro	26415	Ritchie County	Ritchie County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 659-2140	211	18	11.7	61.9%	203 (96.2%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	42	213^th of 355 public elementary schools	40.0%		48.7	176^th of 355 public elementary schools	50.4%	37	50.0	53.1						51.5	32.4	50.0						40.9					$13,137	$2,052	$11,085
Harrisville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	95 Elementary Drive	Harrisville	26362	Ritchie County	Ritchie County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 643-2220	201	18	11.1	60.4%	193 (96.0%)	3 (1.5%)	5 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	57.7	137^th of 355 public elementary schools	61.4%		65.8	100^th of 355 public elementary schools	71.8%	37	57.7	80.0						69.6	30.8	53.3						42.9					$13,588	$2,016	$11,573
Ritchie County High School	Public	9-12	201 Ritchie County School Rd	Ellenboro	26346	Ritchie County	Ritchie County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 869-3526	328	29	11.3	45.8%	321 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	15.4	83^rd of 107 public high schools	22.4%		43.5	66^th of 111 public high schools	40.5%	17							9.9								40.9				9.9		$11,046	$626	$10,420
Smithville Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	157 Main Street	Smithville	26178	Ritchie County	Ritchie County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 477-3273	90	9	10.0	63.2%	85 (94.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (3.3%)	99.5	1^st of 355 public elementary schools	99.7%		99.6	1^st of 355 public elementary schools	99.7%		95.0	100.0						97.2	80.0	100.0						88.9					$15,689	$2,720	$12,969
The Highland School	Private, Nonsectarian		98 Sycamore Springs Ln	Ellenboro	26346	Ritchie County		(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(304) 869-3250	4	2	2.0		4 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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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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