Summary:
Zip code 25901 in Oak Hill, West Virginia, is home to just one middle school, Oak Hill Middle School, which serves grades 6 through 8 with a substantial enrollment of 627 students.
Oak Hill Middle School is part of the Fayette County Schools district, which holds a 2-star rating and ranks 36th out of 54 districts in West Virginia. The school itself has a 0-star rating and ranks 153rd out of 161 middle schools statewide, placing it in the bottom 5th percentile. This ranking has been volatile over the past three years, moving from the 4th percentile, up to the 12th, and then back down to the 5th, suggesting inconsistent year-over-year performance. Academically, the school significantly underperforms both its district and the state across all subjects. In Mathematics, only 16.3% of students are proficient, compared to 39.4% statewide—a gap of 23 percentage points. English Language Arts is a relative strength, with 31.6% proficiency versus 47.6% statewide, but still well below average. Science proficiency for 8th graders is the lowest at 14.9%, and it actually declined from the previous year.
For parents, the key takeaway is that Oak Hill Middle School faces significant academic challenges, particularly in math and science, where proficiency rates are alarmingly low. The school does have a moderate student-teacher ratio of 15.1 and per-student spending of $10,914, which raises questions about how resources are being used to address these gaps. While ELA scores are comparatively better, the overall pattern points to systemic issues rather than grade-specific problems. The 8th-grade math proficiency rate of just 12.8% is especially concerning, and the downward trend in science suggests STEM subjects need urgent attention. Given the school's low and unstable rankings, parents should carefully consider these metrics when evaluating educational options in this area.
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