Homeschooling High School in West Virginia

Required hours

No state minimum

Required subjects

5 subjects

Notice

Required

Testing / evaluation

Parent's choice (testing, portfolio, or evaluation)

Recordkeeping

Recommended

Jump to the full West Virginia requirements for plain-English detail on each of these.

Graduation requirements in West Virginia

West Virginia does not issue homeschool diplomas, so as the parent-administrator you set the graduation requirements and award the diploma yourself. A common college-prep plan covers 4 years of English, 3–4 of math, 3 of science, 3 of social studies, 2 of a foreign language, plus electives — typically around 24 credits total. Check any West Virginia-specific expectations for your situation, and align with the admissions requirements of the colleges your student is targeting.

Credits and GPA

A standard high-school credit (a Carnegie unit) represents roughly 120–180 hours of instruction in a subject over the year, or about a full-year course. Half-credit courses are common for semester-long electives. Track grades per course and compute a weighted or unweighted GPA on a 4.0 scale. Our free GPA calculator can do the math, and Homeschool Fox tracks credits and grades for you as you log coursework.

Testing and assessment

West Virginia requires an academic assessment after grades 3, 5, 8, and 11, filed with the county superintendent by June 30. Families may pick a nationally normed test (acceptable progress means the mean of the five subject scores falls within or above the 4th stanine — the 23rd percentile — or improves over the prior year), public-school testing, a certified teacher's portfolio narrative, or an alternative assessment agreed on with the county.

Building a college-ready transcript

Selective colleges expect a clean, professional transcript listing courses, credits, grades, and GPA, often alongside a school profile and course descriptions. You can build one in West Virginia yourself — a standard transcript is included with Homeschool Fox, and the $29 official transcript add-on generates AI-drafted course descriptions and a school profile that admissions readers expect.

Keeping records through high school

Keep coursework, reading lists, grades, and work samples organized from 9th grade on — reconstructing four years at application time is painful. West Virginia also has assessment or portfolio expectations to plan around, so consistent records do double duty for both college applications and state compliance.

What Homeschool Fox tracks for West Virginia

Everything West Virginia expects you to keep, in one place — no spreadsheets, no lost notebooks.

• Required hours or days
• Required subjects & core hours
• Daily activity logs
• Attendance records
• Notes & portfolio records
• Printable PDF reports
• High school transcripts
• State-specific progress tracking

More West Virginia guides

• West Virginia Homeschool Requirements Hours, notice, assessment, and subjects at a glance.
• How to Start Homeschooling in West Virginia A step-by-step guide from withdrawal to your first logged day.
• Record Keeping in West Virginia What to document, how to organize it, and staying compliant.
• ESA & School Choice in West Virginia Funding amounts, who qualifies, and the trade-offs.