Priscilla Strode Turner House · Photo: JERRYE & ROY KLOTZ MD · CC BY-SA 4.0Falling Waters’s public schools outscore 59% of West Virginia districts
The grade covers the public school district serving Falling Waters, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. On the state math tests, 24% of Falling Waters’s students scored proficient, below the West Virginia average (32%). Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within West Virginia, not nationally.
From West Virginia state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Falling Waters’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 76 West Virginia towns with household incomes within a quarter of Falling Waters’s, its schools beat 46%, lower than their 59% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 37% of tested students were proficient in reading and 24% in math, against 41% and 32% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
98% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 93% across West Virginia. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $14,067 per student, against $15,637 across West Virginia (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
15 elementary schools, then ten elementary, six middle and four high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. 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.
What’s behind Falling Waters’s grade
B: better than 59% of West Virginia school districts. Graduation is above the West Virginia average; test scores are below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Falling Waters, with each school’s own grade.
Falling Waters’s public schools are run by Berkeley County School District, which also serves Hedgesville and Martinsburg. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Falling Waters vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the West Virginia towns that share Falling Waters’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Falling Waters | B | Berkeley County |
Every school in Falling Waters
31 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 Falling Waters’s schools
Are Falling Waters’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of West Virginia: the public schools Falling Waters children attend outscore 59% of West Virginia’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 46%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Falling Waters in?
Berkeley County School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 20,006 students in 32 schools (2024–25).
Where do Falling Waters kids go to high school?
One of 4 high schools, depending on your address: Musselman High School, Spring Mills High School, Martinsburg High School and Hedgesville High School.
What is Falling Waters’s graduation rate?
98% of the class of 2023 in Berkeley County School District graduated in four years, against 93% across West Virginia.
How much does Falling Waters spend per student?
$14,067 in Berkeley County School District (FY2024), against $15,637 across West Virginia. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Falling Waters families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Falling Waters → 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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within West Virginia. Stars are from neighbors.