Education in West Virginia
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Formal public school Education in West Virginia
West Virginia
West Virginia is a state in the Appalachian and Southeastern regions of the United States, bordered by Virginia to the southeast, Kentucky to the southwest, Ohio to the northwest, Pennsylvania to the northeast and Maryland to the east...

falls under the auspices of the West Virginia Department of Education
West Virginia Department of Education
The West Virginia Department of Education is the state education agency of West Virginia. It is headquartered in Charleston....

. Each county in West Virginia constitutes a school district.

West Virginia Board of Education

The West Virginia Board of Education is established in the West Virginia Constitution. The Board is vested with general supervision of West Virginia's 834 elementary and secondary schools. Its twelve members include nine citizens appointed by the governor and three non-voting ex-officio members: the State Superintendent of Schools, the Chancellor of the West Virginia Higher Education Policy Commission, and the Chancellor of Community and Technical Education. The State Superintendent is a constitutional officer who serves at the will of the board. Board members serve overlapping terms of nine years, and no more than five citizen members may belong to the same political party.

The West Virginia Board of Education meets monthly to determine the educational policies of the elementary and secondary schools and to establish the rules that carry into effect state law regarding education. The State Board of Education also has general control, supervision, and management of the business and educational affairs of the West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind
West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind
The West Virginia Schools for the Deaf and Blind were established by an Act of the Legislature on March 3, 1870. The School for the Deaf and the School for the Blind offer comprehensive educational programs for hearing impaired and visually impaired students respectively. There is also a unit for...

 in Romney
Romney, West Virginia
Romney is a city in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,940 at the 2000 census, while the area covered by the city's ZIP code had a population of 5,873. It is a city with a very historic background dating back to the 18th century...

.

County Boards of Education

For each K-12 school district there is a board of education
Board of education
A board of education or a school board or school committee is the title of the board of directors or board of trustees of a school, local school district or higher administrative level....

 with at least five members whom are chosen by election in non-partisan races. Though no more than two members may reside in the same magisterial district, members are elected by residents of the entire county. Active teachers and service personnel are not eligible for election to the county Board of Education. Members are elected to four-year terms in which the election occurs during the regular primary election in even years.

In addition to the Boards of Education, each district also has an appointed Superintendent. He/she typically serves as the Executive Officer of the county school district and is responsible for enforcing policies of the West Virginia Board of Education. Assignments, transfers, suspensions, and promotions made by the County Superintendent are subject to approval by the county Board of Education. The Superintendent must be a resident of the county in which he/she serves or in a contiguous West Virginia county.

Each county school district falls within one of eight Regional Education Service Agencies (RESAs).

Colleges and universities

  • Alderson-Broaddus College
    Alderson-Broaddus College
    Alderson–Broaddus College — informally known as "A–B" — is a private, four-year liberal arts college affiliated with the American Baptist Churches USA and the West Virginia Baptist Convention located in Philippi, West Virginia, USA...

  • Appalachian Bible College
    Appalachian Bible College
    Appalachian Bible College is a small, non-profit, private, Christian college north of Beckley, West Virginia, United States. While unaffiliated with any particular denomination, it generally serves independent churches associated within the fundamental baptist and bible church associations.The...

  • Bethany College
    Bethany College (West Virginia)
    Bethany College is a private liberal arts college located in Bethany, West Virginia, United States. Founded in 1840, Bethany is the oldest institution of Higher Education in West Virginia.-Location:...

  • Bluefield State College
    Bluefield State College
    Bluefield State College is a historically black college located in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. It is a part of West Virginia's public education system and offers baccalaureate and associate degrees. The school is not connected in any way with Bluefield College in nearby Bluefield,...

  • Concord University
    Concord University
    Concord University is a comprehensive, public, liberal arts institution located in Athens, West Virginia, United States, founded on February 28, 1872, when the West Virginia Legislature passed "an Act to locate a Branch State Normal School, in Concord Church, in the County of Mercer".Founded by...

  • Davis and Elkins College
    Davis and Elkins College
    Davis & Elkins College, also known as D&E, is a small residential liberal arts college located in Elkins, West Virginia, United States. The school was founded in 1904 and is affiliated with the Presbyterian Church. It was named for Henry G. Davis and his son-in-law Stephen B. Elkins who were both...

  • Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College
    Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College
    Eastern West Virginia Community & Technical College is a two-year college with its main campus located at Moorefield in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States.-External links:*...

  • Fairmont State University
    Fairmont State University
    Fairmont State University is a public university located in Fairmont, West Virginia, USA. Enrollment of the university is about 7,700 and offers masters degrees in business, education, teaching, criminal justice and nursing in addition to 90 baccalaureate and 50 associate degrees...

  • Glenville State College
    Glenville State College
    Glenville State College is a public four-year college located in Glenville, a town in the rural north-central part of the U.S. state of West Virginia.-History:...

  • Marshall University
    Marshall University
    Marshall University is a coeducational public research university in Huntington, West Virginia, United States founded in 1837, and named after John Marshall, the fourth Chief Justice of the United States....

  • Mountain State University
    Mountain State University
    Mountain State University is a private nonsectarian university based in Beckley, West Virginia, United States. The university offers undergraduate and master's degree programs, as well as a doctoral degree program. Most of the university's programs focus on the professions in business,...

  • Ohio Valley University
    Ohio Valley University
    Ohio Valley University is a private, four-year Christian college and is affiliated with the Churches of Christ. It is located between the western towns of Parkersburg and Vienna in the State of West Virginia in the United States....

  • Potomac State College of West Virginia University
    Potomac State College of West Virginia University
    Potomac State College of West Virginia University is a two-year junior college affiliated as a division of West Virginia University. West Virginia's only residential junior college, it is located in Keyser, approximately away from WVU's main campus in Morgantown, West Virginia, United States...

