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Ohio County Schools

At a glance

5^thof 55 West Virginia districts▼ 4

Better than 90% of West Virginia districts

Elementary 9 Middle 4 High 1Grades PK, KG-12

2203 National Rd
Wheeling, WV 26003-5203·(304) 243-0300·All West Virginia district rankings →

Statewide performance 2018–2026

2026: better than 90.9% of districts

Schools

4,718

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedSteenrod Elementary School16^th of 355 West Virginia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Elm Grove Elementary School up 75 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Wheeling Middle School 9 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Warwood Middle School and 1 more

SchoolDigger ratings

5★

4★

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Summary:

Ohio County Schools is a highly regarded West Virginia district serving about 4,718 students across 14 schools—9 elementary, 4 middle, and 1 high school—and ranks 4th out of 54 districts statewide with a 5-star rating.

For parents, the standout elementary schools are Steenrod Elementary School and Middle Creek Elementary School. Steenrod leads the district in ELA (75.4% proficiency) and ranks 16th in the state, while Middle Creek posts the highest math scores (78% proficiency) and has improved dramatically, jumping from 73rd to 35th statewide. Elm Grove Elementary School is the most improved school overall, soaring from 128th to 53rd in one year with a 60.8% math proficiency rate. On the other end, Ritchie Elementary School has struggled, dropping from 24th to 216th statewide with only 43.5% ELA proficiency. Among middle schools, Triadelphia Middle School is the clear leader (91st percentile, 62.2% ELA), while Bridge Street Middle School has declined significantly, with math proficiency at just 29.8%.

The district's biggest challenge is the sharp drop in math proficiency from elementary (about 62%) to middle school (about 39%) and high school (31.7% at Wheeling Park High School). However, ELA remains a consistent strength across all levels, with the district outperforming state averages by 10 points or more. Notably, higher spending doesn't guarantee better results—Wheeling Middle School spends the most per student ($19,715) but ranks behind Triadelphia, while smaller schools like West Liberty Elementary School (124 students) and Bethlehem Elementary School (125 students) achieve strong results. Overall, this district offers excellent elementary options, but parents should be aware of uneven middle school performance and the need for targeted math support as students advance.

