West Virginia schools and districts are continuing to show improvements according to the 2024-2025 West Virginia Balanced Scorecard results. The West Virginia Department of Education (WVDE) released the data today, which represents the accountability ratings for public schools in the Mountain State as part of the West Virginia School Accountability System (WVSAS).
Each public school and district receives a scorecard that measures progress across multiple indicators, including academic achievement, academic progress and student success indicators such as chronic absenteeism and postsecondary outcomes. The Balanced Scorecard provides annual updates to families, communities and stakeholders on district and school performance.
According to the state’s 2024-2025 school year data, 86% of districts improved on English language arts performance and 83% improved on math performance. Attendance also continues to trend in a positive direction, with 76% of districts improving over last year, resulting in a statewide chronic absenteeism rate of 22.8%.
Last year, more than 98% of West Virginia’s public school students took the required assessments.
For more information and district- and school-level data, visit the Balanced Scorecard Dashboard.
Career Technical Education Assessments
The WVDE Office of Career Technical Education released data from the 2024-2025 NOCTI assessments. This third-party exam is administered to students across the 16 career clusters to evaluate competency as well as workplace readiness. West Virginia students achieved a 68% passage rate, which is a 4% increase from last year.
Homeschool Assessments
The WVDE released the percentage of assessments submitted for homeschooled students in 2024-2025. West Virginia code requires families or guardians to submit an assessment or portfolio of the child’s work by June 30 following grades 3, 5, 8 and 11. The assessment can be the West Virginia General Summative Assessment, one of the family’s choosing that meets the policy requirements, or it can be a sample of the child’s work that is reviewed and assessed by a certified teacher.
Last year, 67% of the homeschooled students presumed to be in grades 3, 5, 8 and 11 submitted an assessment or portfolio by the June 30 deadline. This is an increase of 9% over the previous year.
Community Bulletin
Family medicine physician Andrew Colebank, DO, has joined WVU Medicine St. Joseph's Hospital at the Brushy Fork Rural Health Clinic in Buckhannon, where he is now scheduling patients of all ages for appointments beginning in October. Read more →
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