Summary:
Zip code 25414, encompassing Charles Town, West Virginia, is served by a single public middle school, Charles Town Middle School, which educates students in grades 6 through 8 within Jefferson County Schools.
For families in this area, Charles Town Middle School is the sole option, making its performance particularly important to the community. The school is on a strong upward trajectory, improving its state ranking from 70th to 41st over the past two years and earning a 4-star rating for the 2025-2026 school year, up from 3 stars. Academically, it outperforms both the district and state averages in mathematics (41.4% proficient vs. 39.4% statewide) and English Language Arts (51.3% vs. 47.6% statewide). Its 8th-grade science proficiency also exceeds the state by 3.4 percentage points. The school maintains a favorable student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1, which supports individualized attention for its 603 students.
Notable strengths include a particularly robust 6th-grade ELA program, where 55.1% of students are proficient, and remarkably consistent math scores across all three grade levels (ranging from 40.6% to 42.6%). However, there is a notable dip in 7th-grade ELA (48.9% proficient) that contrasts with the district's pattern of improvement in that grade, which may be worth investigating. Science proficiency also showed impressive year-over-year growth, jumping 5.3 percentage points. Overall, Charles Town Middle School stands as a solid, improving choice for families, offering above-average academics and a supportive learning environment within a single-school market.
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