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The highest-performing public high schools in reading in West Virginia

108 public high schools in West Virginia appear in this ranking of the highest-performing public high schools in reading, ranked by the share of students meeting or exceeding the state reading and writing standard. George Washington High School leads the list at 76.0%, against a median of 47.0% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

108

West Virginia

Top % Proficient (Reading)

76.0%

Median % Proficient (Reading)

47.0%

BEST IN READING · WEST VIRGINIA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Reading)
1	George Washington High School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	High	1,145	76.0%
2	Morgantown High School	Morgantown, WV	Monongalia County Schools	High	1,754	73.0%
3	Bridgeport High School	Bridgeport, WV	Harrison County Schools	High	817	72.0%
4	University High School	Morgantown, WV	Monongalia County Schools	High	1,371	68.0%
5	Spring Mills High School	Martinsburg, WV	Berkeley County Schools	High	1,544	62.0%
6	Jefferson High School	Shenandoah Junction, WV	Jefferson County Schools	High	1,431	62.0%
7	Herbert Hoover High School	Elkview, WV	Kanawha County Schools	High	782	62.0%
8	Buffalo High School	Buffalo, WV	Putnam County Schools	High	382	62.0%
9	Hurricane High School	Hurricane, WV	Putnam County Schools	High	1,141	62.0%
10	Winfield High School	Winfield, WV	Putnam County Schools	High	743	62.0%
11	Williamstown High School	Williamstown, WV	Wood County Schools	High	676	60.0%
12	Musselman High School	Inwood, WV	Berkeley County Schools	High	1,725	59.0%
13	Brooke High School	Wellsburg, WV	Brooke County Schools	High	855	57.0%
14	Washington High School	Charles Town, WV	Jefferson County Schools	High	1,458	57.0%
15	Nitro High School	Nitro, WV	Kanawha County Schools	High	818	57.0%
16	Saint Albans High School	Saint Albans, WV	Kanawha County Schools	High	882	57.0%
17	Wheeling Park High School	Wheeling, WV	Ohio County Schools	High	1,427	57.0%
18	Shady Spring High	Shady Spring, WV	Raleigh County Schools	High	754	57.0%
19	Roane County High	Spencer, WV	Roane County Schools	High	490	57.0%
20	Cabell Midland High School	Ona, WV	Cabell County Schools	High	1,638	56.0%
21	Woodrow Wilson High School	Beckley, WV	Raleigh County Schools	High	1,284	56.0%
22	East Hardy High School	Baker, WV	Hardy County Schools	High	290	54.5%
23	Hedgesville High School	Hedgesville, WV	Berkeley County Schools	High	1,346	52.0%
24	Braxton County High School	Sutton, WV	Braxton County Schools	High	481	52.0%
25	South Harrison High School	Lost Creek, WV	Harrison County Schools	High	365	52.0%
26	Robert C Byrd High School	Clarksburg, WV	Harrison County Schools	High	689	52.0%
27	Capital High School	Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	High	1,051	52.0%
28	East Fairmont High School	Fairmont, WV	Marion County Schools	High	725	52.0%
29	Fairmont Senior High School	Fairmont, WV	Marion County Schools	High	835	52.0%
30	Princeton Senior High School	Princeton, WV	Mercer County Schools	High	925	52.0%
31	Berkeley Springs High School	Berkeley Springs, WV	Morgan County Schools	High	582	52.0%
32	St. Marys High School	Saint Marys, WV	Pleasants County Schools	High	309	52.0%
33	Tucker County High School	Hambleton, WV	Tucker County Schools	High	279	52.0%
34	Greenbrier East High School	Lewisburg, WV	Greenbrier County Schools	High	997	51.0%
35	Huntington High School	Huntington, WV	Cabell County Schools	High	1,667	50.0%
36	Martinsburg High School	Martinsburg, WV	Berkeley County Schools	High	1,505	49.0%
37	John Marshall High School	Glen Dale, WV	Marshall County Schools	High	1,048	49.0%
38	Parkersburg High School	Parkersburg, WV	Wood County Schools	High	1,491	49.0%
39	Parkersburg South High School	Parkersburg, WV	Wood County Schools	High	1,373	49.0%
40	Philip Barbour High School Complex	Philippi, WV	Barbour County Schools	High	520	47.0%
41	Gilmer County High School	Glenville, WV	Gilmer County Schools	High	421	47.0%
42	Oak Glen High School	New Cumberland, WV	Hancock County Schools	High	469	47.0%
43	Moorefield High School	Moorefield, WV	Hardy County Schools	High	480	47.0%
44	Liberty High School	Clarksburg, WV	Harrison County Schools	High	346	47.0%
45	Ravenswood High School	Ravenswood, WV	Jackson County Schools	High	397	47.0%
46	Ripley High School	Ripley, WV	Jackson County Schools	High	768	47.0%
47	South Charleston High School	South Charleston, WV	Kanawha County Schools	High	874	47.0%
48	Riverside High School	Belle, WV	Kanawha County Schools	High	1,057	47.0%
49	North Marion High School	Farmington, WV	Marion County Schools	High	671	47.0%
50	Bluefield High School	Bluefield, WV	Mercer County Schools	High	618	47.0%

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