Schools · Charleston
Charleston, WV schools
20 public, charter and private schools in Charleston. Search by name or narrow by level, type or district.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C
Charleston’s School Grade: C
The public schools Charleston’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 66% of West Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
B+Test scoresC-Graduation
West Virginia school districts we grade (56)Better than 34%
Lower resultsHigher results
West Virginia towns with similar household incomes (152)Better than 33%
High confidence. Built on 11,126 tested students and a graduating class of 1,930; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on West Virginia’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of West Virginia only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in West Virginia with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (Kanawha County)29%
State average 27.6%
Graduation · class of 2020
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
WV: 92.2%
Graduating class
1,930
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #50 of 62 WV towns →
Districts
The district serving Charleston
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Charleston is home to University of Charleston
More about University of Charleston →Every school
All 20 schools in Charleston
Showing 1–20 of 20 schools
Mary C. Snow West Side ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 453 students
D-PublicEdgewood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–5 · 413 students
B-PublicOverbrook Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 375 students
A+PublicHolz Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 304 students
A+PublicPiedmont Year-Round EducationElementary · Grades PK–5 · 279 students
DPublicRuffner Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 271 students
B+PublicWeberwood Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 247 students
A+PublicKanawha City Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 242 students
CPublicChamberlain Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 225 students
B-PublicKenna Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 180 students
A+PublicMountaineer Montessori SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 180 students
PrivateCharleston Montessori Inc.Elementary · Grades PK–6 · 98 students
PrivateJohn Adams Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 740 students
APublicHorace Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 385 students
B+PublicWest Side Middle SchoolMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 374 students
D-PublicGeorge Washington High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,145 students
A+PublicCapital High SchoolHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,051 students
B+PublicWest Virginia Virtual AcademyOther · Grades K–12 · 1,654 students
CharterKCS Alternative LearningOther · Grades K–12 · 134 students
C-PublicGrandview AnnexPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 18 students
PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.