The top reported proficiency rate is 27% in Math. The lowest is 24% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Berkeley Heights Elementary School
Berkeley Heights Elementary School sits on Hack Wilson Way in Martinsburg, serving pre-kindergarten through second grade as part of Berkeley County Schools. It is a large early-childhood campus for its grade band, with a sizable pre-kindergarten cohort alongside kindergarten, first, and second grades. The student body is predominantly white, with Black and multiracial students each making up a meaningful share, and a smaller Hispanic population. The school's racial and ethnic mix roughly reflects the Martinsburg area, which has grown steadily as a commuter base for the Baltimore-Washington metro corridor. Data on free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, special education enrollment, and English learner status was not available, so those dimensions of student need are not represented here.
Because the school stops at second grade, most of the state assessment apparatus does not apply. West Virginia begins its General Summative Assessment in third grade, and Berkeley Heights does not serve those tested grades in its current configuration. The available data set does include third-grade math and English language arts results attributed to this school from the 2020-21 testing cycle, which showed modest proficiency in both subjects, with more students scoring below the proficient threshold than above. Participation was strong among the students whose results were reported. Given that the school's current grade span is PK through 02, these third-grade figures may reflect a prior configuration or attribution, and a parent may want to look into this further with the school. Fourth through eighth grade results, as well as science assessments, were not reported, which is consistent with the school's early-elementary grade band.
No graduation rate applies to a school serving this age range. The same is true for course access data, advanced coursework, and career or dual-credit pathways, none of which are part of an early-elementary program. Discipline, staffing, and attendance figures were not provided, so those aspects of the school environment cannot be characterized from the available data.
Martinsburg itself is the county seat of Berkeley County and the largest city in West Virginia's eastern panhandle. Publicly reported sources describe it as a city shaped by its location along Interstate 81 and by MARC commuter rail service to Washington Union Station, which has drawn residents who live in the area and commute to the Baltimore-Washington metro. The downtown has a compact historic core with the Berkeley County courthouse, a restored Apollo Theatre, and the B&O roundhouse. Federal employers anchor the local economy, including an IRS computing center, the Martinsburg VA Medical Center, and Coast Guard facilities, alongside private employers such as Quad/Graphics, Macy's, FedEx, and a Procter and Gamble facility that was announced near the city. The city was one of West Virginia's fastest-growing communities in the early 2000s, and census estimates placed it among the top six most populous cities in the state.
Housing in the school's zip code is moderately priced relative to national figures but sits above West Virginia's statewide benchmark. Typical home values are well below the national midpoint, and rents are modest. The price-to-income ratio sits near a level that many families would find manageable, though current mortgage rates push monthly ownership costs above what a comparable rental would require. Home values have been appreciating modestly year over year, while rents have held roughly flat.
Berkeley County Schools did not surface parent-relevant district changes in the available search, so there is little to report on recent strategic shifts, facility plans, or program rollouts at the district level. What is clear is that Berkeley Heights functions as a large early-entry point into the Berkeley County system, situated in a growing commuter city with a mix of historic character and suburban commercial development along the interstate corridor. Families considering this school will likely want to ask about how pre-kindergarten through second grade instruction feeds into the upper elementary schools in the district, since Berkeley Heights itself does not carry students through the grades where state testing occurs.
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