West Virginia · NCES F-33 finance data

Highest Spending Districts in West Virginia

The 50 West Virginia districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

$22,500
Top per-pupil spend
$15,400
Avg across top 50
50
Districts listed

The spending picture in one line

Doddridge County Schools spends $22,500 per student, the most of any West Virginia district listed, against an average of $15,400 across the top 50.

$22,500
top spend (Doddridge County Schools)
$13,063
lowest on this list
1.7×
spread across the listed districts
1,119
students in the top district
#DistrictPer-Pupil $
1Doddridge County SchoolsWest Union$22,500
2Wetzel County SchoolsNew Martinsville$21,536
3Tyler County SchoolsMiddlebourne$20,950
4Pendleton County SchoolsFranklin$19,141
5Pocahontas County SchoolsBuckeye$18,970
6Marshall County SchoolsMoundsville$18,263
7Gilmer County SchoolsGlenville$17,294
8Calhoun County SchoolsMt. Zion$17,049
9Pleasants County SchoolsSt. Marys$16,780
10Wirt County SchoolsElizabeth$16,428
11Brooke County SchoolsWellsburg$16,381
12Ohio County SchoolsWheeling$16,079
13Ritchie County SchoolsHarrisville$15,964
14Tucker County SchoolsParsons$15,729
15Mcdowell County SchoolsWelch$15,682
16Boone County SchoolsMadison$15,630
17Clay County SchoolsClay$15,509
18Cabell County SchoolsHuntington$15,473
19Monroe County SchoolsUnion$15,268
20Taylor County SchoolsGrafton$15,015
21Mason County SchoolsPoint Pleasant$14,880
22Greenbrier County SchoolsLewisburg$14,841
23Lincoln County SchoolsHamlin$14,841
24Hancock County SchoolsNew Cumberland$14,820
25Summers County SchoolsHinton$14,800
26Wyoming County SchoolsPineville$14,525
27Wayne County SchoolsWayne$14,446
28Jefferson County SchoolsCharles Town$14,424
29Monongalia County SchoolsMorgantown$14,414
30Harrison County SchoolsClarksburg$14,396
31Hampshire County SchoolsRomney$14,361
32Morgan County SchoolsBerkeley Springs$14,306
33Kanawha County SchoolsCharleston$14,242
34Fayette County SchoolsFayetteville$14,235
35Jackson County SchoolsRipley$14,226
36Marion County SchoolsFairmont$14,106
37Logan County SchoolsWest Logan$14,098
38Mingo County SchoolsWilliamson$14,081
39Webster County SchoolsWebster Springs$14,065
40Nicholas County SchoolsSummersville$14,052
41Lewis County SchoolsWeston$13,986
42Mineral County SchoolsKeyser$13,984
43Wood County SchoolsParkersburg$13,900
44Roane County SchoolsSpencer$13,833
45Putnam County SchoolsWinfield$13,757
46Braxton County SchoolsSutton$13,685
47Mercer County SchoolsPrinceton$13,583
48Raleigh County SchoolsBeckley$13,305
49Hardy County SchoolsMoorefield$13,103
50Grant County SchoolsPetersburg$13,063

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.

Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.