Raleigh County School Closings Today — Status & Delays (West Virginia)

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How Raleigh County School Closings Are Announced

Raleigh County Schools posts closure and delay decisions on its official website at
boe.rale.k12.wv.us and on its
Facebook page, typically as early as possible once transportation and central-office staff have
finished assessing overnight road conditions across the county’s hollows and mountain routes — often
by early morning on a weather-affected day, though a late-developing storm can push the call closer to
the start of the school day. The district also reports through the West Virginia Department of
Education’s statewide closings system at wveis.k12.wv.us/closings, which aggregates announcements from every county board of
education in the state.

Locally, three television stations cover Raleigh County closings as part of their regular weather
programming: WVVA 6
(NBC, Bluefield), WOAY-TV 4
(ABC, Oak Hill), and WVNS-TV 59 (CBS/Fox, Lewisburg/Beckley). This page checks the district’s own site and all three
station closings pages automatically, so you don’t have to visit each one separately.

Weather Risks That Trigger School Closings in Raleigh County

Snow and ice accumulation: Raleigh County’s mountain and hollow roads gain
elevation quickly outside Beckley, and even a light snow or freezing-rain event can leave bus routes
icy and impassable well after main highways are clear.
Black ice on secondary roads: Overnight refreeze on narrow, curving county roads
is one of the most common reasons for a two-hour delay even when no new precipitation is falling.
Flash flooding: Heavy rain in the New River and Coal River watersheds can raise
area creeks quickly, occasionally closing low-lying roads that bus routes depend on.
Severe thunderstorms and high wind: Spring and summer storms can bring damaging
wind and localized power outages that affect school buildings and traffic signals.
Dense fog in the hollows: Valley fog can significantly cut visibility on rural
routes during temperature inversions, particularly in fall and early winter mornings.
Extreme cold: Prolonged sub-freezing temperatures can occasionally prompt delays
tied to bus-stop wait-time safety rather than road conditions themselves.

Frequently Asked Questions

How early does Raleigh County Schools announce school closures?

Raleigh County Schools typically announces closures and delays as early as
possible once road conditions have been assessed, often by early morning on a weather-affected
day. Announcements are posted to the district website, the district’s Facebook page, and the West
Virginia Department of Education’s statewide closings system, and are picked up by local TV
stations shortly after.

What’s the difference between a school closure and a delay in Raleigh County?

A closure means schools are not in session for the day; a delay (typically two
hours) pushes back the start of the school day so buses can run once roads have had more time to
be treated, and morning temperatures have had a chance to rise above freezing. Raleigh County most
commonly uses two-hour delays for icy-road conditions rather than full closures when conditions
are expected to improve during the morning.

Do all Raleigh County schools close at the same time?

Yes — Raleigh County Schools makes a single countywide decision that applies to
all of its schools, since the decision is driven by county-level bus-route and road-condition
assessments rather than individual school buildings. Fayette County Schools and Wyoming County
Schools, also monitored on this page, each make their own separate countywide decisions.

Which local TV stations report Raleigh County school closings?

WVVA 6 (NBC, Bluefield), WOAY-TV 4 (ABC, Oak Hill), and WVNS-TV 59 (CBS/Fox,
Lewisburg/Beckley) are the primary local TV stations covering Raleigh County school closings. This
page automatically checks all three closings pages alongside the district’s own website.

How often is this page updated?

Status checks run automatically every 15 minutes, or every 5 minutes during
active weather alerts, pulling from the district’s website and local TV station closings pages.

What other school districts does this page cover besides Raleigh County?

This page also tracks Fayette County Schools (Oak Hill, Fayetteville, Ansted)
and Wyoming County Schools (Pineville, Mullens, Oceana) — both border Raleigh County directly and
are commonly covered together in regional weather and closings reporting.