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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	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bethlehem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	22 Chapel Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0350	125	8	15.9	26.5%	115 (92.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.4%)	65.6	94^th of 355 public elementary schools	73.5%		86.1	29^th of 355 public elementary schools	91.8%	65	54.6	70.8	55.0					60.6	40.9	58.3	60.0					53.0	40.0			$11,118	$727	$10,391
Bridge Street Middle School	Public	6-8	19 Junior Ave	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0381	263	24	11.1	42.9%	240 (91.3%)	9 (3.4%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	42.6	96^th of 161 public middle schools	40.4%		60.8	50^th of 168 public middle schools	70.2%	46				24.3	40.2	23.5		29.8				35.7	44.8	49.4		43.8		27.1		$13,172	$1,222	$11,950
Elm Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Mil Acres Dr	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0363	299	29	10.4	61.8%	269 (90.0%)	13 (4.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.7%)	78.4	53^rd of 355 public elementary schools	85.1%		58.9	128^th of 355 public elementary schools	63.9%	75	74.4	43.1	70.0					60.8	59.0	56.9	72.5					62.3	52.5			$15,706	$2,591	$13,115
Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	91 Zane St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0366	231	22	10.5	78.1%	148 (64.1%)	55 (23.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.7%)	74.1	65^th of 355 public elementary schools	81.7%		76.9	56^th of 355 public elementary schools	84.2%	9	64.3	65.7	50.0					60.2	53.6	68.6	66.7					63.4	36.7			$17,985	$2,612	$15,373
Middle Creek Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	579 Middle Creek Rd	Triadelphia	26059	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0369	225	20	11.2	43.1%	203 (90.2%)	3 (1.3%)	7 (3.1%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (4.0%)	85.7	35^th of 355 public elementary schools	90.1%		79.3	52^nd of 355 public elementary schools	85.4%	17	77.8	77.1	79.0					78.0	63.0	71.4	73.7					70.0	31.6			$14,015	$2,753	$11,262
Ritchie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3700 Wood St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0372	289	26	11.1	71.9%	201 (69.6%)	38 (13.1%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (14.9%)	41.7	216^th of 355 public elementary schools	39.2%		87.4	24^th of 355 public elementary schools	93.2%	192	43.2	60.9	53.7					52.7	36.4	41.3	53.7					43.5	17.1			$15,153	$2,719	$12,434
Steenrod Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Clarks Ln	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0356	256	19	13.2	24.4%	230 (89.8%)	8 (3.1%)	4 (1.6%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	92.3	16^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.5%		89.8	17^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.2%	1	77.8	85.7	59.6					72.9	77.8	74.3	74.5					75.4	51.1			$12,301	$668	$11,633
Triadelphia Middle School	Public	6-8	1636 National Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0387	387	34	11.3	40.5%	313 (80.9%)	35 (9.0%)	4 (1.0%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)	85.1	14^th of 161 public middle schools	91.3%		86.4	11^th of 168 public middle schools	93.5%	3				46.4	50.0	50.4		49.0				74.1	56.0	57.1		62.2		37.6		$12,719	$977	$11,742
West Liberty Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	745 Van Meter Way	West Liberty	26074	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 336-7221	124	9	14.4	26.8%	111 (89.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	2 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.5%)	81.4	43^rd of 355 public elementary schools	87.9%		79.8	48^th of 355 public elementary schools	86.5%	5	58.3	90.9	61.1					68.3	50.0	63.6	77.8					65.9	50.0			$11,952	$703	$11,249
Wheeling Middle School	Public	6-8	3500 Chapline St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0425	200	22	9.0	61.8%	135 (67.5%)	32 (16.0%)	5 (2.5%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	23 (11.5%)	77.1	21^st of 161 public middle schools	87.0%		64.3	41^st of 168 public middle schools	75.6%	20				44.2	41.5	35.2		40.3				63.5	62.3	70.4		65.4		31.5		$15,677	$2,586	$13,091
Wheeling Park High School	Public	9-12	1976 Park View Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0400	1,427	106	13.4	37.1%	1,207 (84.6%)	89 (6.2%)	29 (2.0%)	21 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	77 (5.4%)	82.1	15^th of 107 public high schools	86.0%		81.7	16^th of 111 public high schools	85.6%	1							31.7								53.9				29.4	$12,432	$832	$11,601
Woodsdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Bethany Pike	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0378	405	32	12.6	40.0%	351 (86.7%)	13 (3.2%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.9%)	83.7	38^th of 355 public elementary schools	89.3%		83.2	36^th of 355 public elementary schools	89.9%	2	75.4	68.3	49.2					64.7	63.1	63.3	71.2					65.8	52.5			$12,388	$1,323	$11,065
Warwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 Richland Ave	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(304) 243-0375	304	22	13.9		274 (90.1%)	10 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	47.9	183^rd of 355 public elementary schools	48.5%					(n/a)	37.2	40.8	48.9					42.3	35.7	53.1	64.4					51.5	40.0			$11,265	$1,296	$9,969
Warwood Middle School	Public	6-8	150 Viking Drive	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(304) 243-0394	183	19	9.6		164 (89.6%)	5 (2.7%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.6%)	57.4	56^th of 161 public middle schools	65.2%					(n/a)				30.4	41.5	33.9		35.8				54.4	47.7	48.4		49.7		27.4		$13,070	$1,362	$11,708

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
WV Schools of Diversion & Transition	2.43 mi	26
Marshall County Schools	3.39 mi	14	18^th
Brooke County Schools	16.63 mi	7	13^th
Hancock County Schools	25.12 mi	10	3^rd
Wetzel County Schools	26.61 mi	9	39^th

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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.