The West Virginia Department of Education released the 2025 student assessment results for all schools on Wednesday, August 13th. Statewide, there were slight gains in overall proficiency with increases over last year’s numbers in English language arts (ELA) (45% to 48%), Math (36% to 38%), and Science (29% to 30%). Early learners made the most significant gains in reading. The report showed progress in ELA with a 6% gain in third grade proficiency, and a 7% decrease in those who did not meet the standard compared to last year’s assessment.

The DOE website reported proficiencies in Math, Reading, and Science for every county. Putnam exceeded statewide proficiencies in Math, 56% to 38%; Reading, 62% to 48%; and Science, 41% to 30%.

Putnam’s Math and Reading proficiencies were tops statewide. Putnam’s Science proficiency of 41% was exceeded by Monongalia County’s 48% proficiency. Monongalia’s science proficiency produced the highest average proficiencies in Math, Reading and Science of 53.4%. Putnam average for the three areas of instruction was second statewide with an average of 53.2%.

Student assessments for individual schools within Putnam varied widely. West Teays Elementary registered the highest proficiencies among the county’s elementary schools with 81.3% best in Math, 80.1% best in Reading, and 59.4% second best in Science. Scott Teays Elementary was first in Science with a 63.1% proficiency.

Winfield registered the best middle school proficiencies in Math and Reading and the poorest in Science. Winfield was 62.4% proficient in Math and 64.5% proficient in Reading. Poca Middle achieved the highest Science proficiency with 43.7%, followed by Hurricane Middle with 42.7%. WMS Science proficiencies was 32.2%. GWMS Science was 38.2%.

Winfield High School registered the highest proficiencies in all three academic areas. Winfield’s proficiencies were 42.4% in Math, 75.1% in Reading and 47.7% in Science.

See Page 3 for the complete 2025 student assessments for all Putnam County schools.