Best Elementary Schools in West Virginia for Special Education 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, Special Education 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 Monday, August 19, 2024.

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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)					ID
Rank (of 183)	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 (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	Ritchie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3700 Wood St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0372	305	25	12.2		208 (68.2%)	52 (17.0%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (12.8%)	$15,041			$2,853			$12,187	99.5%	95.4%	4.07%			540105000866
2	Shoals Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Dutch Rd	Charleston	25302	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 348-1900	187	17	11		165 (88.2%)	8 (4.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.4%)	$14,020			$1,489			$12,531	98.9%	50.3%	48.64%			540060000448
3	Criss Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2800 22nd St	Parkersburg	26101	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 420-9522	258	18	14.3		228 (88.4%)	3 (1.2%)	7 (2.7%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (7.0%)	$11,672			$800			$10,872	98.4%	97.8%	0.53%			540162001147
4	Cox Landing Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	910 Cox Landing Road	Lesage	25537	Cabell County	Cabell County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 733-3019	211	15	14		203 (96.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.4%)	$12,351			$1,278			$11,073	97.8%	70.4%	27.43%			540018000097
5	West Teays Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3676 Teays Valley Road	Hurricane	25526	Putnam County	Putnam County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 757-6711	465	35	13.4		418 (89.9%)	8 (1.7%)	5 (1.1%)	18 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (3.2%)	$11,700			$507			$11,193	97.3%	98.9%	1.65%			540120001303
6	Scott Teays Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	6153 Teays Valley Rd	Scott Depot	25560	Putnam County	Putnam County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 757-6750	464	22	21.3		424 (91.4%)	3 (0.6%)	5 (1.1%)	16 (3.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.4%)	$9,660			$487			$9,174	96.7%	96.2%	0.53%			540120000935
7	Salem Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	273 Education Way	Salem	26426	Harrison County	Harrison County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 326-7180	175	19	9.4		162 (92.6%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (2.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (4.6%)	$14,396			$1,612			$12,783	96.2%	73.6%	22.53%			540051001230
8	Ramage Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	15908 Spruce River Rd	Danville	25053	Boone County	Boone County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 369-0763	208	20	10.4		203 (97.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.4%)	$12,694			$1,968			$10,726	95.6%	59.0%	36.66%			540009000048
9	Village Of Barboursville Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	718 Central Ave	Barboursville	25504	Cabell County	Cabell County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 733-3000	614	43	14.2		551 (89.7%)	11 (1.8%)	2 (0.3%)	18 (2.9%)	7 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.1%)	$11,283			$1,066			$10,217	95.1%	91.0%	4.05%			540018001049
10	Neale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2305 Grand Central Ave	Vienna	26105	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 420-9587	368	30	12.2		317 (86.1%)	6 (1.6%)	12 (3.3%)	7 (1.9%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	24 (6.5%)	$12,314			$1,711			$10,603	94.5%	93.2%	1.33%			540162001168

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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 19, 2024, 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.