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West Virginia Has Lost Students for 13 Straight Years
No state in the country has had a year like West Virginia just did. The 2025-26 school year brought the steepest single-year enrollment loss since COVID, with 7,693 students vanishing from the rolls. ...
Three counties that have never stopped shrinking
In the 16 years of enrollment data available for West Virginia, there are exactly three county school systems that have never once recorded a year of growth. Not during the post-recession recovery. No...
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...
Forty-Nine of Fifty-Five at All-Time Lows
Doddridge County enrolled 1,211 students in 2026. It is the only county school district in West Virginia at an all-time enrollment high.