Best School Districts in West Virginia

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SchoolDigger updates West Virginia rankings as soon as the West Virginia Department of Education releases new test scores each year. The current rankings are based on scores released Wednesday, August 12, 2026.

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Rank (of 55)	District	Grades	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	City	County	Rank score (2026)	Rank (2025)	Rank change from 2025
53^rd	Barbour County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Philippi	Barbour County	0.215	48	5
34^th	Berkeley County Schools	PK, KG-12	18	6	5	1	Martinsburg	Berkeley County	0.429	37	3
43^rd	Boone County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	2	4	0	Madison	Boone County	0.351	41	2
33^rd	Braxton County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	0	Sutton	Braxton County	0.43	30	3
13^th	Brooke County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	1	Wellsburg	Brooke County	0.623	12	1
9^th	Cabell County Schools	PK, KG-12	18	4	3	1	Huntington	Cabell County	0.652	10	1
27^th	Calhoun County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	0	Mount Zion	Calhoun County	0.467	29	2
	Clarksburg Classical Academy	PK, KG-6	1	0	0	0	Clarksburg	Harrison County			(n/a)
21^st	Clay County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Clay	Clay County	0.518	42	21
11^th	Doddridge County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	West Union	Doddridge County	0.636	7	4
	Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy	PK, KG-8	1	0	0	0	Kearneysville	Jefferson County			(n/a)
38^th	Fayette County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	3	1	Fayetteville	Fayette County	0.407	44	6
35^th	Gilmer County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	0	1	0	Glenville	Gilmer County	0.422	18	17
36^th	Grant County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	2	1	Petersburg	Grant County	0.413	32	4
26^th	Greenbrier County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	2	2	1	Lewisburg	Greenbrier County	0.486	24	2
20^th	Hampshire County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	2	1	0	Romney	Hampshire County	0.519	21	1
3^rd	Hancock County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	2	3	1	New Cumberland	Hancock County	0.809	2	1
47^th	Hardy County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	2	0	Moorefield	Hardy County	0.3	31	16
17^th	Harrison County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	4	5	3	Clarksburg	Harrison County	0.556	19	2
1^st	Jackson County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	3	0	Ripley	Jackson County	0.847	4	3
16^th	Jefferson County Schools	PK, KG-12	10	4	2	0	Charles Town	Jefferson County	0.559	17	1
23^rd	Kanawha County Schools	PK, KG-12	39	10	10	1	Charleston	Kanawha County	0.511	22	1
48^th	Lewis County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	1	0	Weston	Lewis County	0.299	52	4
46^th	Lincoln County Schools	PK, KG-12	5	1	1	0	Hamlin	Lincoln County	0.314	47	1
45^th	Logan County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	3	4	0	West Logan	Logan County	0.315	45
12^th	Marion County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	5	4	1	Fairmont	Marion County	0.632	9	3
18^th	Marshall County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	2	2	1	Moundsville	Marshall County	0.549	20	2
	Mary Phalen Leadership Academy		0	0	0	0	Marmet	Kanawha County			(n/a)
42^nd	Mason County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	0	4	1	Point Pleasant	Mason County	0.361	50	8
55^th	McDowell County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	3	0	Welch	McDowell County	0.142	54	1
31^st	Mercer County Schools	PK, KG-12	15	3	5	1	Princeton	Mercer County	0.442	26	5
40^th	Mineral County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	2	3	1	Keyser	Mineral County	0.373	36	4
28^th	Mingo County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	0	2	0	Williamson	Mingo County	0.459	27	1
4^th	Monongalia County Schools	PK, KG-12	10	4	4	1	Morgantown	Monongalia County	0.782	5	1
44^th	Monroe County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Union	Monroe County	0.337	28	16
19^th	Morgan County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	1	2	0	Berkeley Springs	Morgan County	0.538	33	14
24^th	Nicholas County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	2	3	0	Summersville	Nicholas County	0.503	25	1
5^th	Ohio County Schools	PK, KG-12	9	4	1	0	Wheeling	Ohio County	0.758	1	4
6^th	Pendleton County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Franklin	Pendleton County	0.752	15	9
22^nd	Pleasants County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	2	0	Saint Marys	Pleasants County	0.514	34	12
10^th	Pocahontas County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Buckeye	Pocahontas County	0.646	14	4
30^th	Preston County Schools	PK, KG-12	6	1	1	1	Kingwood	Preston County	0.443	35	5
2^nd	Putnam County Schools	PK, KG-12	14	4	5	0	Winfield	Putnam County	0.82	3	1
14^th	Raleigh County Schools	PK, KG-12	17	5	5	0	Beckley	Raleigh County	0.586	13	1
51^st	Randolph County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	1	3	3	Elkins	Randolph County	0.242	55	4
15^th	Ritchie County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Harrisville	Ritchie County	0.579	8	7
50^th	Roane County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Spencer	Roane County	0.268	39	11
52^nd	Summers County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Hinton	Summers County	0.236	53	1
41^st	Taylor County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	1	1	0	Grafton	Taylor County	0.364	40	1
49^th	Tucker County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	0	1	0	Parsons	Tucker County	0.277	51	2
8^th	Tyler County Schools	PK, KG-12	2	1	1	0	Middlebourne	Tyler County	0.66	11	3
32^nd	Upshur County Schools	PK, KG-12	7	1	2	0	Buckhannon	Upshur County	0.437	43	11
	Virtual Preparatory Academy of West Virginia	K-12	0	0	0	1	Charles Town	Jefferson County			(n/a)
25^th	Wayne County Schools	PK, KG-12	11	4	3	0	Wayne	Wayne County	0.488	23	2
54^th	Webster County Schools	PK, KG-12	3	0	1	0	Webster Springs	Webster County	0.211	46	8
	West Virginia Academy	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Morgantown	Monongalia County			(n/a)
	West Virginia Virtual Academy	K-12	0	0	0	1	Charleston	Kanawha County			(n/a)
39^th	Wetzel County Schools	PK, KG-12	4	0	3	0	New Martinsville	Wetzel County	0.404	49	10
	WIN Academy at BVCTC	11-12	0	0	1	0	South Charleston	Kanawha County			(n/a)
29^th	Wirt County Schools	PK, KG-12	1	1	1	0	Elizabeth	Wirt County	0.447	16	13
	Wisdom Academy	PK, KG-7	1	0	0	0	Morgantown	Monongalia County			(n/a)
7^th	Wood County Schools	PK, KG-12	15	4	5	1	Parkersburg	Wood County	0.671	6	1
	WV School For The Deaf & Blind	PK, KG-12	0	0	0	1	Romney	Hampshire County			(n/a)
37^th	Wyoming County Schools	PK, KG-12	8	3	3	0	Pineville	Wyoming County	0.413	38	1

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Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the West Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 12, 2026, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the West Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the West Virginia Department of Education.
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