Summary:
Morgan County Schools in West Virginia is home to one middle school, Warm Springs Middle School, which serves grades 6-8 in Berkeley Springs with an enrollment of 425 students and a favorable student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
For parents, the standout story here is the school's remarkable upward trajectory. Warm Springs Middle School jumped from the 89th to the 49th position in state rankings between 2023-2024 and 2024-2025, and has held steady at 47th (71st percentile, 4-star rating) for 2025-2026. This places it well above the Morgan County Schools district average, which itself ranks 27th out of 54 districts in West Virginia. The school's clear academic strength is English Language Arts, where it outperforms the state in every grade level—most notably in 6th grade, where proficiency is 56.5% versus the state's 47.4%. Science is another bright spot, with 8th-grade proficiency soaring from 28.9% to 40.9% in a single year, now outpacing the state by 11.6 points.
However, mathematics presents a challenge. While 6th-grade math exceeds state averages (39.0% vs. 35.4%), proficiency declines sharply by grade, dropping to 34.3% in 7th grade and 29.4% in 8th grade—a steeper decline than the statewide trend. Overall, the school's all-grades math proficiency (34.2%) sits below both the district (38.9%) and state (39.4%) averages, creating a "ranking paradox" where the school's high rating is driven primarily by ELA and science rather than math. This mixed pattern suggests that while the school excels in literacy and science, targeted math interventions for 7th and 8th graders could be the key to elevating Warm Springs Middle School from above-average to exceptional.
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