Hancock County
92 of 117 West Virginia High Schools Hit 90% Attendance in 2024-25
Most West Virginia high schools are holding the line. 92 of 117 posted attendance rates at or above 90% in 2024-25, including Oak Glen High School in Hancock County at 96.2% and George Washington High...
16 West Virginia Counties Have Recovered Pre-COVID Attendance; 15 More on Three-Year Improvement Streaks
Tucker County added 1.74 percentage points to its attendance rate between 2018-19 and 2024-25. Morgan County lost 3.22 points over the same period. Both are small, rural, overwhelmingly white counties...
Nine Counties, One Pattern: When the State Steps In
In January 2026, the West Virginia Board of Education voted unanimously to take over Hancock County Schools. The superintendent was removed. The assistant superintendent was removed. A state-appointed...
One in Five WV Students Now Receives Special Education
West Virginia has lost 52,484 students since the 2010-11 school year, an 18.6% decline that has shuttered schools and strained budgets across all 55 counties. Special education enrollment moved in the...