Orchard View Intermediate School

Orchard View Intermediate School in Martinsburg, WV, serves 714 students in grades 3-5 as part of the Berkeley County Schools district, with a student-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.

Orchard View has faced significant academic challenges over the past decade, currently ranking in the bottom quartile of West Virginia elementary schools with a 1-star rating. In the most recent school year, only 34.1% of students were proficient in math and 40.2% in English Language Arts—both below state averages. The most concerning trend is the dramatic decline in math proficiency as students progress: 3rd graders achieve 49% proficiency, but that drops to 29.7% by 4th grade and just 27.8% by 5th grade. Science performance is also weak, with only 25.3% of 5th graders proficient. The school does outperform its direct peer, Eagle School Intermediate, across every metric—including overall rank (295th vs. 343rd) and math proficiency (34.1% vs. 29.6%)—but both schools show the same troubling pattern of declining performance from 3rd to 5th grade, suggesting a district-wide challenge for intermediate schools.

There are some encouraging signs. The school improved from the 8th to 17th percentile overall in the latest year, its best ranking since 2018-2019. However, the school shows particular difficulty serving economically disadvantaged students, who rank in the 12th percentile statewide, and special education students, who rank in the 18th percentile. Notably, some feeder schools like Rosemont Elementary prepare students well—with 55.2% 3rd grade math proficiency—yet this success doesn't carry through to Orchard View's upper grades. With per-student spending of $11,509 below several nearby schools, sustained, targeted interventions—especially in upper-grade mathematics and for low-income students—will be critical to reversing the school's decade-long decline.