  • Salem International University
    Salem International University
    Salem International University is an American private university located in Salem, West Virginia, in the United States...

  • Shepherd University
    Shepherd University
    Shepherd University, formerly Shepherd College, is a state-funded university in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, United States. The University currently serves more than 4,200 students.- Accreditation :...

  • University of Charleston
    University of Charleston
    The University of Charleston is a private university in Charleston, West Virginia, United States of over 1,300 students.-History:The school was founded in 1888 as the Barboursville Seminary of the Southern Methodist Church...

  • West Liberty State College
    West Liberty State College
    West Liberty University is a school located in West Liberty, West Virginia, United States, near Wheeling. Formerly known as West Liberty State College, West Liberty University is an institution in northern West Virginia offering a variety of degrees, undergraduate and graduate...

  • West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
    West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
    The West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine, located in Lewisburg, West Virginia, United States, is a public free-standing and independent medical school not affiliated with a larger institution...

  • West Virginia State University
    West Virginia State University
    West Virginia State University is a historically black public college in Institute, West Virginia, United States. In the Charleston-metro area, the school is usually referred to simply as "State" or "West Virginia State"...

  • West Virginia University
    West Virginia University
    West Virginia University is a public research university in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. Other campuses include: West Virginia University at Parkersburg in Parkersburg; West Virginia University Institute of Technology in Montgomery; Potomac State College of West Virginia University in Keyser;...

  • West Virginia University Institute of Technology
    West Virginia University Institute of Technology
    West Virginia University Institute of Technology is a four-year college located in Montgomery, West Virginia, United States. It is the largest regional campus of West Virginia University and is separately accredited from the main campus of WVU in Morgantown...

  • West Virginia University at Parkersburg
    West Virginia University at Parkersburg
    West Virginia University at Parkersburg is a public college located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States. It is a stand-alone college with its own board of governors and degree granting authority, separate from WVU. Conceived as a community college to serve seven counties in west central...

  • West Virginia Wesleyan College
    West Virginia Wesleyan College
    West Virginia Wesleyan College is a regionally accredited private, coeducational, liberal arts college in Buckhannon, West Virginia, United States. It has an enrollment of about 1,400 students from 35 U.S. states and 26 countries. The school was founded in 1890 by the West Virginia Conference of...

  • Wheeling Jesuit University
    Wheeling Jesuit University
    Wheeling Jesuit University is a private, co-educational Roman Catholic university in the United States. Located in Wheeling, West Virginia, it was founded as Wheeling College in 1954 by the Society of Jesus . Today, Wheeling Jesuit University is one of 28 member institutions of the Association of...


  • High schools

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    • Berkeley Springs High School, Berkeley Springs
    • Bishop Donahue Memorial High School, McMechen
      McMechen, West Virginia
      McMechen is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,937 at the 2000 census.-History:...

    • Bluefield High School
      Bluefield High School
      Bluefied High School is a public secondary school in Bluefield, West Virginia, United States. It is part of Mercer County Public Schools and is located on 535 West Cumberland Road...

      , Bluefield
      Bluefield, West Virginia
      Bluefield is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 10,447 at the 2010 census. It is also the core city of the Bluefield WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,342.-Geography & Climate:...

    • Braxton County High School
      Braxton County High School
      Braxton County High School is a high school located in Sutton, West Virginia, United States. Its address is officially Sutton, since it is directly off the Flatwoods exit on I-79. The school offers grades 9-12, and serves all of Braxton County....

      , Sutton
      Sutton, West Virginia
      Sutton is a town in Braxton County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,011 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Braxton County. Sutton is situated at a center of transportation in West Virginia. Interstate 79, a major north-south route, connects with Appalachian...

    • Bridgeport High School
      Bridgeport High School (West Virginia)
      Bridgeport High School is a comprehensive four-year public high school located in Bridgeport, West Virginia, in Harrison County that operates as part of the Harrison County School District....

      , Bridgeport
      Bridgeport, West Virginia
      Bridgeport is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 7,306 at the 2000 census.The town of Bridgeport had its beginning in pre-Revolutionary War times. In 1764, John Simpson entered the area and gave his name to Simpson Creek. Bridgeport was chartered in 1816....

    • Brooke High School, Wellsburg
      Wellsburg, West Virginia
      Wellsburg is a city in and the county seat of Brooke County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The 2000 Census recorded a population of 2,891, down from a count of 3,385 in the 1990 Census...

    • Buckhannon Upshur High School, Buckhannon
      Buckhannon, West Virginia
      Buckhannon is the only incorporated city in, and the county seat of, Upshur County, West Virginia, United States, and is located along the Buckhannon River. The population was 5,725 at the 2000 census. Buckhannon is home to West Virginia Wesleyan College and the West Virginia Strawberry Festival,...

    • Buffalo High School, Buffalo
      Buffalo, West Virginia
      Buffalo is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,236 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Buffalo is located at .According to the United States Census Bureau, the town has a total area of...

    • Cabell Midland High School, Ona
      Ona, West Virginia
      Ona is a small unincorporated community along US 60 in Cabell County, West Virginia. It is situated roughly half-way between the towns of Barboursville to the west and Milton to the east....

    • Calhoun High School, Mt. Zion
    • Cameron High School, Cameron
      Cameron, West Virginia
      Cameron is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,212 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Cameron is located at ....

    • Capital High School, Charleston
      Charleston, West Virginia
      Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

    • Central Catholic High School, Wheeling
      Wheeling, West Virginia
      Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    • Chapmanville Senior High School, Chapmanville
      Chapmanville, West Virginia
      Chapmanville is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,211 at the 2000 census. Chapmanville was founded in 1800 and named for an early settler named Ned Chapman, who owned a store and ran the post office...