Raleigh County Schools — Full School Roster

High Schools

Woodrow Wilson High School
Independence High School
Liberty High School
Shady Spring High School

Middle Schools

Beckley-Stratton Middle School
Park Middle School
Trap Hill Middle School
Shady Spring Middle School
Independence Middle School

Elementary Schools

Beckley Elementary School
Bradley Elementary School
Clear Fork Elementary School
Coal City Elementary School
Cranberry-Prosperity Elementary School
Crescent Elementary School
Daniels Elementary School
Fairdale Elementary School
Ghent Elementary School
Hollywood Elementary School
Mabscott Elementary School
Marsh Fork Elementary School
Maxwell Hill Elementary School
Ridgeview Elementary School
Shady Spring Elementary School
Stanaford Elementary School
Stratton Elementary School

Career & Specialty

Academy of Careers & Technology
Raleigh County Virtual School

Fayette County Schools — School Roster

High Schools

Midland Trail High School
Oak Hill High School

Middle Schools

Oak Hill Middle School
New River Intermediate School

K-8 Schools

Fayetteville PK-8 School
Valley PK-8 School
Meadow Bridge Regional School

Elementary Schools

Ansted Elementary School
Divide Elementary School
New River Primary School
Midland Trail Elementary School

Career & Specialty

Fayette Institute of Technology

Wyoming County Schools — School Roster

High Schools

Westside High School
Wyoming East High School

Middle Schools

Mullens Middle School
Oceana Middle School
Pineville Middle School

Elementary Schools

Berlin McKinney Elementary School
Mullens Elementary School
Pineville Elementary School

Combined Elementary/Middle Schools

Baileysville Elementary & Middle School
Glen Fork Elementary & Middle School
Herndon Consolidated Elementary & Middle School
Huff Consolidated Elementary & Middle School
Road Branch Elementary & Middle School

Career & Specialty

Wyoming County Career & Technical Center

Find Raleigh County-Area School Closings by ZIP Code

Raleigh, Fayette, and Wyoming counties are all
large, rural, multi-town districts — their boundaries follow county lines, not compact ZIP-code
clusters, so precise ZIP-level boundary matching isn’t reliable here the way it is for a single-city
suburban district. Instead, this section groups the towns and communities each district actually
serves, based on the school locations listed above. ZIP codes are noted only where I could confirm the
town’s standard USPS delivery ZIP; none of the individual ZIP-to-school-boundary matches below have
been cross-checked against two independent sources or an official district boundary map, so treat
every ZIP here as a starting point for your own address lookup, not a confirmed boundary.

Raleigh County Schools (RCS)

Beckley area: ⚠ Unverified: 25801, 25802, 25813 ·
Shady Spring / Daniels: ⚠ Unverified: 25918, 25832 ·
Ghent / Glen Daniel / Coal City: ⚠ Unverified: 25843, 25844, 25823

Schools: Woodrow Wilson HS, Independence HS, Liberty HS, Shady Spring HS, Beckley-Stratton MS, Park MS, Trap Hill MS, Shady Spring MS, Independence MS, plus 17 elementary schools across Beckley, Daniels, Ghent, Coal City, and surrounding communities (see full roster above).

Fayette County Schools (FCS)

Oak Hill / Fayetteville: ⚠ Unverified: 25901, 25840 ·
Ansted / Gauley Bridge / Hico: ⚠ Unverified: 25812, 25085, 25854 ·
Meadow Bridge / Rainelle area: ⚠ Unverified: 25976

Schools: Midland Trail HS, Oak Hill HS, Oak Hill MS, New River Intermediate, Fayetteville PK-8, Valley PK-8, Meadow Bridge Regional, Ansted Elementary, Divide Elementary, New River Primary, Midland Trail Elementary, Fayette Institute of Technology.

Wyoming County Schools (WCS)

Pineville area: ⚠ Unverified: 24874 ·
Mullens area: ⚠ Unverified: 25882 ·
Oceana / New Richmond / Clear Fork: ⚠ Unverified: 24870, 24867, 24822

Schools: Westside HS, Wyoming East HS, Mullens MS, Oceana MS, Pineville MS, Berlin McKinney, Mullens, and Pineville Elementary, plus five combined elementary/middle schools (Baileysville, Glen Fork, Herndon, Huff, Road Branch) and the Wyoming County Career & Technical Center.

All ZIP codes noted above for Raleigh, Fayette, and Wyoming County schools are unverified against an
independent boundary source and are excluded from any confirmed master list — none are asserted as
confirmed boundaries. No PO-Box-only ZIPs are referenced.