Best Middle Schools in West Virginia for Special Education Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in West Virginia!

Every year, the West Virginia Department of Education shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Special Education students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish West Virginia test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

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 (Special Education vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 128)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Special Education)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Special Education)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
540105000874	1	Wheeling Middle School	Public	6-8	3500 Chapline St	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 243-0425	185	20	9.2		126 (68.1%)	27 (14.6%)	7 (3.8%)	2 (1.1%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (11.9%)	$19,715			$2,317			$17,398	99.2%	65.1%	34.13%
540114000895	2	Marlinton Middle School	Public	6-8	1 Copperhead Way	Buckeye	24924	Pocahontas County	Pocahontas County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 799-6773	135	12	11.7		133 (98.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.5%)	$17,066			$1,662			$15,404	98.4%	85.2%	13.23%
540120000932	3	Poca Middle School	Public	6-8	2884 Charleston Rd	Poca	25159	Putnam County	Putnam County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 755-4675	297	24	12.3		293 (98.7%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.7%)	$14,440			$838			$13,603	97.7%	95.9%	1.80%
540060000355	4	Andrew Jackson Middle School	Public	6-8	5445 Big Tyler Rd	Charleston	25313	Kanawha County	Kanawha County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 776-3310	494	30	16.4		404 (81.8%)	28 (5.7%)	9 (1.8%)	7 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	45 (9.1%)	$11,261			$987			$10,274	96.9%	84.0%	12.85%
540057000349	5	Shepherdstown Middle School	Public	6-8	54 Minden St	Shepherdstown	25443	Jefferson County	Jefferson County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 876-6120	325	29	11.4		265 (81.5%)	12 (3.7%)	22 (6.8%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (7.1%)	$13,344			$496			$12,848	96.1%	78.7%	17.40%
540090001404	6	Matewan Pk8	Public	PK, KG-8	100 Chambers St	Matewan	25678	Mingo County	Mingo County Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(304) 426-4719	398	27	14.7		379 (95.2%)	2 (0.5%)	7 (1.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.5%)	$11,657			$1,931			$9,726	95.3%	69.2%	26.08%
540054001240	7	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	94.5%	71.6%	22.93%
540162001154	8	Hamilton Middle School	Public	6-8	3501 Cadillac Dr	Parkersburg	26104	Wood County	Wood County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 420-9547	413	34	12.1		371 (89.8%)	12 (2.9%)	4 (1.0%)	4 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	22 (5.3%)	$11,504			$780			$10,724	93.8%	83.4%	10.32%
540129000663	9	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	93.0%	71.0%	21.96%
540105000869	10	Triadelphia Middle School	Public	6-8	1636 National Rd	Wheeling	26003	Ohio County	Ohio County Schools	No	No	No	No	(304) 243-0387	409	32	12.7		328 (80.2%)	46 (11.2%)	1 (0.2%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	26 (6.4%)	$12,663			$836			$11,827	92.2%	91.7%	0.47%

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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.