    • Charleston Catholic High School
      Charleston Catholic High School
      Charleston Catholic High School is located in downtown Charleston, West Virginia, USA. CCHS is a Catholic, coeducational high school founded in 1923. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.-History:...

      , Charleston
      Charleston, West Virginia
      Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

    • Clay County High School, Clay
      Clay, West Virginia
      Clay is a town in and the county seat of Clay County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 593 at the 2000 census. It is the only incorporated town in Clay County.-History:...

    • Clay-Battelle High School, Blacksville
      Blacksville, West Virginia
      Blacksville is a town in Monongalia County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 175 at the 2000 census. It is included in the Morgantown, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:Blacksville is located at ....

    • Cross Lanes Christian School
      Cross Lanes Christian School
      Cross Lanes Christian School is a private, [Christian school|Christian elementary and secondary school] in Cross Lanes, West Virginia. The school, located on a forty-two acre campus, is a ministry of Cross Lanes Bible Church...

      , Cross Lanes
      Cross Lanes, West Virginia
      Cross Lanes is an unincorporated census-designated place and suburb of Charleston in Kanawha County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 9,995.-Geography:...

    • Doddridge County High School, West Union
      West Union, West Virginia
      West Union, incorporated July 20, 1881, is a town in Doddridge County, West Virginia. The population was 806 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Doddridge County. The mayor is Robert Fetty as of 2011. The town is located along Middle Island Creek at the junction of U.S...

    • Duval Middle School, Griffithsville
      Griffithsville, West Virginia
      Griffithsville is an unincorporated community in eastern Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 3 southeast of the town of Hamlin, the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 659 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office,...

    • East Fairmont High School, Fairmont
      Fairmont, West Virginia
      Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census...

    • East Hardy High School
      East Hardy High School
      East Hardy High School is a high school located in Baker, West Virginia. It was established in the late 1970s after the consolidation of two K-12 schools in Eastern Hardy County: Mathias School and Wardensville School. The school's mascot is the Cougar....

      , Baker
      Baker, West Virginia
      Baker is an unincorporated community on the Lost River in Hardy County, West Virginia, United States. Baker is located at the intersection of West Virginia Route 259 and West Virginia Route 55. The ZCTA population for Baker's ZIP Code was 1,262 at the 2000 census....

    • Elkins High School, Elkins
      Elkins, West Virginia
      Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins , a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 7,032 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County...

    • Fairmont Senior High School
      Fairmont Senior High School
      Fairmont Senior High School is a historic secondary school located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. The school serves grades nine through twelve and is part of the Marion County School District...

      , Fairmont
      Fairmont, West Virginia
      Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census...

    • Fayetteville High School, Fayetteville
      Fayetteville, West Virginia
      Fayetteville is a town in and the county seat of Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,754 at the 2000 census.Fayetteville was listed as one of the 2006 "Top 10 Coolest Small Towns in America" by Budget Travel Magazine ....

    • Frankfort High School, Ridgeley
      Ridgeley, West Virginia
      Ridgeley is a town in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States, and part of the Cumberland Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 762 at the 2000 census but has fallen to 575 with the 2010 census....

    • Gauley Bridge High School, Gauley Bridge
      Gauley Bridge, West Virginia
      Gauley Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 738 at the 2000 census. The Kanawha River is formed at Gauley Bridge by the confluence of the New and Gauley Rivers...

    • George Washington High School
      George Washington High School (Charleston, West Virginia)
      George Washington High School is a public high school in Charleston, West Virginia, USA. GWHS opened in 1965 to accommodate students in South Hills and Loudendale ostensibly because Charleston High School was overcrowded. Prior to this time students in Charleston were divided between Charleston...

      , Charleston
      Charleston, West Virginia
      Charleston is the capital and largest city of the U.S. state of West Virginia. It is located at the confluence of the Elk and Kanawha Rivers in Kanawha County. As of the 2010 census, it has a population of 51,400, and its metropolitan area 304,214. It is the county seat of Kanawha County.Early...

    • Gilmer County High School, Glenville
      Glenville, West Virginia
      Glenville is a town in and the county seat of Gilmer County, West Virginia, United States, along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 1,544 at the 2000 census. It is the home of Glenville State College.-History:...

    • Good Ole Boys School, Fairmont, West Virginia
      Fairmont, West Virginia
      Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. Nicknamed "The Friendly City". The population was 18,704 at the 2010 census...

    • Grafton High School, Grafton
      Grafton, West Virginia
      Grafton is a city in, and county seat of, Taylor County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 5,489 at the 2000 census. The only two national cemeteries in West Virginia are located in Grafton. Mother's Day was founded in Grafton on May 10, 1908; the city is the home to the International Mother's...

    • Greenbrier East High School, Lewisburg
      Lewisburg, West Virginia
      Lewisburg is a city in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,830 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Greenbrier County.-Geography:Lewisburg is located at ....

    • Greenbrier West High School, Charmco
      Charmco, West Virginia
      Charmco is an unincorporated community in Greenbrier County, West Virginia, United States. Charmco is located at the junction of U.S. Route 60 and West Virginia Route 20 northeast of Rainelle. Charmco has a post office with ZIP code 25958. The community was named for an acronym of the Charleston...

    • Guyan Valley Middle School, Branchland
      Branchland, West Virginia
      Branchland is an unincorporated community in western Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States. It lies along West Virginia Route 10 southwest of the town of Hamlin, the county seat of Lincoln County. Its elevation is 597 feet . Although it is unincorporated, it has a post office, with...

    • Hamlin Middle School, Hamlin
      Hamlin, West Virginia
      Hamlin, originally named "Hamline," is a town in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States, along the Mud River. The population was recorded as 1,119 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lincoln County.-History:...

    • Hampshire High School, Romney
      Romney, West Virginia
      Romney is a city in and the county seat of Hampshire County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,940 at the 2000 census, while the area covered by the city's ZIP code had a population of 5,873. It is a city with a very historic background dating back to the 18th century...

