Best Public Schools in Zip Code 25434

Summary:

The 25434 zip code area is home to two small schools - Paw Paw Elementary School and Paw Paw High School, both part of the Morgan County Schools district. While Paw Paw Elementary outperforms the county and state in some academic areas, Paw Paw High School struggles, ranking in the bottom 1% of West Virginia high schools.

Paw Paw Elementary School, with just 79 students, performs above the county and state averages in 3rd and 6th grade math proficiency but lags behind in 5th grade math and English. In contrast, Paw Paw High School, with 77 students, has a 0% math proficiency rate among 11th graders, though it fares better in English Language Arts. Despite these academic challenges, Paw Paw High School maintains a high 4-year graduation rate of 92.5%.

Both schools benefit from low student-teacher ratios, with Paw Paw Elementary at 8.7:1 and Paw Paw High at 7.9:1. However, the small school sizes may limit the range of curricular and extracurricular offerings available to students. Further investigation would be needed to understand the factors contributing to the performance disparities between the two schools and identify opportunities for improvement.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2025)					WV Assessment English Language Arts (2025)					WV Assessment Science (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 11th Grade	WV Assessment Science 5th Grade	WV Assessment Science 8th Grade	WV Assessment Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Paw Paw Elementary School	Public	K-6	60 Pirate Circle	Paw Paw	25434	Morgan County	Morgan County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 947-7425	82	8	10.2		69 (84.1%)	1 (1.2%)	5 (6.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (8.5%)	46.9	184^th of 355 public elementary schools	48.2%		21	323^rd of 368 public elementary schools	12.2%	139	70.0	8.3	63.6			30.0	50.0	45.5			25.0			$15,265	$2,178	$13,087
Paw Paw High School	Public	7-12	60 Pirate Circle	Paw Paw	25434	Morgan County	Morgan County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 947-7425	71	9	7.7		58 (81.7%)	1 (1.4%)	3 (4.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (12.7%)	2.1	111^th of 111 public high schools	0.0%		40.7	66^th of 112 public high schools	41.1%	45				20.0	0.0				33.3	27.3		13.3	9.1	$15,564	$737	$14,828

Cities Near Zip Code 25434

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Paw Paw	4.1 mi	2	227^th
Slanesville	7.93 mi	1
Capon Bridge	11.39 mi	2	82^nd
Berkeley Springs	15.03 mi	4	81^st
Augusta	15.61 mi	2

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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.

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