Wayne County
Wayne County Gained 5 Points in Three Years — The Biggest Turnaround in West Virginia
In 2021-22, Tolsia High School in Fort Gay posted an attendance rate of 77.8%. Fewer than four in five students showed up on an average day. Three years later, the school is at 87.6% — still below the...
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...
West Virginia's Attendance Recovery Is Running Out of Steam
The math looked promising in 2024. West Virginia had just posted its strongest attendance improvement since the pandemic crash, gaining 0.58 percentage points in a single year. Counties were hiring Tr...