High Schools in Preston County Schools

Summary:

Preston County Schools has only one high school, Preston High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has an enrollment of 1,120 students and is ranked 86 out of 111 high schools in West Virginia for the 2024-2025 school year, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

While Preston High School maintains a strong 4-year graduation rate of 92.5%, the school's academic performance in certain subjects is concerning. Its proficiency rates in Math (8.5%) and Science (19.6%) are significantly lower than the statewide averages of 20.3% and 27.8%, respectively. However, the school's English Language Arts proficiency rate of 47.4% is closer to the state average of 55.1%.

The lack of free/reduced lunch data for the 2023-2024 school year makes it difficult to assess the socioeconomic status of the student population and how it may be impacting the school's performance. Despite the school's lower academic performance in Math and Science, the relatively high per-student spending of $9,981 for the 2018-2019 school year suggests that funding may not be a significant barrier to improving outcomes. Overall, Preston County Schools and Preston High School have opportunities to address the school's declining statewide ranking and underperformance in certain subject areas to better support student success.

District Detail

731 Preston Dr
Kingwood, WV 26537-1545

(304) 329-0580

SchoolDigger Rank:
35^th of 55 West Virginia districts

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Grades served: PK, KG-12
Students: 3,765

Primary Schools: 8
Middle Schools: 1
High Schools: 1
Alternative Schools: 0

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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 11th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 11th Grade	WV Assessment Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Preston High School	Public	9-12	400 Knight Dr	Kingwood	26537	Preston County	Preston County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 329-0400	1,056	72	14.6		1,017 (96.3%)	6 (0.6%)	12 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (1.9%)	23.9	86^th of 111 public high schools	22.5%		31.1	74^th of 112 public high schools	33.9%	12	8.5	47.4	19.6	$9,981	$858	$9,122

Districts nearby

District	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Monongalia County Schools	12.05 mi	21	5^th
West Virginia Academy	16.98 mi	1
Wisdom Academy	17.08 mi	1
Marion County Schools	26.78 mi	22	9^th
Taylor County Schools	29.47 mi	5	40^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.

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