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Schools in Zip Code 26170

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544

Students

Top rankedSt. Marys High School14^th of 107 West Virginia high schools

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St. Marys High School up 56 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

Zip code 26170, serving the Saint Marys area of West Virginia, is home to 2 schools within the Pleasants County Schools district, which is ranked 20th out of 54 districts in the state with a 3-star rating.

For parents, the standout story here is St. Marys High School, which has shown dramatic improvement after a volatile few years. The school swung from a 73rd percentile ranking in 2023-2024, down to the 37th percentile in 2024-2025, and then surged to its best-ever showing at the 86th percentile in 2025-2026. This year, the high school posted strong results in English Language Arts (63.9% proficient, 12.7 points above the state) and Science (31.9% proficient, 8.3 points above the state), though math remains a concern at just 22.2% proficiency. The school also boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate, well above the state average of 92.8%. Meanwhile, St. Marys Elementary School excels in 4th grade math with a 76.9% proficiency rate, far exceeding district and state averages, but struggles with 3rd grade English Language Arts at just 27.5% proficiency—17 points below the state. This 49-point gap between the school's best and worst subject-grade combinations is striking.

Both schools share nearly identical student-teacher ratios (13.2:1 at the high school, 13.1:1 at the elementary), suggesting favorable class sizes. The high school's across-the-board improvement of 7-11 percentage points in a single year points to systemic changes rather than random variation, though small class sizes (roughly 77 students per grade) can amplify year-to-year swings. Overall, this area offers a high school with strong recent momentum and a perfect graduation rate, paired with an elementary school that shines in math but needs attention in early literacy. The absence of free/reduced lunch data limits socioeconomic analysis, but the district's consistent performance—with the high school's scores exactly matching district averages—indicates these two schools are the primary drivers of the district's solid 3-star rating.

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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 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 11th Grade	WV Assessment English Language Arts All Grades	WV Assessment Science 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
St. Marys Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-4	317 Washington St	Saint Marys	26170	Pleasants County	Pleasants County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 684-3510	232	18	13.1	47.9%	222 (95.7%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.3%)	54.2	156^th of 355 public elementary schools	56.1%		71	77^th of 355 public elementary schools	78.3%	79	40.0	76.9		58.2	27.5	69.2		48.1		$13,872	$1,511	$12,361
St. Marys High School	Public	9-12	2330 N Pleasants Hwy	Saint Marys	26170	Pleasants County	Pleasants County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 684-2421	309	23	13.2	34.0%	299 (96.8%)	3 (1.0%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.3%)	82.8	14^th of 107 public high schools	86.9%		40.9	70^th of 111 public high schools	36.9%	56			22.2				63.9		31.9	$14,281	$968	$13,314
Mid Ohio Valley Technical Institute	Public	9-12	2134 N Pleasants Hwy	Saint Marys	26170	Pleasants County	Pleasants County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 684-2464	3	13	.2		3 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

Cities Near Zip Code 26170

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Saint Marys	0.32 mi	3	58^th
Belmont	3.57 mi	2	183^rd
Walker	11.56 mi	1
Ellenboro	11.66 mi	2	165^th
Williamstown	13.44 mi	2	15^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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