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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...
Mingo County Cleared 90% Attendance. Four Coal Neighbors Are Still Climbing Back.
> Correction (May 29, 2026): An earlier version of this article overstated several figures. There are 16 schools statewide below 88% attendance (not 14), two of them outside the coal corridor. The fiv...
A 13,000-Student Gap Shrinks to 726
In 2011, seven coal counties in southern West Virginia enrolled 42,554 students. Three Eastern Panhandle counties, tucked against the Maryland border 250 miles away, enrolled 29,182. The gap between t...
McDowell County has lost 42% of its students
In 2010-11, McDowell County enrolled 3,559 students. Fifteen years later, the number is 2,075. That is a loss of 1,484 students, a 41.7% decline, the steepest of any county in West Virginia. It is als...