Berkeley County Schools

Berkeley County Schools in West Virginia serves 17,908 students across 32 schools, including 21 elementary schools, 6 middle schools, 4 high schools, and 1 alternative school, with the district ranking 33rd out of 54 districts in the state.

For parents, the standout schools in this district are clear. Hedgesville High School is the top high school, ranking 23rd in the state with a 4-star rating, and it leads in 11th-grade English and Science proficiency. Musselman High School is also a strong choice, ranking 27th with a 4-star rating and the highest graduation rate in the district at 98%. At the elementary level, Tomahawk Intermediate School is the clear leader, ranking in the 69th percentile and outperforming district averages in both Math and ELA. On the other end, Eagle School Intermediate is the lowest-ranked school in the district, sitting in the 3rd percentile, while Martinsburg North Middle School is the lowest-performing middle school with Math proficiency nearly half the district average.

One of the most important trends for parents to understand is that academic proficiency declines as students advance through the grades. Elementary students in intermediate schools show the strongest performance, with average Math proficiency at 42.5% and ELA at 45%, but this drops to 29.7% in Math and 40.9% in ELA at the middle school level, and plummets to just 17% in Math at the high school level. Despite this, all four high schools boast exceptional graduation rates between 97% and 99%, which is well above the state average. Interestingly, per-student spending does not correlate with performance—Tuscarora Elementary has the highest spending at $15,771 per student, while the top-performing Tomahawk Intermediate spends just $10,802. This suggests that factors like teaching quality and curriculum matter more than funding alone.