School Funding Equity in West Virginia 56 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology .
# District Enrollment $/Pupil Free Lunch Local Rev % Score 1 PENDLETON COUNTY SCHOOLS 867 $21,394 — 22.4% 68 2 CALHOUN COUNTY SCHOOLS 864 $17,600 — 19.5% 65 3 GILMER COUNTY SCHOOLS 792 $17,443 — 24.3% 61 4 WIRT COUNTY SCHOOLS 927 $16,937 — 22.4% 60 5 POCAHONTAS COUNTY SCHOOLS 893 $20,321 — 28.0% 60 6 SUMMERS COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,318 $14,732 — 19.1% 57 7 LINCOLN COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,942 $14,994 — 16.8% 55 8 CLAY COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,632 $15,556 — 10.5% 55 9 ROANE COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,795 $14,563 — 15.7% 53 10 WETZEL COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,258 $21,746 — 63.4% 50 11 TUCKER COUNTY SCHOOLS 961 $15,289 — 31.2% 50 12 WEBSTER COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,192 $13,479 — 10.6% 49 13 WAYNE COUNTY SCHOOLS 6,240 $14,947 — 26.7% 48 14 MARSHALL COUNTY SCHOOLS 4,239 $18,348 — 75.1% 46 15 BOONE COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,188 $15,311 — 29.4% 46 16 RITCHIE COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,243 $17,693 — 59.9% 46 17 DODDRIDGE COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,119 $35,576 — 81.0% 46 18 MCDOWELL COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,537 $16,195 — 28.0% 45 19 RANDOLPH COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,638 $14,067 — 19.3% 44 20 HAMPSHIRE COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,801 $15,081 — 27.4% 44 21 MONROE COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,651 $16,309 — 19.3% 43 22 TYLER COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,257 $24,467 — 82.3% 43 23 MINERAL COUNTY SCHOOLS 4,023 $14,376 — 27.3% 42 24 CABELL COUNTY SCHOOLS 11,473 $15,738 — 33.8% 41 25 GREENBRIER COUNTY SCHOOLS 4,702 $15,175 — 29.9% 40 26 OHIO COUNTY SCHOOLS 4,953 $19,687 — 46.7% 39 27 WYOMING COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,609 $14,949 — 26.4% 38 28 RALEIGH COUNTY SCHOOLS 10,867 $14,950 — 29.2% 36 29 HARRISON COUNTY SCHOOLS 9,920 $14,955 — 38.6% 35 30 BROOKE COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,479 $16,231 — 47.2% 35 31 MASON COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,788 $13,705 — 33.5% 34 32 MINGO COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,719 $13,594 — 22.1% 34 33 HANCOCK COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,497 $14,755 — 35.5% 34 34 JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOLS 4,135 $14,311 — 36.8% 33 35 FAYETTE COUNTY SCHOOLS 5,613 $14,904 — 25.9% 32 36 NICHOLAS COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,484 $13,362 — 21.4% 30 37 BARBOUR COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION 2,157 $13,069 — 19.6% 30 38 PLEASANTS COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,086 $17,038 — 53.2% 30 39 KANAWHA COUNTY SCHOOLS 23,864 $17,075 — 33.8% 29 40 MERCER COUNTY SCHOOLS 8,686 $14,274 — 25.3% 28 41 LOGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS 5,190 $14,663 — 27.4% 28 42 LEWIS COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,403 $13,986 — 26.7% 28 43 BRAXTON COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,726 $13,977 — 26.0% 28 44 MARION COUNTY SCHOOLS 7,406 $14,780 — 36.0% 26 45 GRANT COUNTY SCHOOLS 1,615 $15,256 — 38.1% 26 46 PRESTON COUNTY SCHOOLS 4,090 $12,777 — 30.1% 25 47 WV SCHOOLS OF DIVERSION AND TRANSITION 519 $36,726 — — 25 48 MONONGALIA COUNTY SCHOOLS 11,297 $15,071 — 44.4% 24 49 UPSHUR COUNTY SCHOOLS 3,776 $13,627 — 22.7% 24 50 HARDY COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,194 $13,674 — 26.9% 24 51 WOOD COUNTY SCHOOLS 11,663 $13,290 — 31.1% 23 52 PUTNAM COUNTY SCHOOLS 8,993 $14,128 — 38.9% 22 53 MORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,183 $13,615 — 36.8% 22 54 TAYLOR COUNTY SCHOOLS 2,213 $13,091 — 33.0% 20 55 JEFFERSON COUNTY SCHOOLS 8,389 $13,937 — 42.0% 16 56 BERKELEY COUNTY SCHOOLS 19,856 $13,399 — 31.5% 15
How the Equity Score Works The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:
Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)
Higher spending relative to peers
Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)
Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest
Funding Diversity (0-25)
Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support
Resource Access (0-25)
Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.