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Monongalia County Schools

At a glance

5^thof 55 West Virginia districts

Better than 90% of West Virginia districts

Elementary 10 Middle 4 High 4 Alternative 1Grades PK, KG-12

1751 Earl L. Core Road
Morgantown, WV 26501-7546·(304) 291-9210·All West Virginia district rankings →

Statewide performance 2017–2025

2025: better than 90.9% of districts

Schools

11,193

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedMountaineer Middle School1^st of 168 West Virginia middle schools

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Biggest riser

Skyview Elementary School up 46 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Westwood Middle School 10.4 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

3★

2★

2 schools without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

The Monongalia County Schools district in West Virginia is home to 17 schools, including 10 elementary schools, 4 middle schools, and 3 high schools. The district as a whole is ranked 5 out of 55 in the state and is rated 5 stars out of 5 by SchoolDigger, making it a high-performing system with several standout schools.

Among the top performers in the district are Morgantown High School and University High School, both ranked in the top 10 high schools in the state and rated 5 stars. At the elementary and middle school levels, Cheat Lake Elementary, Ridgedale Elementary, and Mountaineer Middle School are among the top-performing schools in the state.

The district's schools generally outperform the state averages on the West Virginia Assessments, with Morgantown High School achieving 72.2% proficiency in English Language Arts compared to the state average of 55.1%. However, there is a clear divide in performance between the top-tier schools and the lower-performing campuses, such as Skyview Elementary and Clay-Battelle High School. Spending per student and student-teacher ratios do not appear to be the primary factors driving the differences in school performance across the district.

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Ranking:

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2025)							WV Assessment English Language Arts (2025)							WV Assessment Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
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 (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	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 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 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
Cheat Lake Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	154 Crosby Rd	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 594-2772	754	46	16.3		664 (88.1%)	21 (2.8%)	16 (2.1%)	14 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	37 (4.9%)	89.1	18^th of 355 public elementary schools	94.9%		88.4	24^th of 368 public elementary schools	93.5%	6	75.8	64.7	76.6					62.5	61.2	74.8					63.6			$12,088	$892	$11,195
Mountainview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	661 Greenbag Rd	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 291-9255	645	48	13.4		537 (83.3%)	44 (6.8%)	25 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (5.6%)	52.9	161^st of 355 public elementary schools	54.6%		57.6	143^rd of 368 public elementary schools	61.1%	18	60.0	44.7	34.4					52.6	57.5	48.4					34.4			$13,154	$1,571	$11,583
Mountaineer Middle School	Public	6-8	991 Price St	Morgantown	26505	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 284-2856	640	43	15.0		544 (85.0%)	17 (2.7%)	14 (2.2%)	13 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (8.0%)	98.8	1^st of 168 public middle schools	99.4%		97.8	1^st of 169 public middle schools	99.4%					62.6	70.4	64.8					70.9	70.4	70.9			61.3		$12,092	$857	$11,234
Mason Dixon Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	7041 Mason Dixon Hwy	Blacksville	26521	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 662-6113	305	23	13.2		301 (98.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	30.8	271^st of 355 public elementary schools	23.7%		25.4	306^th of 368 public elementary schools	16.8%	35	37.5	22.9	50.0					18.8	20.8	47.8					43.5			$14,044	$1,459	$12,584
Westwood Middle School	Public	6-8	670 River Rd	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9300	346	33	10.4		305 (88.2%)	2 (0.6%)	10 (2.9%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	26 (7.5%)	49.2	81^st of 168 public middle schools	51.8%		54.3	71^st of 169 public middle schools	58.0%	10				24.4	38.8	41.5					32.1	41.2	39.0			32.2		$15,345	$1,183	$14,161
Brookhaven Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1215 Baker St	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9236	550	36	15.2		510 (92.7%)	2 (0.4%)	8 (1.5%)	6 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (4.4%)	84.2	35^th of 355 public elementary schools	90.1%		88.1	27^th of 368 public elementary schools	92.7%	8	60.8	75.7	58.2					54.4	78.3	67.2					50.8			$12,643	$1,112	$11,532
Ridgedale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1550 Goshen Rd	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9231	536	32	16.8		515 (96.1%)	10 (1.9%)	5 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.1%)	87.9	23^rd of 355 public elementary schools	93.5%		89.3	21^st of 368 public elementary schools	94.3%	2	74.0	68.0	74.0					52.0	65.3	75.3					65.8			$12,517	$789	$11,728
Clay-Battelle High School	Public	6-12	6226 Mason-Dixon Highway	Blacksville	26521	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 432-8208	332	28	12.0		325 (97.9%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.5%)	42.8	68^th of 111 public high schools	38.7%		39.8	67^th of 112 public high schools	40.2%	1				31.7	38.9	40.0	15.9				56.1	54.7	60.0	52.3		28.9	22.7	$15,379	$911	$14,468
Morgantown High School	Public	9-12	109 Wilson Ave	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9260	1,754	97	18.0		1,384 (78.9%)	93 (5.3%)	72 (4.1%)	88 (5.0%)	4 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	112 (6.4%)	98.7	5^th of 111 public high schools	95.5%		97.6	5^th of 112 public high schools	95.5%								41.0							72.2			47.1	$10,723	$710	$10,013
Suncrest Middle School	Public	6-8	360 Baldwin St	Morgantown	26505	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9335	499	32	15.8		324 (64.9%)	41 (8.2%)	38 (7.6%)	60 (12.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.4%)	34 (6.8%)	86.4	10^th of 168 public middle schools	94.0%		94.3	4^th of 169 public middle schools	97.6%	6				37.5	37.3	58.1					64.7	59.5	67.3			60.2		$12,007	$753	$11,254
Suncrest Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3647 Collins Ferry Rd	Morgantown	26505	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9347	568	40	14.2		426 (75.0%)	50 (8.8%)	20 (3.5%)	20 (3.5%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	49 (8.6%)	82.7	40^th of 355 public elementary schools	88.7%		81.1	48^th of 368 public elementary schools	87.0%	8	80.7	69.2	45.2					62.7	69.2	61.3					50.0			$12,074	$985	$11,089
University High School	Public	9-12	131 Bakers Ridge Rd	Morgantown	26508	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9270	1,371	86	15.9		1,183 (86.3%)	42 (3.1%)	55 (4.0%)	17 (1.2%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	71 (5.2%)	94.5	6^th of 111 public high schools	94.6%		98	3^rd of 112 public high schools	97.3%	3							32.7							67.4			40.8	$11,782	$765	$11,017
Monongalia Technical Education Center	Public	9-12	1000 Mississippi St	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9240	0	21	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Skyview Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	668 River Rd	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 284-2890	373	34	11.0		315 (84.5%)	15 (4.0%)	12 (3.2%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.5%)	47	183^rd of 355 public elementary schools	48.5%		41.6	229^th of 368 public elementary schools	37.8%	46	57.1	51.8	33.3					45.2	51.8	43.9					33.3			$14,083	$1,608	$12,475
Mylan Park Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	901 Mylan Park Ln	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 983-7700	457	35	13.0		424 (92.8%)	7 (1.5%)	2 (0.4%)	3 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.6%)	76.6	57^th of 355 public elementary schools	83.9%		76.3	63^rd of 368 public elementary schools	82.9%	6	62.1	62.5	64.3					48.5	54.2	67.9					57.1			$14,442	$2,080	$12,362
North Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	825 Chestnut Ridge Rd	Morgantown	26505	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9280	586	41	14.3		335 (57.2%)	54 (9.2%)	46 (7.8%)	111 (18.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	40 (6.8%)	70.5	79^th of 355 public elementary schools	77.7%		84.8	36^th of 368 public elementary schools	90.2%	43	55.4	56.4	48.5					50.6	60.3	67.7					48.5			$13,091	$870	$12,221
South Middle School	Public	6-8	500 E Parkway Dr	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 291-9340	784	61	12.9		684 (87.2%)	28 (3.6%)	23 (2.9%)	5 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	44 (5.6%)	92.4	6^th of 168 public middle schools	96.4%		77.4	24^th of 169 public middle schools	85.8%	18				58.8	52.8	52.7					62.9	56.8	59.8			44.6		$12,431	$797	$11,634
Eastwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	677 201st Memorial Hwy	Morgantown	26505	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 284-8226	642	41	15.6		501 (78.0%)	24 (3.7%)	37 (5.8%)	10 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (10.7%)	60.4	120^th of 355 public elementary schools	66.2%		64.3	108^th of 368 public elementary schools	70.7%	12	56.1	49.5	48.6					43.9	57.0	55.6					44.4			$12,776	$989	$11,787
EXCEL Center	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	550 Mylan Park Lane	Morgantown	26501	Monongalia County	Monongalia County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(304) 291-9210	51	10	5.3		39 (76.5%)	7 (13.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.8%)								(n/a)

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
West Virginia Academy	4.97 mi	1
Wisdom Academy	5.22 mi	1
Preston County Schools	11.22 mi	10	35^th
Marion County Schools	16.2 mi	22	9^th
WV Schools of Diversion & Transition	21.2 mi	26

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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.