Photo: Youngamerican · CC BY-SA 3.0Bancroft’s public schools
Putnam County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bancroft. Each school below is shown with its own results.
Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in West Virginia’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools
Bancroft’s schools, in brief
School by school
16 of Bancroft’s 22 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s 591 public schools. West Teays Elementary School places highest (better than 98%); Hometown Elementary School lowest (16%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
14 elementary schools serve Bancroft, graded from C− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then four middle schools and four high schools: Hurricane High School, Winfield High School, Poca High School and Buffalo High School. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Bancroft, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Putnam County School District.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Well above the state in reading
Bancroft vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the West Virginia towns that share Bancroft’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | — | Putnam County |
Every school in Bancroft
22 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with West Virginia’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Bancroft’s schools
Are Bancroft’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Bancroft. Putnam County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bancroft. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 16 of its 22 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Bancroft in?
Putnam County School District.
Where do Bancroft kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Hurricane High School, Winfield High School, Poca High School and Buffalo High School.
Parents talk
What Bancroft families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Bancroft → They have their own page.
School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.