West Virginia · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in West Virginia
Top 50 districts ranked by per-pupil expenditure from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey, limited to districts with 500 or more students.
- $35,632
- Top per-pupil spend
- $15,134
- Avg across top 50
- 50
- Districts listed
The spending picture in one line
Wv Schools of Diversion and Transition spends $35,632 per student, the most of any West Virginia district listed, against an average of $15,134 across the top 50.
- $35,632
- top spend (Wv Schools of Diversion and Transition)
- $12,738
- lowest on this list
- 2.8×
- spread across the listed districts
- 519
- students in the top district
| # | District | Per-Pupil $ |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wv Schools of Diversion and Transition Charleston | $35,632 |
| 2 | Doddridge County Schools West Union | $23,563 |
| 3 | Tyler County Schools Middlebourne | $20,580 |
| 4 | Wetzel County Schools New Martinsville | $20,316 |
| 5 | Pendleton County Schools Franklin | $17,768 |
| 6 | Pocahontas County Schools Buckeye | $17,317 |
| 7 | Marshall County Schools Moundsville | $17,204 |
| 8 | Pleasants County Schools St. Marys | $16,391 |
| 9 | Gilmer County Schools Glenville | $16,268 |
| 10 | Calhoun County Schools Mt. Zion | $16,085 |
| 11 | Wirt County Schools Elizabeth | $15,976 |
| 12 | Monroe County Schools Union | $15,940 |
| 13 | Brooke County Schools Wellsburg | $15,642 |
| 14 | Ritchie County Schools Harrisville | $15,536 |
| 15 | Ohio County Schools Wheeling | $15,508 |
| 16 | Tucker County Schools Parsons | $14,963 |
| 17 | Boone County Schools Madison | $14,663 |
| 18 | Cabell County Schools Huntington | $14,538 |
| 19 | Mcdowell County Schools Welch | $14,404 |
| 20 | Greenbrier County Schools Lewisburg | $14,147 |
| 21 | Wyoming County Schools Pineville | $14,097 |
| 22 | Marion County Schools Fairmont | $14,086 |
| 23 | Logan County Schools West Logan | $14,016 |
| 24 | Lincoln County Schools Hamlin | $13,994 |
| 25 | Wayne County Schools Wayne | $13,938 |
| 26 | Clay County Schools Clay | $13,825 |
| 27 | Hampshire County Schools Romney | $13,823 |
| 28 | Summers County Schools Hinton | $13,790 |
| 29 | Fayette County Schools Fayetteville | $13,777 |
| 30 | Harrison County Schools Clarksburg | $13,777 |
| 31 | Jackson County Schools Ripley | $13,765 |
| 32 | Monongalia County Schools Morgantown | $13,751 |
| 33 | Hancock County Schools New Cumberland | $13,708 |
| 34 | Roane County Schools Spencer | $13,635 |
| 35 | Lewis County Schools Weston | $13,616 |
| 36 | Mineral County Schools Keyser | $13,447 |
| 37 | Mason County Schools Point Pleasant | $13,331 |
| 38 | Webster County Schools Webster Springs | $13,300 |
| 39 | Hardy County Schools Moorefield | $13,282 |
| 40 | Kanawha County Schools Charleston | $13,227 |
| 41 | Morgan County Schools Berkeley Springs | $13,159 |
| 42 | Braxton County Schools Sutton | $13,153 |
| 43 | Putnam County Schools Winfield | $13,149 |
| 44 | Randolph County Schools Elkins | $13,137 |
| 45 | Raleigh County Schools Beckley | $13,014 |
| 46 | Mingo County Schools Williamson | $13,013 |
| 47 | Taylor County Schools Grafton | $12,944 |
| 48 | Jefferson County Schools Charles Town | $12,888 |
| 49 | Grant County Schools Petersburg | $12,881 |
| 50 | Upshur County Schools Buckhannon | $12,738 |
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Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with 500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.