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Best Middle Schools in Zip Code 25921

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401

Students

Top rankedIndependence Middle School40^th of 161 West Virginia middle schools

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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 6th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 7th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics 8th Grade	WV Assessment Mathematics All Grades	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 All Grades	WV Assessment Science 8th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Independence Middle School	Public	6-8	800 Independence Rd	Coal City	25921	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 683-4542	401	35	11.4	65.7%	367 (91.5%)	8 (2.0%)	7 (1.7%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (4.5%)	68.9	40^th of 161 public middle schools	75.2%		75.9	26^th of 168 public middle schools	84.5%	14	40.6	49.2	43.1	44.6	48.1	57.8	52.6	53.1	26.7	$11,234	$578	$10,655

Cities Near Zip Code 25921

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Sophia	1.36 mi	2	120^th
Coal City	1.79 mi	2	137^th
Beckley	4.9 mi	12	82^nd
Mabscott	5.29 mi	1	224^th
Glen Daniel	7.51 mi	2	48^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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