    • Hannan High School, Ashton
      Ashton, West Virginia
      Ashton is an unincorporated community in Mason County, West Virginia, United States. Ashton is located on the Ohio River and West Virginia Route 2 south of Point Pleasant. Ashton has a post office with ZIP code 25503....

    • Harman High School, Harman
      Harman, West Virginia
      Harman is a small town in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 126 at the 2000 census.-History:The Day-Vandevander Mill was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1987.-Geography:...

    • Harts Middle School, Harts
      Harts, West Virginia
      Harts is a census-designated place at the mouth of Big Harts Creek in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River...

    • Hedgesville High School, Hedgesville
      Hedgesville, West Virginia
      Hedgesville is a town in Berkeley County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. The population was 240 at the 2000 census. The Town of Hedgesville was laid out in 1832 along the old Warm Springs Road and named for the prominent local Hedges family...

    • Herbert Hoover High School
      Herbert Hoover High School (West Virginia)
      Herbert Hoover High School is a public high school in Falling Rock, West Virginia. The current principal is Mr. Mike Kelley.Herbert Hoover High School claims to be a "magnet school for technology" , but in 2006 Herbert Hoover lost this status...

      , Clendenin
      Clendenin, West Virginia
      Clendenin is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia along the Elk River. The population was 1,227 at the 2010 census. Clendenin was incorporated in 1904 and named for the Clendenins, an early pioneer family in the Kanawha River Valley. Charleston, WV retains the namesake of George Clendenin's...

    • Hundred High School, Hundred
      Hundred, West Virginia
      Hundred is a town in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 344 at the 2000 census. It was named for Henry Church and his wife, the first settlers who lived to be 109 and 106. Hundred is the only place in the United States with this name.Hundred is so named because Henry...

    • Huntington High School, Huntington
      Huntington, West Virginia
      Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...

    • Hurricane High School, Hurricane
      Hurricane, West Virginia
      Hurricane is a city in Putnam County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 6,284 at the 2010 census.-History:Hurricane was named after Hurricane Creek, which was, in turn, named after a group of trees at the mouth of the river bent in one direction...

    • Independence High School, Coal City
      Coal City, West Virginia
      Coal City is a census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,815 at the 2010 census. Coal City's population is composed of other surrounding unincorporated communities ....

    • James Monroe High School, Lindside
      Lindside, West Virginia
      Lindside is an unincorporated community in Monroe County, West Virginia, United States. Lindside is located on U.S. Route 219 northwest of Peterstown. Lindside has a post office with ZIP code 24951....

    • Jefferson High School
      Jefferson High School (West Virginia)
      For schools with a similar name, see Jefferson High School.Jefferson High School is a high school in Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia. It was established in the Fall of 1972 when the county combined Charles Town, Harpers Ferry, and Shepherdstown High Schools. It remained the only high school in...

      , Shenandoah Junction
      Shenandoah Junction, West Virginia
      Shenandoah Junction is an unincorporated census-designated place in Jefferson County in the U.S. state of West Virginia's Eastern Panhandle. As of the 2010 census, Shenandoah Junction had a population of 703. It is located between Kearneysville and Charles Town off WV 9...

    • John Marshall High School
      John Marshall High School (West Virginia)
      John Marshall High School is a public high school located in Glen Dale, West Virginia, USA. It is operated by Marshall County Schools, which is administrated by an elected, five-member Board of Education.-Background:...

      , Glen Dale
      Glen Dale, West Virginia
      Glen Dale is a city in Marshall County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Wheeling, West Virginia Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,552 at the 2000 census...

    • Oak Glen High School, New Cumberland, West Virginia
      New Cumberland, West Virginia
      New Cumberland is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, USA, along the Ohio River. It is the county seat and is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,099 as of the 2000 census.-History:...

    • Keyser High School, Keyser
      Keyser, West Virginia
      Keyser is a city in and the county seat of Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Cumberland, MD-WV Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 5,303 at the 2000 census.- History :...

    • Lewis County High School, Weston
      Weston, West Virginia
      Weston is a city in Lewis County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 4,317 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lewis County, and home to the West Virginia Museum of American Glass.-History:...

    • LaValley High School, New Haven
      New Haven, West Virginia
      New Haven is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,559 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area.-Geography:...

    • Liberty High School, Clarksburg
      Clarksburg, West Virginia
      Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...

    • Liberty High School
      Liberty High School
      Schools named Liberty High School in the U.S. include:*Liberty High School *Liberty High School *Liberty High School *Liberty High School...

      , Glen Daniel
      Glen Daniel, West Virginia
      Glen Daniel is an unincorporated community in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. Glen Daniel is located at the junction of West Virginia Route 3 and West Virginia Route 99 west of Beckley. Glen Daniel has a post office with ZIP code 25844....

    • Lincoln High School, Shinnston
      Shinnston, West Virginia
      Shinnston is a city in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, along the West Fork River. The population was 2,295 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Shinnston is located at ....

    • Lincoln County High School, Hamlin
      Hamlin, West Virginia
      Hamlin, originally named "Hamline," is a town in Lincoln County, West Virginia, United States, along the Mud River. The population was recorded as 1,119 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Lincoln County.-History:...

    • Logan Senior High School, Logan
      Logan, West Virginia
      Logan is a city in Logan County, West Virginia, United States, along the Guyandotte River. The population was 1,779 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Logan County.-History:...

    • Madonna High School, Weirton
      Weirton, West Virginia
      Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. Most of the city is in Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411...

    • Magnolia High School
      Magnolia High School (West Virginia)
      Magnolia High School is a public secondary school in New Martinsville, West Virginia, United States. It is part of the Wetzel County Schools district and is located at 601 Maple Avenue. As of the 2009-2010 school year, enrollment is 463 students. The feeder school for Magnolia is New...

