Best Middle 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 169)	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)
540108000882	41	Pendleton County Middle/High School	Public	7-12	409 Maple Ave	Franklin	26807	Pendleton County	Pendleton County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 358-2573	381	34	11.3		352 (92.4%)	9 (2.4%)	5 (1.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (3.4%)	$14,078			$871			$13,208	64	30.1	129	88
540123000990	42	Trap Hill Middle School	Public	6-8	665 Coal River Rd	Glen Daniel	25844	Raleigh County	Raleigh County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 934-5392	347	32	11		338 (97.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (2.0%)	$12,395			$886			$11,508	63.8	59.3	57	15
540150001294	43	Buffalo Middle School	Public	6-8	298 Buffalo Creek Rd	Kenova	25530	Wayne County	Wayne County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 429-6062	232	23	10		227 (97.8%)	3 (1.3%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	$11,628			$1,119			$10,509	63	60.4	53	10
540042001336	44	Capon Bridge Middle School	Public	6-8	75 Capon School St	Capon Bridge	26711	Hampshire County	Hampshire County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 856-2534	208	19	11		190 (91.3%)	1 (0.5%)	9 (4.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (3.8%)	$11,355			$990			$10,365	62.9	55.7	66	22
540084001480	45	Pikeview Middle School	Public	6-8	3550 Eads Mill Rd	Princeton	24739	Mercer County	Mercer County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 384-3600	517	34	15		485 (93.8%)	5 (1.0%)	6 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (4.1%)	$10,969			$1,002			$9,967	62.6	52.6	72	27
540141001067	46	Davis Thomas Elementary Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	426 Second Street	Thomas	26292	Tucker County	Tucker County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 463-4422	194	19	10.3		191 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.0%)	$12,215			$1,272			$10,942	62.4	25.4	140	94
540072000574	47	Rivesville Elementary/Middle School	Public	PK, KG-8	229 Phillips Ave	Rivesville	26588	Marion County	Marion County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 278-5331	329	27	12.1		299 (90.9%)	8 (2.4%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (6.4%)	$13,392			$1,205			$12,188	62.3	66.8	40	7
540054001240	48	Ravenswood Middle School	Public	6-8	514 S Ritchie Ave	Ravenswood	26164	Jackson County	Jackson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 273-5480	300	25	12.2		275 (91.7%)	1 (0.3%)	13 (4.3%)	2 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (3.0%)	$12,312			$826			$11,487	62.3	55.2	68	20
540129000663	49	Ritchie County Middle	Public	5-8	201 Ritchie County School Rd	Ellenboro	26346	Ritchie County	Ritchie County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 869-3512	302	29	10.4		294 (97.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$13,290			$1,970			$11,320	62.1	66.2	41	8
540117000903	50	Central Preston Middle School	Public	5-8	64 Wildcat Way	Kingwood	26537	Preston County	Preston County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 329-0033	310	22	14		300 (96.8%)	4 (1.3%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.0%)	$10,090			$1,744			$8,347	62.1	65.7	42	8

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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.