Summary:
Ritchie County Schools is home to a single middle school, Ritchie County Middle, located in Ellenboro, WV, serving grades 5 through 8 with an enrollment of 301 students.
As the only middle school in the district, Ritchie County Middle stands out for its solid, above-average performance in mathematics. The school’s overall math proficiency rate is 44.8%, which is 5.4 percentage points above the state average, and it outperforms the state in every grade level for math. English Language Arts proficiency sits at 47.8%, essentially matching the state average, though it lags slightly behind the district average. Science is the weakest subject, with an overall proficiency of 28.5%—below the state average but notably higher than the district’s 22.7%. A concerning trend is the sharp decline in science scores from 5th grade (32.6%) to 8th grade (23.2%), suggesting a need for stronger upper-grade science instruction.
In terms of school climate, the student-teacher ratio is a favorable 10:1, which likely supports more individualized attention. Per-student spending is $13,290, based on the most recent data. The school’s state ranking has been stable, placing in the top half of West Virginia middle schools for three consecutive years, with its best showing in 2024-2025 (42nd out of 168) and a slight dip to 55th out of 161 in 2025-2026. While the school is a strong math performer, its inconsistent results relative to the district—outperforming in science but underperforming in math—suggest that other district schools may have even stronger programs in certain subjects. Notably, free/reduced lunch data is missing for the most recent year, which limits a full socioeconomic context for the student body.
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