High Schools in Upshur County Schools

Upshur County Schools in West Virginia has only one high school, Buckhannon Upshur High School, which serves grades 9-12. The school has consistently underperformed compared to other high schools in the state, ranking 95th out of 111 high schools in West Virginia for the 2024-2025 school year and receiving a low 1-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Buckhannon Upshur High School's graduation rate of 92.5% in the 2023-2024 school year is slightly above the state average, but the school's proficiency rates on the West Virginia Assessment are significantly below the state averages in all core subjects, including just 11.3% proficiency in Math, 41% in English Language Arts, and 17.6% in Science for 11th graders in 2024-2025. The school's student-teacher ratio of 17.1 to 1 is also slightly higher than the state average.

Despite spending $11,720 per student in the 2018-2019 school year, which is slightly above the state average, Upshur County Schools has struggled to improve academic performance at Buckhannon Upshur High School. The school's consistently low rankings and significant gaps in test scores compared to the state suggest that the district may need to implement significant changes to raise student achievement and better support the needs of the school's student population.