Historic Schools of Wheeling
➤ WHEELING HISTORY ➤ PLACES ➤ SCHOOLS
WHEELING SCHOOLS
An act passed by the General Assembly of Virginia on February 23, 1849, separated the city from the county, placing schools under the control of a separate and independent board.¹
Schools in Wheeling:
➤ Schools in Wheeling in 1886 (Daily Intelligencer article)
Public Ward Schools:
➤ Centre School (5th Ward)
➤ Clay (2nd & 3rd Ward)
➤ Madison School (7th Ward)
➤ Ritchie School (8th Ward)
➤ Union School (4th Ward)
➤ Washington School (1st Ward)
➤ Webster School (6th Ward)
Public High Schools:
➤ Lincoln High School
➤ McKinley Trade/Vocational High School
➤ Triadelphia High School
➤ Wheeling High School
➤ Wheeling Park High School
Public District Schools:
➤ Edgwood/Edgington Lane Public School
➤ Elm Grove Public School/Kruger Street School
➤ Fulton Public School
➤ Steenrod
➤ Triadelphia School
➤ Warwood
➤ Woodsdale
Parochial and Private Schools:
➤ Blessed Martin
➤ Cathedral High School
➤ Central Catholic High School
➤ Linsly Institute
➤ 75th Anniversary, 1889 (Daily Intelligencer article)
➤ Mount De Chantal Visitation Academy
➤ St. Joseph Academy for Girls
➤ St. Micheal's
➤ Wheeling Catholic Elementary School
➤ Wheeling Country Day School
Segregated Schools:
➤ Dunbar
➤ Lincoln School
➤ Blessed Martin (Roman Catholic)
Post-Secondary Schools:
➤ Wheeling College/Wheeling Jesuit University/Wheeling University
➤ Wheeling Female College/Seminary
➤ West Liberty University
➤ West Virginia Northern Community College
Business Schools:
➤ Wheeling Business College
➤ Elliott Commercial School | Elliott Business School
¹ West Virginia State Dept. of Education. (1907). The history of education in West Virginia. (Rev. ed., p. 240). Charleston, WV: Tribune Print.
²Cranmer, G. (1902). History of Wheeling City and Ohio County, West Virginia and representative citizens. Chicago, Ill.: Biographical Pub.
