NCES CCD 2024-25 16 schools WV

Best-Resourced Schools in Morgantown, WV

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16 public K-12 schools in Morgantown from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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16
Schools
10,750
Students
43.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14.1:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Morgantown has more public-school enrollment than 82% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Morgantown sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

10 of Morgantown's 16 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 11-point gap between Brookhaven Elementary School and South Middle School shows the range hidden by Morgantown's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 18%
School count
Top 21%
Resource Index average
62nd percentile
Teacher staffing
66th percentile

Morgantown High School accounts for 16.3% of all Morgantown public-school enrollment

That concentration means Morgantown-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Morgantown school enrollment varies 7.2× across entities

Morgantown school enrollment ranges from 245 students (lowest) to 1,754 students (highest), a spread of 1,509 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Morgantown student-teacher ratio is 14.1:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Morgantown is typically wider than the Morgantown-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Brookhaven Elementary School 48
2. Cheat Lake Elementary School 47
3. Eastwood Elementary School 47
4. Mountainview Elementary School 46
5. Westwood Middle School 46
6. Suncrest Middle School 45
7. University High School 44
8. Ridgedale Elementary School 44
9. Skyview Elementary School 44
10. Mountaineer Middle School 43
11. Morgantown High School 42
12. Suncrest Elementary School 40
13. North Elementary School 39
14. Mylan Park Elementary School 39
15. South Middle School 37
16. West Virginia Academy -

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Morgantown

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 North Elementary School 61.8/100
  2. 2 Suncrest Middle School 54.7/100
  3. 3 Suncrest Elementary School 42.0/100
  4. 4 Eastwood Elementary School 37.5/100
  5. 5 Morgantown High School 36.6/100

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Which Morgantown school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Brookhaven Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Morgantown schools in this federal-data comparison at 48/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Morgantown, WV? ▼

Morgantown has 16 public schools with a total enrollment of 10,750 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.1:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.