      , New Martinsville
      New Martinsville, West Virginia
      New Martinsville is a city in Wetzel County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 5,984 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wetzel County.-Geography:New Martinsville is located at ....

    • Man High School
      Man High School
      Man High School is currently a Single A high school in Man, West Virginia, United States. In previous years it has been a class AA as well as class AAA school. It is operated by Logan County Schools...

      , Man
      Man, West Virginia
      Man is a town in Logan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 770 at the 2000 census. The town is located along the Guyandotte River at the mouth of Buffalo Creek, which was the site of the 1972 Buffalo Creek Flood following a dam collapse...

    • Martinsburg High School, Martinsburg
      Martinsburg, West Virginia
      Martinsburg is a city in the Eastern Panhandle region of West Virginia, United States. The city's population was 14,972 at the 2000 census; according to a 2009 Census Bureau estimate, Martinsburg's population was 17,117, making it the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest...

    • Meadow Bridge High School, Meadow Bridge
      Meadow Bridge, West Virginia
      Meadow Bridge is a town in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 321 at the 2000 census. Historically, the town was also known as Beelick Knob, a coal mining operation.-Geography:...

    • Mercer Christian Academy, Princeton
      Princeton, West Virginia
      Princeton is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 7,652 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 111,586. It is the county seat of Mercer County...

    • Midland Trail High School
      Midland Trail High School
      Midland Trail High School is a public 9-12 school located in Hico, West Virginia located upon the historic hence the name. The campus is located north of the New River Gorge National River and in Fayette County...

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    • Mingo Central (Mingo County)Newtown West Virginia]
    • Montcalm High School, Montcalm
      Montcalm, West Virginia
      Montcalm is a census-designated place in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 726 at the 2010 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 107,342.-Geography:...

    • Moorefield High School, Moorefield
      Moorefield, West Virginia
      Moorefield is a town in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Moorefield is the county seat of Hardy County. It was originally chartered in 1777 and named for Conrad Moore, who owned the land upon which the town was laid out...

    • Morgantown High School, Morgantown
      Morgantown, West Virginia
      Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...


    Mount de Chantal Visitation Academy, Wheeling, West Virginia
    • Mount Hope High School, Mount Hope
      Mount Hope, West Virginia
      Mount Hope is a city in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,487 at the 2000 census.-History:The Mount Hope Historic District and New River Company General Office Building are listed on the National Register of Historic Places....

    • Mount View High School
      Mount View High School (West Virginia)
      Mount View High School is a public high school in Welch, West Virginia. Located on the grounds of an old strip mine in the mountains of McDowell County, West Virginia. Mount View High School is one of two schools in the Welch area, which includes Welch Elementary School. As of 2010, the school...

      , Welch
      Welch, West Virginia
      Welch is a city located in McDowell County in the U.S. state of West Virginia. The population was 2,406 at the 2010 census. Incorporated as a city in 1893, it is the county seat of McDowell County.-History:...

    • Musselman High School
      Musselman High School
      Musselman High School is a class AAA high school in Inwood, West Virginia, USA, located at 126 Excellence Way. Inwood is in Berkeley County, West Virginia and just outside the city of Martinsburg, the largest city in the Eastern Panhandle and the eighth largest municipality in West Virginia. Inwood...

      , Inwood
      Inwood, West Virginia
      Inwood is a census-designated place in Berkeley County, West Virginia, United States, located south of Martinsburg. The population was 2,954 at the 2010 census. It is located on U.S...

    • Nicholas County High School, Summersville
      Summersville, West Virginia
      Summersville is a town in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,194 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Nicholas County.-Geography:...

    • Nitro High School, Nitro
      Nitro, West Virginia
      Nitro is a city in West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. Most of the city lies in Kanawha County, with the remainder in Putnam County. The population was 7,178 at the 2010 census.Nitro was incorporated in 1932 by Circuit Court.- City name origin :...

    • North Marion High School
      North Marion High School (West Virginia)
      North Marion High School is a public Triple A high school in West Virginia, with a current enrollment of 905 students.North Marion High School is located approximately 4 miles from Farmington, West Virginia on US Route 250 north...

      , Farmington
      Farmington, West Virginia
      Farmington is a town in Marion County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 387 at the 2000 census. It is best known for being the site of the 1968 Farmington Mine disaster.-Geography:...

    • Oak Glen High School, New Cumberland
      New Cumberland, West Virginia
      New Cumberland is a city in Hancock County, West Virginia, USA, along the Ohio River. It is the county seat and is part of the Weirton–Steubenville, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 1,099 as of the 2000 census.-History:...

    • Oak Hill High School
      Oak Hill High School (West Virginia)
      Oak Hill High School is a high school located in Oak Hill, West Virginia. Their Mascot is the Red Devil. The school's website is located at...

      , Oak Hill
      Oak Hill, West Virginia
      Oak Hill is a city in Fayette County, West Virginia, United States and is the primary city within the Oak Hill, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area. The micropolitan area is also included in the Beckley-Oak Hill, WV Combined Statistical Area. The population was 7,589 at the 2000 census...

    • Paden City High School
      Paden City High School
      Paden City High School is a 7-12 grade, class A high school in Wetzel County, West Virginia in the small town of Paden City.Paden City High School opened its doors as a 9-12 school in 1951 and in 1952, PCHS had its first graduating class. PCHS continually is recognized for outstanding academic...

      , Paden City
      Paden City, West Virginia
      Paden City is a city in Tyler and Wetzel Counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. The population was 2,860 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Paden City is located at ....

    • Parkersburg Catholic High School, Parkersburg
      Parkersburg, West Virginia
      As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...

    • Parkersburg High School
      Parkersburg High School
      Parkersburg High School is a secondary school located in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States, that serves grades nine through twelve and is part of the Wood County School District...

