The top reported proficiency rate is 60% in Math. The lowest is 38% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Oak Glen Middle School
Oak Glen Middle School sits on Golden Bear Drive in New Cumberland, a small Ohio River town that serves as the seat of Hancock County. The school is a regular public school serving grades five through eight, part of the Hancock County Schools district. New Cumberland is a residential community where many residents commute to larger employment centers such as Pittsburgh, Weirton, and Wheeling. The town's own industrial past, which once included brick, sewer pipe, glassware, and foundry work, has largely faded. Publicly reported accounts describe a place that never realized the industrial growth its early leaders expected, and the population has been in steady decline since its peak decades ago. The Ohio River remains the town's defining geographic feature, and the community hosts an annual Fall River Fest along its banks. The nearby Mountaineer Casino, Racetrack, and Resort is a regional employer just up the road.
The school's enrollment is moderate for a middle school, with roughly equal class sizes across the four grade levels. The student body is very homogeneous: nearly all students are white, with small Hispanic and multiracial populations and only a handful of Asian and Black students. This mirrors the broader community, which is itself small and predominantly white. Data on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was not available, nor were figures for students with individualized education programs or English learners. A parent looking to understand the socioeconomic mix of the student body would need to ask the school directly, since those data points are missing here.
Academically, the most recent state assessment results, from the West Virginia General Summative Assessment, tell a mixed but largely solid story. In math, the school's strongest showing came in sixth grade, where a clear majority of students reached proficiency. Seventh grade was also strong, with a majority proficient. Fifth and eighth grade math proficiency was more modest, with roughly half of students meeting the bar. English language arts followed a similar pattern: seventh grade was the high point, with a solid majority proficient, while fifth and eighth grade sat at about half. Science results, tested only in fifth and eighth grade, were the school's weakest area. Fewer than two-fifths of students reached proficiency in either grade. Participation was essentially universal across all tested grades and subjects, which means the results reflect nearly the entire student body rather than a self-selected subset. Third and fourth grade rows appear in the data set but carry no values, which is expected because Oak Glen does not serve those grades.
No multi-year trend data was available beyond the current year, so there is no way to say from this data whether performance is rising or falling over time. A parent interested in that question would want to look into prior years' results with the school or the district.
Because this is a middle school, there is no graduation rate to report, and the school does not sit in a grade band that produces one. No Advanced Placement, dual-credit, or career-pathway program data was provided. Information on staffing, discipline, attendance, course access, and Title I status was also absent from the available data. We looked for recent parent-relevant changes in the Hancock County Schools district brief but found little beyond directory and fiscal information, so we left that out rather than guess.
Housing in the area is inexpensive relative to both state and national benchmarks. Typical home values in the school's zip code sit well below the West Virginia statewide figure and far below the national figure, and the area has seen modest recent appreciation. For a family considering a move, this means relatively affordable homeownership compared with most of the country, though the town's declining population and limited local employment base are part of the trade-off.
What the picture adds up to is a small-town middle school with consistent, above-middle proficiency in math and English language arts and a clear soft spot in science. The peer environment is homogeneous, the community is quiet and residential, and the data gaps mean a family would need to go to the school directly for details on student support services, program offerings, and socioeconomic composition.
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