Summary:
Zip code 25276, located in Spencer, West Virginia, is served by exactly one high school, Roane County High, which enrolls 490 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Roane County Schools district.
For parents considering this area, Roane County High offers a mixed but improving picture. The school’s strongest asset is its graduation rate of 96.6%, which comfortably exceeds the state average of 92.8%. In English Language Arts, the school also outperforms the state, with 54.2% of 11th graders proficient compared to 51.2% statewide, and this represents a solid 5.6-point improvement over the previous year. However, mathematics remains a significant challenge—only 14.6% of students are proficient, a 6-point gap below the state average, though this did improve by 3 points year-over-year. Science proficiency sits essentially at the state average (22.9% vs. 23.6%). The school’s state ranking has been volatile, swinging from 20th (4 stars) in 2023-2024, down to 76th (2 stars) in 2024-2025, and recovering to 43rd (3 stars) in 2025-2026, suggesting the school may be stabilizing after a difficult year.
One notable disconnect is that the school graduates students at a high rate despite lagging test scores in math and science, which could indicate strong support systems for struggling learners. The district itself carries a 1-star rating (11th percentile), but this is likely dragged down by lower-performing elementary and middle schools, as the high school’s 3-star rating is much stronger. With no other public high school options in the zip code, Roane County High is the sole pathway for local students, making its continued improvement in mathematics and its strong ELA and graduation outcomes particularly important for the community. The student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1 is reasonable, though spending data is dated (2018-2019), and free/reduced lunch information is not reported.
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