      , Parkersburg
      Parkersburg, West Virginia
      As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...

    • Parkersburg South High School
      Parkersburg South High School
      Parkersburg South High School in Parkersburg, West Virginia, United States serves grades 9 through 12, and is part of the Wood County School District....

      , Parkersburg
      Parkersburg, West Virginia
      As of the census of 2000, there were 33,099 people, 14,467 households, and 8,767 families residing in the city. In 2006 the U.S. Census Bureau estimated that Parkersburg's population had decreased 4.4% to 31,755. The population density was 2,800.5 people per square mile . There were 16,100 housing...

    • Paw Paw High School, Paw Paw
      Paw Paw, West Virginia
      Paw Paw is a town in Morgan County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 524 at the 2000 census. The town is known for the nearby Paw Paw Tunnel. Paw Paw was incorporated by the Circuit Court of Morgan County on April 8, 1891 and named for the pawpaw, a wild fruit which formerly grew in...

    • Pendleton County High School, Franklin
      Franklin, West Virginia
      Franklin is a town in Pendleton County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 797 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pendleton County...

    • Petersburg High School, Petersburg
      Petersburg, West Virginia
      Petersburg is a city in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,423 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Grant County.-History:...

    • Philip Barbour High School, Philippi
      Philippi, West Virginia
      Philippi is a city in — and the county seat of — Barbour County, West Virginia, USA. The population was 2,870 at the 2000 census. In 1861, the city was the site of the Battle of Philippi, known as "The Philippi Races"...

    • Pickens School, Pickens
      Pickens, West Virginia
      Pickens is an unincorporated census-designated place in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. Pickens is west-southwest of Huttonsville. It is the home of the Cunningham-Roberts Museum. Pickens has a post office with ZIP code 26230. As of the 2010 census, its population was 66....

    • PikeView High School
      PikeView High School
      PikeView High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12, located in Mercer County, West Virginia. PikeView High School is administered by Mercer County Schools....

      , Princeton
      Princeton, West Virginia
      Princeton is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 7,652 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 111,586. It is the county seat of Mercer County...

    • Poca High School, Poca
      Poca, West Virginia
      Poca is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 974 at the 2010 census.-Geography:Poca is located at . It is sited at the confluence of the Kanawha River and the Pocatalico River....

    • Pocahontas County High School, Dunmore
      Dunmore, West Virginia
      Dunmore is an unincorporated community in Pocahontas County, West Virginia, United States. Dunmore is located at the junction of West Virginia Route 28 and West Virginia Route 92 northeast of Marlinton. Dunmore has a post office with ZIP code 24934....

    • Point Pleasant High School, Point Pleasant
      Point Pleasant, West Virginia
      Point Pleasant is a city in Mason County, West Virginia, United States, at the confluence of the Ohio and Kanawha rivers. The population was 4,637 at the 2000 census...

    • Preston High School
      Preston High School (West Virginia)
      Preston High School is a four-year public high school in Kingwood, West Virginia that houses over 1,600 students from all of Preston County, West Virginia, United States and operates under the direction of the Principal Karen Finamore. The school colors are black and silver and the mascot is the...

      , Kingwood
      Kingwood, West Virginia
      Kingwood is a town in and the county seat of Preston County, West Virginia, United States, and is part of the Pittsburgh DMA. Kingwood was founded in 1815...

    • Princeton High School
      Princeton High School (West Virginia)
      Princeton High School is located in Princeton, West Virginia and is the largest high school in Mercer County, enrolling over 1000 students. Princeton High School is located at 1321 Stafford Drive in Princeton, with its entrance marked by a sign donated by the graduating class of 1981, the last...

      , Princeton
      Princeton, West Virginia
      Princeton is a city in Mercer County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 7,652 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Bluefield, WV-VA micropolitan area which has a population of 111,586. It is the county seat of Mercer County...

    • Ravenswood High School, Ravenswood
      Ravenswood, West Virginia
      Ravenswood is a city in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. The population was 4,031 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Ravenswood is located at , along the Ohio River at the mouth of Sandy Creek....

    • Richwood High School
      Richwood High School (West Virginia)
      Richwood High School is a public high school located in Richwood, West Virginia, United States. The school has seen dwindling enrollment over the past several decades and currently has a student population of about 415 students. Twelfth grade has approximately 115, Eleventh grade approximately 100,...

      , Richwood
      Richwood, West Virginia
      Richwood is a city in Nicholas County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,477 at the 2000 census. A former coal and lumber boom town, the city's population once flirted with 10,000 but the closure of many underground coal mines caused many of Richwood's residents to leave the state...

    • Ripley High School, Ripley
      Ripley, West Virginia
      Ripley is a city in and the county seat of Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.-Geography:Ripley is located at , along Mill Creek....

    • Ritchie County High School, Ellenboro
      Ellenboro, West Virginia
      Ellenboro is a town in Ritchie County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 373 at the 2000 census. The town is located at the junction of U.S. Route 50 and West Virginia Route 16; the North Bend Rail Trail also passes through the town...

    • Riverside High School
      Riverside High School (West Virginia)
      Riverside High School is the second largest high school in Kanawha County, and is located in Belle, West Virginia, USA.The school opened in 1999 as a result of the consolidation of DuPont High School in Dupont City and East Bank High School in East Bank. Students from both of those former high...

      , Belle
      Belle, West Virginia
      Belle is a town in Kanawha County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 1,259 at the 2000 census. Belle was incorporated on December 13, 1958 by the Kanawha County Circuit Court...

    • Riverview High School (McDowell County Bradshaw,West Virginia)
    • Roane County High School, Spencer
      Spencer, West Virginia
      Spencer is a city in Roane County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,352 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Roane County. Spencer is the home of the annual West Virginia Black Walnut Festival. Points of interest include Charles Fork Lake, Chrystal Water and Power...

