MORGANTOWN – Morgantown High School will present at the national Model Schools Conference in June in Orlando, Fla.
Teachers will discuss “How Collective Efficacy and Experience-Based Professional Development Improves Student Engagement and Success” at the gathering – which is held annually by Boston-based Center for Model Schools as a way to chart academic progress and other classroom success.
MHS was also named a national Model School by the organization at the conference.
“We’re honored to be recognized,” Morgantown High Principal Paul Mihalko said. “We’ve created an environment where both educators and students thrive.”
That translates to success on the SAT test, the principal said. Composite scores at Morgantown have steadily increased 23 points to an average of 1016, which is 105 points over the state average and 51 points past the global average.
Advanced Placement Performance has also increased 17 percentage points since the year 2021 also, he said. In 2025, 87% of Morgantown High students taking AP classes earned scores of 3 or higher.
MHS is currently recognized as the No. 1 high school in the state of West Virginia by Niche, a market research firm in Pittsburgh.
The Morgantown High session at the Model Schools Conference will reach more than 5,000 educators from districts across the U.S., Monongalia County Schools Superintendent Eddie Campbell Jr. said.
He likes that the school on Wilson Avenue will be casting such a wide net, he said.
“This recognition affirms the powerful work happening at Morgantown High School,” the superintendent said.
“Their commitment to data-informed instruction, professional growth and student-engagement services serves as a model not only for our district but for schools across the nation,” Campbell continued.
“We are incredibly proud of their leadership and impact.”
