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Best Public Schools in Zip Code 26003

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Schools

5,179

Students

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5-star schools

Top rankedSteenrod Elementary School16^th of 355 West Virginia elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Elm Grove Elementary School up 75 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Wheeling Middle School 9 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

Warwood Middle School and 1 more

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Summary:

The 14 schools serving the Wheeling, WV area (zip code 26003) span elementary through high school, with 8 elementary schools (PK-5), 5 middle schools (6-8), and 1 high school (9-12), drawing from two districts: Ohio County Schools (12 schools, ranked #4 of 54 districts in West Virginia) and Marshall County Schools (2 schools, ranked #18).

Families in this area have several standout options. Steenrod Elementary School is the clear top performer, ranked #16 of 355 elementary schools statewide with 72.9% math and 75.4% ELA proficiency—both far above state averages—and its 4th grade math score of 85.7% is the highest single subject-grade result in the dataset. Triadelphia Middle School leads at the middle level (ranked #14 of 161 statewide, 62.2% ELA proficiency), while Wheeling Park High School anchors secondary education with an 89.8% graduation rate. Elm Grove Elementary School showed the most dramatic improvement, jumping 75 spots to #53 statewide, with science proficiency soaring from 11.8% to 52.5%. Conversely, Ritchie Elementary School fell 199 spots to #216, and Bridge Street Middle School dropped 66 spots to #96 with math proficiency at just 29.8%.

Overall, elementary schools are the area's strength—7 of 8 exceed state averages in both math and ELA—but there's a clear "middle school slide," with math proficiency dropping from 57.9% at elementary to 38.9% at middle and 31.7% at high school. ELA is consistently strong across all levels, while science is the weakest subject, with only 4 of 14 schools exceeding state averages and notable year-over-year volatility. Notably, higher per-student spending doesn't guarantee better outcomes: Wheeling Middle School spends the most ($19,715/student) yet ranks below Woodsdale Elementary School, which spends far less ($12,112) but ranks higher. For parents, the area offers excellent elementary options, particularly Steenrod and Woodsdale, but outcomes vary widely by school, and the transition to middle school warrants careful attention.

