Photo: Brian Stansberry · CC BY 4.0Oakvale’s public schools
Mercer County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oakvale. 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
Oakvale’s schools, in brief
School by school
7 of Oakvale’s 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s 591 public schools. Athens Elementary School places highest (better than 91%); Montcalm High School lowest (11%). See the path ↓
Which school depends on your street
13 elementary schools serve Oakvale, graded from D to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then five middle schools and four high schools: Princeton Senior High School, Pikeview High School, Bluefield High School and Montcalm 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 Oakvale, with each school’s own grade.
Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Mercer 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.
Below the state in reading
Oakvale vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the West Virginia towns that share Oakvale’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Oakvale | — | Mercer County |
Every school in Oakvale
20 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 Oakvale’s schools
Are Oakvale’s schools good?
There’s no Schools grade for Oakvale. Mercer County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Oakvale. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 7 of its 18 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.
What school district is Oakvale in?
Mercer County School District.
Where do Oakvale kids go to high school?
One of four high schools, depending on your address: Princeton Senior High School, Pikeview High School, Bluefield High School and Montcalm High School.
Parents talk
What Oakvale families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Oakvale → 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.