West Virginia · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in West Virginia

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in West Virginia, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools Editorial. · Updated June 2026

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The 100 West Virginia schools listed here average 65.9% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 100 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

65.9%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 99.1%
highest rate (Dingess Elementary School): 100
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Dingess Elementary School DINGESS	110	Critical	99.1%
2	Burke Street Elementary School MARTINSBURG	158	Critical	94.9%
3	Tolsia High School FORT GAY	349	Critical	92.0%
4	Iaeger Elementary School IAEGER	201	Critical	85.6%
5	Man Senior High School MAN	321	Critical	85.4%
6	Crum Pre K-8 School CRUM	236	Critical	85.2%
7	Road Branch Elementary & Middle School CYCLONE	131	Critical	83.2%
8	Mount View High School WELCH	521	Critical	82.9%
9	Guyan Valley Middle BRANCHLAND	190	Critical	82.6%
10	Welch Elementary School WELCH	189	Critical	81.5%
11	Chapmanville Regional High School CHAPMANVILLE	645	Critical	80.9%
12	Fellowsville Elementary TUNNELTON	59	Critical	79.7%
13	Dunlow Elementary School DUNLOW	54	Critical	79.6%
14	Bradshaw Elementary School BRADSHAW	214	Critical	79.4%
15	Wayne High School WAYNE	525	Critical	78.9%
16	Lincoln County High School HAMLIN	774	Critical	78.6%
17	Summers County High School HINTON	627	Critical	78.5%
18	Westside High School CLEAR FORK	509	Critical	78.4%
19	Wv Schools for the Deaf and Blind ROMNEY	51	Critical	78.4%
20	Robert L. Bland Middle School WESTON	503	Critical	77.5%
21	Wayne Middle School WAYNE	344	Critical	77.3%
22	Vinson Middle School HUNTINGTON	164	Critical	76.8%
23	Baileysville Elementary & Middle School BRENTON	267	Critical	76.4%
24	Hinton Area Elementary HINTON	265	Critical	75.8%
25	Greenbrier West High School CHARMCO	350	Critical	75.7%
26	Mingo Central Comprehensive High School DELBARTON	624	Critical	74.4%
27	Sherman High School SETH	316	Critical	74.1%
28	Oceana Middle School OCEANA	221	Critical	73.3%
29	Van Junior Senior High School VAN	157	Critical	73.2%
30	East Bank Middle School EAST BANK	227	Critical	73.1%
31	Duval Pk-8 GRIFFITHSVILLE	300	Critical	72.0%
32	River View High School BRADSHAW	405	Critical	71.1%
33	East Lynn Elementary School EAST LYNN	124	Critical	71.0%
34	Scott High School MADISON	564	Critical	70.7%
35	Burnsville Elementary School BURNSVILLE	88	Critical	70.5%
36	Chapmanville Primary School CHAPMANVILLE	241	Critical	70.1%
37	Logan Senior High School LOGAN	550	Critical	70.0%
38	Sandy River Middle School AVONDALE	240	Critical	70.0%
39	Gilbert Pk8 GILBERT	409	Critical	68.7%
40	Justice Elementary School LOGAN	82	Critical	68.3%
41	Wyoming County East High School NEW RICHMOND	449	Critical	67.9%
42	Fall River Elementary School BIG SANDY	112	Critical	67.9%
43	Kimball Elementary School KIMBALL	164	Critical	67.7%
44	Omar Elementary OMAR	142	Critical	67.6%
45	Kermit Pre K8 KERMIT	299	Critical	66.2%
46	Spring Valley High School HUNTINGTON	946	Critical	65.8%
47	West Side Middle School CHARLESTON	374	Critical	65.2%
48	Chapmanville Middle School CHAPMANVILLE	485	Critical	64.7%
49	Ranger Elementary RANGER	76	Critical	64.5%
50	Tug Valley High School WILLIAMSON	315	Critical	64.4%
51	United High School CLARKSBURG	148	Critical	64.2%
52	Wirt County High School ELIZABETH	275	Critical	64.0%
53	Logan Middle School LOGAN	463	Critical	63.7%
54	Pratt Elementary School PRATT	148	Critical	62.8%
55	Hampshire Senior High School ROMNEY	740	Critical	62.6%
56	New River Primary OAK HILL	605	Critical	61.8%
57	H E White Elementary School BOMONT	71	Critical	60.6%
58	Evolution High School CLARKSBURG	53	Critical	60.4%
59	Beckley Elementary BECKLEY	260	Critical	60.0%
60	Prichard Elementary School PRICHARD	130	Critical	60.0%
61	Roanoke Elementary School ROANOKE	157	Critical	59.9%
62	Preston High School KINGWOOD	1,056	Critical	59.4%
63	Talcott Elementary School TALCOTT	160	Critical	59.4%
64	Philip Barbour High School Complex PHILIPPI	520	Critical	59.0%
65	Leon Elementary School LEON	97	Critical	58.8%
66	Madison Middle School MADISON	398	Critical	58.5%
67	Brookview Elementary FOSTER	317	Critical	58.4%
68	Liberty High School GLEN DANIEL	458	Critical	58.3%
69	Matewan Pk8 MATEWAN	384	Critical	58.1%
70	Trap Hill Middle School GLEN DANIEL	331	Critical	57.7%
71	Mary C. Snow West Side Elementary CHARLESTON	453	Critical	57.4%
72	Wayne Elementary School WAYNE	444	Critical	57.4%
73	Huff Cons Elementary & Middle School HANOVER	235	Critical	57.0%
74	Lenore Pk8 School WILLIAMSON	361	Critical	56.8%
75	Robert C Byrd High School CLARKSBURG	689	Critical	56.7%
76	Berlin Mckinney Elementary School OCEANA	372	Critical	56.7%
77	Sherman Junior High School SETH	213	Critical	55.9%
78	Huntington High School HUNTINGTON	1,667	Critical	55.2%
79	Liberty High School CLARKSBURG	346	Critical	55.2%
80	Capon Bridge Middle School CAPON BRIDGE	219	Critical	54.3%
81	Marsh Fork Elementary ROCK CREEK	152	Critical	53.9%
82	Greenbrier East High School LEWISBURG	997	Critical	53.8%
83	Peterson-Central Elementary School WESTON	476	Critical	53.8%
84	Harts Pk-8 HARTS	347	Critical	53.6%
85	Berkeley Springs High School BERKELEY SPRINGS	582	Critical	53.4%
86	Kellogg Elementary School HUNTINGTON	328	Critical	53.4%
87	Wirt County Primary Center ELIZABETH	328	Critical	53.0%
88	Wirt County Middle School ELIZABETH	263	Critical	52.5%
89	Philippi Middle School PHILIPPI	244	Critical	52.5%
90	Wheeling Middle School WHEELING	200	Critical	52.5%
91	Mullens Elementary School MULLENS	162	Critical	52.5%
92	Lost Creek Elementary School LOST CREEK	103	Critical	52.4%
93	Buffalo Elementary School ACCOVILLE	190	Critical	52.1%
94	Cedar Grove Elementary School CEDAR GROVE	159	Critical	51.6%
95	Lewis County High School WESTON	703	Critical	51.4%
96	Jefferson Elementary Center PARKERSBURG	475	Critical	51.2%
97	Riverside High School BELLE	1,057	Critical	51.1%
98	Ramage Elementary DANVILLE	196	Critical	51.0%
99	Huntington East Middle School HUNTINGTON	546	Critical	50.4%
100	Glen Fork Elementary & Middle School GLEN FORK	159	Critical	50.3%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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