A recent report from the West Virginia Department of Education showed that Ohio County Schools finds itself in very exclusive company, a club of just two.

The WVDE this past week provided state legislators an update on all 55 county school districts and how they’re faring both academically and operationally. The report looked at four categories. The first was county operational effectiveness, whether a county school district needed assistance from the state in achieving its goals. The other three were based on the Balanced Scorecard and whether a school district had failed to meet standards in a category for one, two or three years.

Only two county school districts in West Virginia can boast that they have met standards in all four categories — Hampshire County and Ohio County. Sitting in the 96th percentile in the state is pretty darned good.

It’s another example of the quality of public education Ohio County families receive, joining Ritchie Elementary’s National Blue Ribbon School designation in 2023 and Wheeling Middle School teacher Tiffany Barnes being named West Virginia Teacher of the Year in September.

This latest achievement shows that Ohio County Schools takes every aspect of education seriously. The district is solid in all categories, deficient in none. School board members and district administrators should do all they can to keep that ball rolling.