The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in English language arts. The lowest is 12% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Eagle School Intermediate
Eagle School Intermediate sits on Eagle School Road in Martinsburg, serving third, fourth, and fifth graders as part of Berkeley County Schools. It is a regular public school, not a charter or magnet, and its grade band makes it an intermediate stepping stone between early elementary and middle school. The enrollment is moderate for a three-grade school, with fairly even distribution across the three grade levels.
The student body is majority white, with a meaningful share of students identifying as two or more races, a smaller Black population, and a smaller Hispanic population. A very small number of Asian students round out the enrollment. The school's free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, so the economic profile of the student population cannot be characterized from what was provided. The same is true for special education and English learner rates, which were missing. Title I status was also not reported. A parent evaluating this school for fit may want to ask the front office directly about these supports, since they shape day-to-day classroom experience.
State assessment results from the most recent school year tell a mixed story. In math, proficiency starts at a moderate level in third grade and drops as students move up, with fifth grade showing the weakest results. English language arts follows a similar entry point in third grade, dips in fourth, and rebounds slightly in fifth. Science, tested only in fifth grade, was the lowest-performing subject area by a wide margin. Participation was strong across every tested grade and subject, which means these results reflect nearly the full student body rather than a skewed subset. No multi-year trend was available, so it is not possible to say whether these numbers represent a recent slide, a plateau, or a typical year for the school. Average scale scores were also missing, which limits a deeper read on whether students are clustered near the proficiency cut or spread across a wider range.
Because the school stops at fifth grade, there is no graduation rate, no AP or dual-credit data, and no career pathway information. Those measures belong to the middle and high schools that Eagle students feed into. The data provided does not name a specific feeder pattern. Berkeley County Schools is the parent district, but the district brief returned little about recent strategic changes or initiatives, so there is nothing to relay about district-level priorities or shifts that might affect this campus.
The Martinsburg setting shapes the school's context in ways parents should understand. Martinsburg is the county seat and the largest city in West Virginia's eastern panhandle, with a compact historic downtown anchored by the Berkeley County courthouse, the restored Apollo Theatre, the Belle Boyd House museum, and a downtown Amtrak and MARC rail station that connects commuters to Washington Union Station on weekdays. Interstate 81 runs along the northern edge of town, and the broader city is car-oriented, with suburban commercial development stretching along the highway corridor. The area was one of West Virginia's fastest-growing cities in the early part of this century, driven by the interstate and commuter rail, which brought an influx of residents who live here and commute to the Baltimore-Washington metro. Major employers include a cluster of federal facilities, an IRS computing center, the VA medical center, the 167th Airlift Wing at Eastern WV Regional Airport, and private operations like Quad/Graphics, Ecolab, Macy's, FedEx, and a Procter and Gamble facility announced near the city.
Housing in the school's zip code sits above the West Virginia state benchmark but below the national benchmark, which is consistent with Martinsburg's position as a growing panhandle community with commuter demand pushing prices up. Rents have been rising at a faster clip than home values recently. For a family weighing the cost of living, the area offers relative affordability compared to the D.C. metro while carrying higher costs than much of the rest of the state.
What the data supports clearly is that Eagle School Intermediate is a mid-sized intermediate school in a growing commuter town with a diverse student body and state test results that trail behind state expectations, particularly in fifth-grade math and science. The absence of economic and special-population data means the picture is incomplete. A parent considering this school would benefit from visiting, asking about intervention supports for math and science, and understanding how the district frames these results and what is being done to strengthen them.
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