    • Robert C. Byrd High School, Clarksburg
      Clarksburg, West Virginia
      Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...

    • Saint Albans High School, Saint Albans
    • Saint Joseph Central Catholic High School, Huntington
      Huntington, West Virginia
      Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...

    • Saint Marys High School, Saint Marys
      St. Marys, West Virginia
      St. Marys is a city in Pleasants County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 2,017 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Pleasants County. St. Marys was established in 1849 by Alexander Creel, who is said to have had a vision of Mary while passing the townsite by boat...

    • Scott High School, Madison
      Madison, West Virginia
      Madison is a city in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 3,076 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Boone County.-History:...

    • Shady Spring High School, Shady Spring
      Shady Spring, West Virginia
      Shady Spring is a census-designated place in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,998 at the 2010 census. It is a family oriented community, with a low crime rate....

    • Sherman High School, Seth
      Seth, West Virginia
      Seth is an unincorporated community in Boone County, West Virginia, United States. Seth is located on West Virginia Route 3 east-northeast of Madison. Seth has a post office with ZIP code 25181....

    • Simmons Trailer Park High School, Elkins, West Virginia
      Elkins, West Virginia
      Elkins is a city in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States. The community was incorporated in 1890 and named in honor of Stephen Benton Elkins , a U.S. Senator from West Virginia. The population was 7,032 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Randolph County...

    • Sissonville High School, Sissonville
      Sissonville, West Virginia
      Sissonville is an unincorporated census-designated place in Kanawha County, West Virginia, along the Pocatalico River. The population was 4,028 at the 2010 census...

    • South Charleston High School, South Charleston
      South Charleston, West Virginia
      South Charleston is a city in Kanawha County, West Virginia, U.S. The population was 13,450 at the 2010 census. South Charleston was established in 1906, but not incorporated until 1919 by special charter enacted by the West Virginia Legislature...

    • South Harrison High School, Lost Creek
      Lost Creek, West Virginia
      Lost Creek is a town in Harrison County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 467 at the 2000 census.-History:The Daniel Bassel House and Lost Creek Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Depot are listed on the National Register of Historic Places....

    • Spring Valley High School, Huntington
      Huntington, West Virginia
      Huntington is a city in Cabell and Wayne counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia, along the Ohio River. Most of the city is in Cabell County, for which it is the county seat. A small portion of the city, mainly the neighborhood of Westmoreland, is in Wayne County. Its population was 49,138 at...

    • Summers County High School, Hinton
      Hinton, West Virginia
      Hinton is a city in Summers County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,880 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Summers County. Hinton was established in 1873 and chartered in 1897. Hinton was named for John "Jack" Hinton, a prominent lawyer of Summers County and husband of...

    • Teays Valley Christian School, Scott Depot
      Scott Depot, West Virginia
      Scott Depot is an unincorporated community in Putnam County, West Virginia, United States. It is located along Crooked Creek at and downstream from the creek's intersection with Teays Valley Road. The zipcode is 25560. It is part of the census-designated place of Teays Valley...

    • Tolsia High School, Fort Gay
      Fort Gay, West Virginia
      Fort Gay is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, along the Tug Fork and Big Sandy Rivers. The town adjoins Louisa, Kentucky. The population was 819 at the 2000 census. The estimate as of 2009 was 801....

    • Tri-County High School, Clarksburg
      Clarksburg, West Virginia
      Clarksburg is a city in and the county seat of Harrison County, West Virginia, United States, in the north-central region of the state. It is the principal city of the Clarksburg, WV Micropolitan Statistical Area...

    • Trinity High School, Morgantown
      Morgantown, West Virginia
      Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...

    • Tucker County High School, Hambleton
      Hambleton, West Virginia
      Hambleton is a town in Tucker County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 246 at the 2000 census. Hambleton was established in 1889, but not incorporated until 1905. It was named by then United States Senator Stephen B. Elkins in honor of a stockholder by this name in the West Virginia...

    • Tug Valley High School, Williamson
      Williamson, West Virginia
      Williamson is a city in Mingo County, West Virginia, USA, along the Tug Fork River. The population was 3,414 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Mingo County, and is the county's largest and most populous city. Williamson is home to Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College...

    • Tygarts Valley High School, Mill Creek
      Mill Creek, West Virginia
      Mill Creek is a town in Randolph County, West Virginia, United States, along the Tygart Valley River. The population was 662 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Mill Creek is located at ....

    • Tyler High School, Sistersville
      Sistersville, West Virginia
      Sistersville is a city in Tyler County, West Virginia, along the Ohio River. The population was 1,588 at the 2000 census. The Sistersville Ferry crosses the Ohio River to the unincorporated community of Fly in Monroe County, Ohio.-Geography:...

    • Union High School, Mount Storm
      Mount Storm, West Virginia
      Mount Storm is an unincorporated community in Grant County, West Virginia, United States. Mount Storm lies on the Northwestern Turnpike at its junction with West Virginia Route 42. The community is the site of the Union School Complex, which contains Union High School.- External links :*...

    • University High School
      University High School (Morgantown)
      University High School is a high school located in Morgantown, West Virginia that houses just over 1,250 students. The school mascot is the hawk and the school colors are scarlet red, old gold, and black.-History:...

      , Morgantown
      Morgantown, West Virginia
      Morgantown is a city in Monongalia County, West Virginia. It is the county seat of Monongalia County. Placed along the banks of the Monongahela River, Morgantown is the largest city in North-Central West Virginia, and the base of the Morgantown metropolitan area...

    • Valley High School, Pine Grove
      Pine Grove, West Virginia
      Pine Grove, West Virginia may refer to multiple places:*Pine Grove, Fayette County, West Virginia*Pine Grove, Marion County, West Virginia*Pine Grove, Pleasants County, West Virginia*Pine Grove, Wetzel County, West Virginia...

