Best High Schools in West Virginia

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WV Assessment test scores by the West Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Wednesday, August 13, 2025.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 111)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
21	Ripley High School	Public	9-12	2 School St	Ripley	25271	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 372-7355	768	51	14.9		744 (96.9%)	3 (0.4%)	7 (0.9%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (1.4%)	$11,218			$793			$10,425	74	79.1	17	4		540054000338
22	John Marshall High School	Public	9-12	1300 Wheeling Ave	Glen Dale	26038	Marshall County	Marshall County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 843-4444	1,048	93	11.2		1,002 (95.6%)	7 (0.7%)	11 (1.0%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	1 (0.1%)	25 (2.4%)	$15,629			$915			$14,714	71.9	57	45	23		540075000594
23	Frankfort High School	Public	9-12	393 Falcon Way	Ridgeley	26753	Mineral County	Mineral County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 726-4767	488	33	14.9		472 (96.7%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (1.6%)	$12,341			$798			$11,544	71	73.9	26	3		540087000717
24	Greenbrier East High School	Public	9-12	273 Spartan Ln	Lewisburg	24901	Greenbrier County	Greenbrier County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 647-6464	997	68	14.6		875 (87.8%)	34 (3.4%)	44 (4.4%)	8 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (3.6%)	$12,713			$1,318			$11,395	69.9	88.7	11	13		540039000230
25	Sissonville High School	Public	9-12	6100 Sissonville Dr	Charleston	25312	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 348-1954	564	37	15.2		549 (97.3%)	3 (0.5%)	4 (0.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.2%)	$11,924			$935			$10,989	67.4	52	53	28		540060000450
26	Huntington High School	Public	9-12	1 Highlander Way	Huntington	25701	Cabell County	Cabell County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 528-6400	1,667	106	15.7		1,188 (71.3%)	186 (11.2%)	55 (3.3%)	16 (1.0%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	219 (13.1%)	$12,472			$2,119			$10,353	66.5	79.2	16	10		540018000860
27	South Charleston High School	Public	9-12	1 Eagle Way	South Charleston	25309	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 766-0352	874	47	18.5		572 (65.4%)	187 (21.4%)	17 (1.9%)	9 (1.0%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	86 (9.8%)	$11,427			$1,070			$10,358	66.5	45.3	59	32		540060000442
28	Weir High School	Public	9-12	100 Red Rider Rd	Weirton	26062	Hancock County	Hancock County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 748-7600	583	41	14.3		516 (88.5%)	24 (4.1%)	8 (1.4%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (5.3%)	$11,561			$1,157			$10,404	66.5	76.6	24	4		540045000269
29	South Harrison High School	Public	9-12	3073 Hawk Hwy	Lost Creek	26385	Harrison County	Harrison County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 326-7440	365	26	13.8		345 (94.5%)	1 (0.3%)	11 (3.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.6%)	$15,853			$1,142			$14,711	66	10.4	109	80		540051000314
30	Princeton Senior High School	Public	9-12	1321 Stafford Dr	Princeton	24740	Mercer County	Mercer County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 425-8101	925	55	16.8		770 (83.2%)	63 (6.8%)	16 (1.7%)	6 (0.6%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	69 (7.5%)	$10,088			$978			$9,110	64.9	57.4	44	14		540084000701

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on WV Assessment Mathematics, WV Assessment English Language Arts, WV Assessment Science test scores released by the West Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 13, 2025, 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.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.