Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Lester’s public schools
Raleigh County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lester. 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
Lester’s schools, in brief
School by school
17 of Lester’s 26 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s 591 public schools. Hollywood Elementary places highest (better than 97%); Beckley Elementary lowest (4%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
17 elementary schools serve Lester, graded from D− to A+, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then five middle schools and four high schools: Woodrow Wilson High School, Shady Spring High, Independence High School and Liberty 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 Lester, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Raleigh 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.
Above the state in reading
Lester vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the West Virginia towns that share Lester’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Lester | — | Raleigh County |
Every school in Lester
26 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 Lester’s schools
Are Lester’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Lester. Raleigh County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Lester. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 17 of its 26 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Lester in?
Raleigh County School District.
Where do Lester kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Woodrow Wilson High School, Shady Spring High, Independence High School and Liberty High School.
Parents talk
What Lester families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Lester → 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.