    • Valley High School, Smithers
      Smithers, West Virginia
      Smithers is a city in West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. Almost all of the city is in Fayette County, with a very small part in Kanawha County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 904...

    • Van Senior High School, Van
      Van, West Virginia
      Van is an unincorporated census-designated place in Boone County, West Virginia, United States, along the Pond Fork of the Little Coal River. As of the 2010 census, its population was 211. Its ZIP code is 25206...

    • Wahama High School, Mason
      Mason, West Virginia
      Mason, also known as Mason City is a town in Mason County, West Virginia, in the United States. The population was 1,064 at the 2000 census. It is part of the Point Pleasant, WV–OH Micropolitan Statistical Area....

    • Washington High School
      Washington High School (West Virginia)
      for schools of the same nameWashington High School is a 9-12 High School in Charles Town, West Virginia, USA. The population growth in the county required a "de-conslidation" in 2007, as the single county high school, formerly known as Jefferson County High School, established in 1973 was renamed...

      , Charles Town
      Charles Town, West Virginia
      Charles Town is a city in and the county seat of Jefferson County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 2,907 at the 2000 census. Due to its similar name, travelers have sometimes confused this city with the state's capital, Charleston.-History:...

    • Wayne High School
      Wayne High School (West Virginia)
      Wayne High School is located in Wayne, West Virginia on a woodland property. The campus of thirteen single-story masonry buildings is shared with Wayne Middle School. A vocational wing was opened in the 1998-99 school year to expand curriculum offerings...

      , Wayne
      Wayne, West Virginia
      Wayne is a town in Wayne County, West Virginia, United States. The population was 1,105 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wayne County. Wayne is a part of the Huntington-Ashland, WV-KY-OH, Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    • Webster County High School, Upperglade
      Upperglade, West Virginia
      Upperglade is an unincorporated community in Webster County, West Virginia, United States. Upperglade is located on West Virginia Route 20 east of Cowen. Upperglade has a post office with ZIP code 26266....

    • Weir High School, Weirton
      Weirton, West Virginia
      Weirton is a city located in the Northern Panhandle of West Virginia, United States. Most of the city is in Hancock County, with the remainder in Brooke County. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 20,411...

    • Westside High School, Clear Fork
      Clear Fork, West Virginia
      Clear Fork is an unincorporated community in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States....

    • Wheeling Central Catholic High School
      Wheeling Central Catholic High School
      Wheeling Central Catholic High School is a parochial, Roman Catholic high school in Wheeling, West Virginia. It is part of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston.-Graduation Requirements:*English - 4 credits*Social Science - 4 credits...

      , Wheeling
      Wheeling, West Virginia
      Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    • Wheeling Park High School
      Wheeling Park High School
      Wheeling Park High School is a high school in Wheeling, West Virginia, United States, and is the only public high school serving Ohio County, West Virginia. Park, as it is sometimes called, is home to roughly 2,000 students in grades 9-12....

      , Wheeling
      Wheeling, West Virginia
      Wheeling is a city in Ohio and Marshall counties in the U.S. state of West Virginia; it is the county seat of Ohio County. Wheeling is the principal city of the Wheeling Metropolitan Statistical Area...

    • Williamstown High School
      Williamstown High School (West Virginia)
      Williamstown High School is a public high school in Williamstown, West Virginia, United States.-Description:Williamstown High School accommodates grades 7-12 and has an enrollment of about 630 students.- Academics :...

      , Williamstown
      Williamstown, West Virginia
      Williamstown is a city in Wood County, West Virginia, United States, along the Ohio River. It is part of the Parkersburg-Marietta-Vienna, WV-OH Metropolitan Statistical Area. The population was 2,996 at the 2000 census...

    • Winfield High School
      Winfield High School (West Virginia)
      Winfield High School is a high school located on the banks of the Kanawha River in Winfield, West Virginia. The community is a rural town, located halfway between Huntington and Charleston. Winfield High School is the newest of the four high schools in Putnam County. The school mascot is The...

      , Winfield
      Winfield, West Virginia
      Winfield is a town in Putnam County, West Virginia, along the Kanawha River. The population was 2,301 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Putnam County....

    • Wirt County High School, Elizabeth
      Elizabeth, West Virginia
      Elizabeth is a town in Wirt County, West Virginia along the Little Kanawha River. The population was 994 at the 2000 census. It is the county seat of Wirt County. The townsite of Elizabeth was settled by William Beauchamp in 1796, and was known as "Beauchamp's Mills" until 1817, when it was named...

    • Woodrow Wilson High School
      Woodrow Wilson High School (West Virginia)
      Woodrow Wilson High School is a secondary school located in Beckley, West Virginia, , teaching grades nine through twelve. In 1967, it moved from its original location to its current location at 400 Stanaford Road....

      , Beckley
      Beckley, West Virginia
      Beckley is a city in Raleigh County, West Virginia, United States, which was founded on April 4, 1838. The 2008 population was estimated to be 16,832 by the U.S. Census Bureau. Early in its history, the town was known as Beckleyville and Raleigh Court House...

    • Wyoming County East High School, New Richmond
      New Richmond, West Virginia
      New Richmond is an unincorporated census-designated place in Wyoming County, West Virginia, United States. As of the 2010 census, its population was 238. The community is the site of Wyoming East High School....


    Golden Horseshoe

    All eighth grade students in the state West Virginia take a history, or social studies class all based on the history of the state. They learn all about the state of West Virginia. Students may elect to take the test at county level.

    Two hundred twenty-one West Virginia eighth graders receive the award each year. The two top-scoring students from each county are given the award (total of 110), as are another 110 students selected throughout the state based on population. In addition, the top-scoring student from the West Virginia School for the Deaf and Blind is presented the award. There is a knighting ceremony for the winners.

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