Best High Schools in West Virginia

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the WV Assessment test scores by the West Virginia Department of Education. The most recent update was on Monday, August 19, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 112)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
540162001170	21	Parkersburg High School	Public	9-12	2101 Dudley Ave	Parkersburg	26101	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 420-9595	1,552	98	15.8		1,404 (90.5%)	33 (2.1%)	37 (2.4%)	14 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	63 (4.1%)	$10,798			$752			$10,046	77.4	46	56	35
540006000027	22	Musselman High School	Public	9-12	126 Excellence Way	Inwood	25428	Berkeley County	Berkeley County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 229-1950	1,780	104	17.1		1,400 (78.7%)	101 (5.7%)	143 (8.0%)	16 (0.9%)	3 (0.2%)	2 (0.1%)	115 (6.5%)	$10,808			$616			$10,193	77	53.2	47	25
540090001407	23	Tug Valley High School	Public	9-12	50 Panther Blvd	Williamson	25661	Mingo County	Mingo County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 235-2266	335	27	12.4		327 (97.6%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	4 (1.2%)	$15,079			$1,582			$13,498	76.8	66	33	10
540045000269	24	Weir High School	Public	9-12	100 Red Rider Rd	Weirton	26062	Hancock County	Hancock County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 748-7600	570	41	13.9		505 (88.6%)	23 (4.0%)	5 (0.9%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	32 (5.6%)	$11,561			$1,157			$10,404	76.6	45.9	58	34
540072001282	25	North Marion High School	Public	9-12	1 North Marion Dr	Farmington	26571	Marion County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 986-3063	715	42	17		693 (96.9%)	8 (1.1%)	8 (1.1%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (0.7%)	$12,788			$725			$12,063	75.3	24.4	90	65
540087000717	26	Frankfort High School	Public	9-12	393 Falcon Way	Ridgeley	26753	Mineral County	Mineral County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 726-4767	476	35	13.7		459 (96.4%)	6 (1.3%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (1.5%)	$12,341			$798			$11,544	73.9	76.2	21	5
540072000551	27	East Fairmont High School	Public	9-12	1993 Airport Rd	Fairmont	26554	Marion County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 367-2140	700	46	15.2		648 (92.6%)	19 (2.7%)	6 (0.9%)	4 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (3.3%)	$13,141			$794			$12,347	73.4	73.3	24	3
540003000008	28	Philip Barbour High School Complex	Public	9-12	99 Horseshoe Dr	Philippi	26416	Barbour County	Barbour County Board Of Education	No	No	No	No	(304) 457-1360	589	41	14.5		553 (93.9%)	8 (1.4%)	6 (1.0%)	1 (0.2%)	9 (1.5%)	1 (0.2%)	11 (1.9%)	$10,654			$894			$9,760	71.1	21.8	94	66
540009000055	29	Van Junior/senior High School	Public	6-12	913 Van High School Road	Van	25206	Boone County	Boone County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 245-8237	152	14	10.8		145 (95.4%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.9%)	$13,696			$1,602			$12,094	71			(n/a)
540111000889	30	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	298	23	12.7		291 (97.7%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$15,034			$1,045			$13,989	70.1	49.2	53	23

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on WV Assessment Mathematics, WV Assessment English Language Arts, WV Assessment Science test scores released by the West Virginia Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on August 19, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the West Virginia Department of Education, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the West Virginia Department of Education.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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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.