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Schools in Smithers

Smithers’s public schools

Fayette County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Smithers. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above West Virginia’s middle

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

Reading proficiency
35%
2021–22
Math proficiency
25%
2021–22
Graduate on time
91%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$15.2K
▼ 3% vs WV $15.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
14.8
WV 13.5 · larger classes
Schools in town
1
2,624 students on the public path
In brief

Smithers’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Smithers’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s 591 public schools. Oak Hill High places highest (better than 34%); Valley PK-8 lowest (3%). 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 Smithers, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–8Valley PK-8Fayette County School DistrictD−
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your addressC

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Fayette 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.

Fayette County School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 10 schools · 5,294 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 14.8 per teacher (WV 13.5)
$15,159WV $15,637 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading35%
State average 41.3% · 2861 students tested
Math25%
State average 32.2% · 2856 students tested

Smithers vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the West Virginia towns that share Smithers’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Smithers—Fayette County
MontgomeryC+Fayette County PK–12 · Kanawha County PK–12

Every school in Smithers

4 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).

District schools in Smithersby address
Valley PK-8
Elementary · Grades PK–8
D−
545 students15:1Rate it →
Also serving Smithersin other towns
Meadow Bridge Regional School
Grades PK–12 · Meadow Bridge
404 students13:1Rate it →
Midland Trail High
High · Grades 6–12 · Hico
C
618 students18:1Rate it →
Oak Hill High
High · Grades 9–12 · Oak Hill
C
1,057 students16:1Rate it →

Questions about Smithers’s schools

Are Smithers’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Smithers. Fayette County School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Smithers. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of West Virginia’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Smithers in?

Fayette County School District.

Where do Smithers kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Oak Hill High, Midland Trail High and Meadow Bridge Regional School.

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What Smithers families are saying about school.

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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.