Summary:
Zip code 25271 is home to just one middle school, Ripley Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 586 students in the Jackson County area of West Virginia.
For parents considering this area, Ripley Middle School is part of the top-ranked Jackson County Schools district, which holds the #1 spot out of 54 districts in the state. However, the school itself is ranked #50 out of 161 middle schools in West Virginia for the 2025-2026 school year, placing it in the 69th percentile. This creates an interesting contrast: while the district is exceptional overall, Ripley Middle School appears to be one of the lower-performing schools within that high-achieving district. The school has seen some fluctuation in its state ranking over the past three years, moving from #38 (2023-2024) to #30 (2024-2025) and then to #50 (2025-2026), with its star rating dropping from 4 stars to 3 stars in the most recent year.
Academically, the school shows a mixed profile. In mathematics, 40% of students are proficient, which is just above the state average of 39.4% but a notable 10.4 percentage points below the district average of 50.4%. English Language Arts proficiency sits at exactly the state average of 47.6%, while 8th-grade science proficiency is 29.9%, slightly above the state's 29.3%. A bright spot is 8th-grade math, where 45.7% of students are proficient—11.5 points higher than the state average. However, science scores dropped significantly from 35.6% to 29.9% in just one year. The student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1, and spending per student is $10,205, though this figure is from 2018-2019. Parents should note that data on free/reduced lunch eligibility is not available, which limits a fuller understanding of the student population.
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