Summary:
Zip code 26149 is home to just one elementary school, Arthur I Boreman Elementary School, which serves 273 students in grades PK-5 in the rural community of Middlebourne, WV, within the Tyler County Schools district.
As the only elementary school in the area, Arthur I Boreman stands out as a strong academic performer on a statewide level. In the 2025-2026 school year, it ranked 48th out of 355 elementary schools in West Virginia, placing it in the 86th percentile with a 4-star rating. The school consistently outperforms both its district and state averages in core subjects. For example, in 5th-grade Mathematics, 76.3% of students are proficient, compared to just 44% statewide. Across all grades, the school's math proficiency rate is 70.8%, which is 31.4 percentage points above the state average. English Language Arts proficiency is also strong at 60.8%, beating the state by 13.2 points. The school benefits from a very low student-to-teacher ratio of 9.1, suggesting small class sizes and individualized attention, alongside per-student spending of $15,545.
However, there are a few areas of concern for parents to note. The most striking is a "4th-grade slump": proficiency drops significantly in 4th grade for both math (62%) and ELA (48%), with the ELA score actually falling below the state average. This could indicate a curriculum transition issue or a specific cohort needing extra support. Additionally, while science scores remain above the state average, they are the school's weakest subject at 42.1% proficiency, and they have declined sharply from 55.3% the previous year—a 13.2-point drop that warrants attention. On a positive note, the school has shown a remarkable turnaround in recent years, jumping from the 68th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 86th percentile in 2024-2025 and maintaining that high level, suggesting recent instructional changes have been effective.
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