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Fairmont, WV schools

7 public, charter and private schools in Fairmont. Search by name or narrow by level, type.

A-School Grade #31Best schools in WV (of 61)#8Highest graduation rate in WV (of 62)

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Fairmont’s School Grade: A-

The public schools Fairmont’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 84% of West Virginia’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

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West Virginia school districts we grade (56)Better than 84%

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West Virginia towns with similar household incomes (167)Better than 78%

High confidence. Built on 3,439 tested students and a graduating class of 550; 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.