The top reported proficiency rate is 70% in Math. The lowest is 62% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on West Taylor Elementary School
West Taylor Elementary School sits in Flemington, a very small residential town in Taylor County, West Virginia. The school serves pre-kindergarten through fourth grade and operates as a regular public school within Taylor County Schools. For families in Flemington, it is the closest elementary option and functions as a community focal point in a town with little commercial presence. Older students travel to Grafton for middle and high school.
The town itself is quiet and rural. Single-family homes line local streets, and there is no real downtown district. Residents drive to Grafton or Bridgeport for most shopping, services, and employment. There is no fixed-route transit and no public library in town. The housing market is small with limited turnover, and home values sit well below both the state and national benchmarks. For a buyer, that means relative affordability. For a renter, the market is thin and options are few. The broader economy depends on county-level employers including the federal government, the school system, healthcare, and mining and manufacturing, with most working residents commuting out of town.
Academically, the school's state testing results come from the West Virginia General Summative Assessment. Third and fourth grade are the only tested grades here, and the results are a genuine bright spot. Math proficiency is strong in both grades, with third grade particularly high and fourth grade still solidly above midpoint. English language arts results are also respectable, with fourth grade outpacing third grade. Participation was near full in both subjects and grades. These are the kind of proficiency levels a parent would want to see at an early-grades school, and they suggest the school is building foundational skills effectively.
Science results are not available, and that is expected: science is assessed in fifth grade in West Virginia, and West Taylor does not serve fifth grade. No graduation rate applies for the same reason. The school's grade band simply does not include the grades where those measures are taken.
Enrollment is modest, fitting the small community it serves. The student body is entirely white, which reflects Flemington's demographics more broadly. Free and reduced-price lunch data was not reported, and information on students with individualized education programs or English learners was not available either. A parent wanting to understand how the school supports students with specific needs may want to look into this further with the school directly.
Flemington has seen population decline over recent decades, with minimal new housing construction and no major developments planned. That context matters for a family thinking about putting down roots. The town is not growing, and the housing stock turns over slowly. At the same time, the affordability of housing relative to income is favorable, and the estimated monthly mortgage sits well below what renting would cost in many other markets, though the rental market here is so thin that rent data was not reported.
We looked for recent parent-relevant changes in Taylor County Schools and found little that could be confirmed, so we left that out rather than guess. The district brief returned only basic directory and enrollment information.
What West Taylor offers is a small, early-grades school in a quiet, affordable, rural community, with solid math and reading proficiency in the grades it serves. It fits families who want a tight-knit setting where the school is a central civic institution, who are comfortable driving for most needs, and who plan to navigate the transition to Grafton schools for the upper grades. The academic foundation appears sound. The gaps in available data on student support services are the main thing a parent would want to fill in by talking with the school.
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