Best Elementary Schools in West Virginia for African American Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in West Virginia!

Every year, the West Virginia Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, African American students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish West Virginia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (African American vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 15)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (African American)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (African American)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
15	Richmond Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	4620 Spring Hill Ave	South Charleston	25309	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 766-0357	213	19	11.2		129 (60.6%)	45 (21.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (17.4%)	$12,169			$2,002			$10,167	0.0%	10.7%	10.70%			540060000437
14	Stratton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1129 S Fayette St	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4604	312	24	13		132 (42.3%)	127 (40.7%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	45 (14.4%)	$15,273			$2,684			$12,590	6.7%	3.1%	3.57%			540123001012
13	Piedmont Year-Round Education	Public	PK, KG-5	203 Bradford St	Charleston	25301	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 348-1910	279	26	10.7		98 (35.1%)	135 (48.4%)	6 (2.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	38 (13.6%)	$12,444			$2,401			$10,043	13.3%	15.5%	2.16%			540060000872
12	Tomahawk Intermediate School	Public	3-5	6665 Hedgesville Rd	Hedgesville	25427	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 754-3171	627	38	16.4		463 (73.8%)	42 (6.7%)	55 (8.8%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	60 (9.6%)	$10,802			$604			$10,198	20.0%	61.7%	41.69%			540006001449
11	Beckley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	399 Grey Flats Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4620	260	24	10.8		124 (47.7%)	89 (34.2%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (15.0%)	$12,672			$2,373			$10,299	26.7%	15.2%	11.46%			540123001176
10	Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Florida St	Charleston	25302	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 348-1902	453	34	13.3		206 (45.5%)	169 (37.3%)	4 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	73 (16.1%)	$15,331			$2,653			$12,678	33.3%	2.8%	30.52%			540060001476
9	Eagle School Intermediate	Public	3-5	730 Eagle School Rd	Martinsburg	25404	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 263-0422	619	43	14.4		338 (54.6%)	94 (15.2%)	84 (13.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	100 (16.2%)	$11,659			$1,679			$9,980	40.0%	1.4%	38.59%			540006001121
8	Orchard View Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1455 Delmar Orchard Rd	Martinsburg	25403	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 263-4143	714	49	14.6		401 (56.2%)	92 (12.9%)	96 (13.4%)	13 (1.8%)	5 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	107 (15.0%)	$11,509			$1,284			$10,225	46.7%	8.2%	38.50%			540006001122
7	Bluefield Intermediate School	Public	3-5	1301 Southview Dr	Bluefield	24701	Mercer County	Mercer County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 327-8339	269	21	12.8		143 (53.2%)	76 (28.3%)	7 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (15.6%)	$11,206			$2,229			$8,977	53.3%	6.5%	46.85%			540084001101
6	Edgewood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	550 Hawks Rdg	Charleston	25302	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 348-6631	413	35	11.8		215 (52.1%)	125 (30.3%)	5 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	68 (16.5%)	$12,065			$2,496			$9,568	60.0%	1.1%	58.87%			540060001499

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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.