Summary:
Brooke County Schools is home to just one middle school, Brooke Middle School, which serves grades 5 through 8 in Wellsburg, WV, with an enrollment of 605 students. This single-school district offers a straightforward picture for parents: there are no other local middle schools to compare against, so the focus is entirely on how this school stacks up against state averages and its own historical trends.
Brooke Middle School shows a clear split in academic performance. The school’s biggest strength is science, where 36.2% of students are proficient—well above the district’s 30.6% and the state’s 29.3%. In contrast, math (35.6% proficient) and English language arts (44.3% proficient) both trail state averages of 39.4% and 47.6%, respectively. The math results are particularly uneven: 5th graders hit 40.9%, but proficiency plunges to 26.5% in 6th grade and 30.1% in 7th, before surging to 44% in 8th grade—the only grade where the school beats the state in math. ELA tells a different story, with a steady decline from 52% proficiency in 5th grade down to 39% by 8th grade, suggesting reading and writing skills weaken as students advance.
The school has held a stable mid-tier state ranking for three years, currently sitting at 75th out of 161 schools (53rd percentile) with a 3-star rating. Its student-teacher ratio of 11.8 is favorable, pointing to smaller class sizes. However, the data has notable gaps: free/reduced lunch figures are missing, which limits context on socioeconomic factors, and spending data is from 2018-2019 ($11,289 per student). For parents, the key takeaway is that Brooke Middle School excels in science, has a puzzling but promising 8th-grade math program, and needs attention in ELA, especially for older students.
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