Best Schools for Black Students in West Virginia (2026)

These are the West Virginia public schools where black students scored highest on the state reading and math tests, ranked by the average of the two proficiency rates. Only schools with at least 20 tested black students are included. The list reflects how students in this group perform at each school; it is not a ranking of schools by their demographic makeup.

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Elementary schools

#SchoolReadingMathTestedOverall Repit grade
1Crescent Elementary Beckley—70%0A
2Ritchie Elementary School Wheeling—70%0A+
3North Elementary School Morgantown—50%0C+
4Keyser Primary School Keyser—50%0C
5Potomack Intermediate School Martinsburg—45%0B
6Kimball Elementary School Kimball—45%0D
7Kanawha City Elementary School Charleston—30%0C+
8Grandview Elementary School Charleston—30%0D
9Wright Denny Intermediate School Charles Town—30%0C+
10Southside Elementary Huntington—30%0C+
11Bluefield Intermediate School Bluefield—27%0D
12Edgewood Elementary Charleston—27%0D
13Dunbar Intermediate Center Dunbar—25%0C
14Ranson Elementary School Ranson—25%0D
15Mill Creek Intermediate School Bunker Hill—25%0C+
16Eagle School Intermediate Martinsburg—22%0D
17Spring Hill Elementary School Huntington—22%0D
18Piedmont Year-round Education Charleston—22%0D
19Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary Charleston—22%0C
20Orchard View Intermediate School Martinsburg—17%0D
21Beckley Elementary Beckley—15%0D
22Stratton Elementary Beckley—15%0D
23Berkeley Heights Elementary School Martinsburg—10%0D

Middle schools

#SchoolReadingMathTestedOverall Repit grade
1Glenwood School (K-8) Princeton—50%0A
2Harpers Ferry Middle School Harpers Ferry—50%0B
3Keyser Middle School Keyser—35%0D
4Princeton Middle School Princeton—35%0C
5South Charleston Middle School South Charleston—35%0D
6John Adams Middle School Charleston—35%0B
7Spring Mills Middle School Martinsburg—32%0C
8Suncrest Middle School Morgantown—32%0B+
9Shepherdstown Middle School Shepherdstown—30%0A
10Andrew Jackson Middle School Charleston—30%0B
11Du Pont Middle School Belle—30%0D
12Logan Middle School Logan—30%0D
13South Middle School Morgantown—30%0B+
14Triadelphia Middle School Wheeling—30%0A
15Hurricane Middle Hurricane—30%0A+
16Van Devender Middle School Parkersburg—30%0D
17Horace Mann Middle School Charleston—27%0D
18Park Middle School Beckley—25%0C+
19Eastern Greenbrier Middle School Ronceverte—25%0D
20Musselman Middle School Bunker Hill—25%0C+
21Hedgesville Middle School Hedgesville—25%0D
22Dunbar Middle School Dunbar—17%0C+
23West Fairmont Middle School Fairmont—17%0C+
24Bluefield Middle School Bluefield—17%0D
25Beckley-Stratton Middle School Beckley—17%0D

High schools

#SchoolReadingMathTestedOverall Repit grade
1Fairmont Senior High School Fairmont—30%0A
2Woodrow Wilson High School Beckley—15%0C+
3South Charleston High School South Charleston—15%0B+
4Wheeling Park High School Wheeling—10%0A
5KCS Alternative Learning Charleston—10%0D
6Jefferson High School Shenandoah Junction—10%0A
7Spring Mills High School Martinsburg—10%0B
8Mount View High School Welch—8%0D
9Capital High School Charleston—8%0C+
10Bluefield High School Bluefield—5%0C+
11Huntington High School Huntington—5%0C
12Martinsburg High School Martinsburg—5%0C+

Source: U.S. Department of Education EDFacts (state assessment results by student group) via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Small schools report results as ranges; we use the midpoint. Methodology