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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
Sherrard Middle School	Public	6-8	1000 Fairmont Pike	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Marshall County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 233-3331	409	34	12.1	40.7%	390 (95.4%)	5 (1.2%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.4%)	74.9	30^th of 161 public middle schools	81.4%		70	34^th of 168 public middle schools	79.8%	4				33.0	53.9	56.3		48.6				56.6	54.7	46.7		52.2		37.8		$12,284	$867	$11,417
Hilltop Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	2 Ram Dr	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Marshall County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 232-8640	401	27	14.7	25.7%	386 (96.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.2%)	47.9	182^nd of 355 public elementary schools	48.7%		72	70^th of 355 public elementary schools	80.3%	112	48.3	50.0	49.2					49.2	48.3	58.6	44.3					50.3	26.2			$11,891	$1,090	$10,801
Bethlehem Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	22 Chapel Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0350	125	8	15.9	26.5%	115 (92.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (6.4%)	65.6	94^th of 355 public elementary schools	73.5%		86.1	29^th of 355 public elementary schools	91.8%	65	54.6	70.8	55.0					60.6	40.9	58.3	60.0					53.0	40.0			$11,118	$727	$10,391
Bridge Street Middle School	Public	6-8	19 Junior Ave	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0381	263	24	11.1	42.9%	240 (91.3%)	9 (3.4%)	3 (1.1%)	2 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.4%)	42.6	96^th of 161 public middle schools	40.4%		60.8	50^th of 168 public middle schools	70.2%	46				24.3	40.2	23.5		29.8				35.7	44.8	49.4		43.8		27.1		$13,172	$1,222	$11,950
Elm Grove Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	85 Mil Acres Dr	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0363	299	29	10.4	61.8%	269 (90.0%)	13 (4.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (4.7%)	78.4	53^rd of 355 public elementary schools	85.1%		58.9	128^th of 355 public elementary schools	63.9%	75	74.4	43.1	70.0					60.8	59.0	56.9	72.5					62.3	52.5			$15,706	$2,591	$13,115
Madison Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	91 Zane St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0366	231	22	10.5	78.1%	148 (64.1%)	55 (23.8%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (11.7%)	74.1	65^th of 355 public elementary schools	81.7%		76.9	56^th of 355 public elementary schools	84.2%	9	64.3	65.7	50.0					60.2	53.6	68.6	66.7					63.4	36.7			$17,985	$2,612	$15,373
Ritchie Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	3700 Wood St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0372	289	26	11.1	71.9%	201 (69.6%)	38 (13.1%)	5 (1.7%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	43 (14.9%)	41.7	216^th of 355 public elementary schools	39.2%		87.4	24^th of 355 public elementary schools	93.2%	192	43.2	60.9	53.7					52.7	36.4	41.3	53.7					43.5	17.1			$15,153	$2,719	$12,434
Steenrod Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	100 Clarks Ln	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0356	256	19	13.2	24.4%	230 (89.8%)	8 (3.1%)	4 (1.6%)	5 (2.0%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.1%)	92.3	16^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.5%		89.8	17^th of 355 public elementary schools	95.2%	1	77.8	85.7	59.6					72.9	77.8	74.3	74.5					75.4	51.1			$12,301	$668	$11,633
Triadelphia Middle School	Public	6-8	1636 National Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0387	387	34	11.3	40.5%	313 (80.9%)	35 (9.0%)	4 (1.0%)	6 (1.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	28 (7.2%)	85.1	14^th of 161 public middle schools	91.3%		86.4	11^th of 168 public middle schools	93.5%	3				46.4	50.0	50.4		49.0				74.1	56.0	57.1		62.2		37.6		$12,719	$977	$11,742
Wheeling Middle School	Public	6-8	3500 Chapline St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0425	200	22	9.0	61.8%	135 (67.5%)	32 (16.0%)	5 (2.5%)	2 (1.0%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.0%)	23 (11.5%)	77.1	21^st of 161 public middle schools	87.0%		64.3	41^st of 168 public middle schools	75.6%	20				44.2	41.5	35.2		40.3				63.5	62.3	70.4		65.4		31.5		$15,677	$2,586	$13,091
Wheeling Park High School	Public	9-12	1976 Park View Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0400	1,427	106	13.4	37.1%	1,207 (84.6%)	89 (6.2%)	29 (2.0%)	21 (1.5%)	2 (0.1%)	2 (0.1%)	77 (5.4%)	82.1	15^th of 107 public high schools	86.0%		81.7	16^th of 111 public high schools	85.6%	1							31.7								53.9				29.4	$12,432	$832	$11,601
Woodsdale Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1 Bethany Pike	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0378	405	32	12.6	40.0%	351 (86.7%)	13 (3.2%)	3 (0.7%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.2%)	32 (7.9%)	83.7	38^th of 355 public elementary schools	89.3%		83.2	36^th of 355 public elementary schools	89.9%	2	75.4	68.3	49.2					64.7	63.1	63.3	71.2					65.8	52.5			$12,388	$1,323	$11,065
Warwood Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	1200 Richland Ave	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(304) 243-0375	304	22	13.9		274 (90.1%)	10 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (5.9%)	47.9	183^rd of 355 public elementary schools	48.5%					(n/a)	37.2	40.8	48.9					42.3	35.7	53.1	64.4					51.5	40.0			$11,265	$1,296	$9,969
Warwood Middle School	Public	6-8	150 Viking Drive	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	(n/a)	No	(n/a)	(304) 243-0394	183	19	9.6		164 (89.6%)	5 (2.7%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	12 (6.6%)	57.4	56^th of 161 public middle schools	65.2%					(n/a)				30.4	41.5	33.9		35.8				54.4	47.7	48.4		49.7		27.4		$13,070	$1,362	$11,708

Cities Near Zip Code 26003

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Wheeling	0.71 mi	15	57^th
Triadelphia	3.62 mi	1	19^th
McMechen	5.96 mi	1	140^th
Dallas	7.78 mi	1
West Liberty	8.4 mi	1	23^rd

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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.

IMPORTANT DISCLAIMERS: Not all boundaries are included. We make every effort to ensure that boundaries are up-to-date. But it's important to note that these are approximations and are for general informational purposes only. To verify legal descriptions of boundaries or school locations, contact your local tax assessor's office and/or school district.