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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 25801

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At a glance

Schools

4,055

Students

5-star schools

Top rankedHollywood Elementary17^th of 355 West Virginia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Beckley Elementary up 32 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Stanaford Elementary School 8.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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Summary:

Zip code 25801 in Beckley, West Virginia, is served by 10 public schools within the Raleigh County Schools district, covering elementary through high school grades (PK-12) and enrolling roughly 4,055 students.

Families in this area will find a dramatic split in school quality. The top performers are Hollywood Elementary and Crescent Elementary, both earning 5 stars and ranking in the top 20 of 355 elementary schools statewide. These schools post math proficiency rates of 76.7% and 70.8%, respectively—nearly double the state average—and strong ELA scores above 72%. Stanaford Elementary School and Maxwell Hill Elementary also perform well with 4-star ratings. At the middle school level, Park Middle School stands out, ranking 33rd of 161 middle schools statewide with math proficiency (48.7%) that beats both district and state averages. On the other end, Stratton Elementary is a major concern, earning 0 stars with ELA proficiency at just 30.1%, while Beckley Elementary (1 star) and Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary (2 stars) also lag significantly behind their peers.

Several patterns are worth noting. There is a stark "two-tier" system: the top four elementary schools average 69.7% math proficiency versus just 36.9% for the bottom three. A troubling "5th grade math cliff" appears across multiple schools, with proficiency dropping by 23 to 38 points between 3rd and 5th grades. Beckley-Stratton Middle School shows a similar decline by 8th grade. Interestingly, Stratton Elementary spends the most per student ($15,273) yet achieves the lowest results, while Crescent Elementary spends the least ($10,808) and excels. Woodrow Wilson High School posts a solid 91% graduation rate and exceeds state averages in science, though its math scores (18.5%) remain low. Smaller schools with lower student-teacher ratios, like Stanaford (8.6:1), tend to perform better, suggesting class size may matter more than overall spending.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				WV Assessment Mathematics (2026)								WV Assessment English Language Arts (2026)								WV Assessment Science (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
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 (2021)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	WV Assessment Mathematics 3rd Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 4th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 5th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 6th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 11th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics All Grades	WV Assessment English Language Arts 3rd Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 4th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 5th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 6th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 7th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 8th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts 11th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts All Grades	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
Beckley-Stratton Middle School	Public	6-8	401 Grey Flats Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4616	590	66	8.9	70.1%	390 (66.1%)	119 (20.2%)	12 (2.0%)	4 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	64 (10.8%)	45.5	91^st of 161 public middle schools	43.5%		36	114^th of 168 public middle schools	32.1%	23				36.8	45.0	21.1		33.5				46.1	48.8	39.0		44.2		18.4		$11,345	$1,393	$9,952
Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4575 Robert C Byrd Dr	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4588	272	25	11.1	62.6%	198 (72.8%)	27 (9.9%)	8 (2.9%)	7 (2.6%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	31 (11.4%)	47.7	184^th of 355 public elementary schools	48.2%		45	192^nd of 355 public elementary schools	45.9%	8	66.7	21.9	28.6					37.9	59.3	43.8	53.6					51.7	39.3			$11,986	$2,098	$9,888
Crescent Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	205 Crescent Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4585	304	20	15.2	47.4%	228 (75.0%)	36 (11.8%)	7 (2.3%)	5 (1.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (9.2%)	91.1	20^th of 355 public elementary schools	94.4%		91.5	15^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.8%	5	73.3	74.1	66.0					70.8	80.0	79.6	75.5					78.1	45.3			$10,115	$715	$9,400
Hollywood Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	412 Old Mill Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4590	240	19	12.6	45.3%	210 (87.5%)	6 (2.5%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (7.9%)	92	17^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.2%		81.5	44^th of 355 public elementary schools	87.6%	27	83.3	64.7	84.6					76.7	80.0	58.8	80.8					72.2	69.2			$11,566	$750	$10,816
Maxwell Hill Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1001 Maxwell Hill Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4599	203	17	11.9	42.5%	161 (79.3%)	15 (7.4%)	5 (2.5%)	4 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	16 (7.9%)	78.9	51^st of 355 public elementary schools	85.6%		89.1	19^th of 355 public elementary schools	94.6%	32	73.3	53.1	51.6					59.1	73.3	68.8	67.7					69.9	41.9			$11,795	$483	$11,313
Park Middle School	Public	6-8	212 Park Ave	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4586	391	33	12.0	45.5%	285 (72.9%)	57 (14.6%)	6 (1.5%)	6 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	37 (9.5%)	74.3	33^rd of 161 public middle schools	79.5%		76	25^th of 168 public middle schools	85.1%	8				69.3	56.5	28.8		48.7				64.8	49.2	51.8		54.1		31.2		$12,375	$715	$11,660
Academy Of Careers And Technology	Public	9-12	390 Stanaford Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4615	0	22	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Stanaford Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	950 Stanaford Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4626	199	23	8.6	63.2%	151 (75.9%)	23 (11.6%)	4 (2.0%)	3 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (9.0%)	73.3	70^th of 355 public elementary schools	80.3%		83	37^th of 355 public elementary schools	89.6%	33	62.5	76.9	78.3					72.3	40.6	64.1	47.8					52.1	52.2			$13,762	$1,674	$12,087
Woodrow Wilson High School	Public	9-12	400 Stanaford Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 256-4646	1,284	76	16.8	52.9%	923 (71.9%)	204 (15.9%)	28 (2.2%)	25 (1.9%)	1 (0.1%)	2 (0.2%)	101 (7.9%)	58.7	37^th of 105 public high schools	64.8%		60.9	41^st of 111 public high schools	63.1%	4							18.5								49.8				26.4	$8,984	$305	$8,678
Stratton Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1129 S Fayette St	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4604	312	24	13.0	83.1%	132 (42.3%)	127 (40.7%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	45 (14.4%)	19.2	322^nd of 355 public elementary schools	9.3%		9.8	344^th of 355 public elementary schools	3.1%	22	55.3	39.4	21.4					38.1	34.2	18.2	35.7					30.1	14.3			$12,326	$2,844	$9,482
Beckley Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	399 Grey Flats Rd	Beckley	25801	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 256-4620	260	24	10.8	80.5%	124 (47.7%)	89 (34.2%)	1 (0.4%)	7 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (15.0%)	31.9	269^th of 355 public elementary schools	24.2%		25.3	301^st of 355 public elementary schools	15.2%	32	42.9	38.7	19.4					34.6	50.0	54.8	35.5					47.1	25.8			$13,193	$3,370	$9,823

Cities Near Zip Code 25801

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Beckley	0.99 mi	12	82^nd
Mabscott	1.31 mi	1	224^th
Mount Hope	4.21 mi	1	177^th
Daniels	5.35 mi	1	61^st
Sophia	5.41 mi	2	120^th

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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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