| Rank | Water Area ▼ | School District / Population |
| 1. | 13.97 sq mi | Mason County School District / 27,207 |
| 2. | 10.51 sq mi | Wood County School District / 86,595 |
| 3. | 9.33 sq mi | Kanawha County School District / 191,765 |
| 4. | 7.58 sq mi | Nicholas County School District / 26,090 |
| 5. | 7.28 sq mi | Jackson County School District / 29,229 |
| 6. | 7.27 sq mi | Summers County School District / 13,699 |
| 7. | 7.00 sq mi | Cabell County School District / 96,826 |
| 8. | 6.80 sq mi | Fayette County School District / 45,709 |
| 9. | 6.72 sq mi | Marshall County School District / 32,716 |
| 10. | 6.13 sq mi | Wayne County School District / 41,735 |
| 11. | 5.82 sq mi | Monongalia School District / 100,332 |
| 12. | 5.46 sq mi | Braxton County School District / 14,492 |
| 13. | 5.36 sq mi | Hancock County School District / 30,369 |
| 14. | 4.94 sq mi | Greenbrier County School District / 35,639 |
| 15. | 4.75 sq mi | Lewis County School District / 16,412 |
| 16. | 4.73 sq mi | Putnam County School District / 56,356 |
| 17. | 4.44 sq mi | Pleasants County School District / 7,600 |
| 18. | 4.40 sq mi | Tyler County School District / 9,084 |
| 19. | 4.38 sq mi | Hampshire County School District / 23,674 |
| 20. | 4.00 sq mi | Raleigh County School District / 78,827 |
| 21. | 3.37 sq mi | Brooke County School District / 23,787 |
| 22. | 3.27 sq mi | Wetzel County School District / 16,314 |
| 23. | 3.20 sq mi | Ohio County School District / 43,956 |
| 24. | 2.91 sq mi | Grant County School District / 11,829 |
| 25. | 2.91 sq mi | Taylor County School District / 16,969 |
| 26. | 2.78 sq mi | Marion County School District / 56,698 |
| 27. | 2.76 sq mi | Webster County School District / 9,005 |
| 28. | 2.58 sq mi | Preston County School District / 33,720 |
| 29. | 2.37 sq mi | Wyoming County School District / 23,203 |
| 30. | 2.26 sq mi | Wirt County School District / 5,810 |
| 31. | 2.17 sq mi | Hardy County School District / 13,955 |
| 32. | 2.13 sq mi | Tucker County School District / 6,996 |
| 33. | 2.10 sq mi | Pendleton County School District / 7,525 |
| 34. | 2.04 sq mi | Jefferson County School District / 54,650 |
| 35. | 1.91 sq mi | Clay County School District / 9,226 |
| 36. | 1.88 sq mi | Logan County School District / 36,169 |
| 37. | 1.79 sq mi | Barbour County School District / 16,723 |
| 38. | 1.73 sq mi | Mercer County School District / 62,161 |
| 39. | 1.71 sq mi | Ritchie County School District / 10,221 |
| 40. | 1.65 sq mi | Boone County School District / 24,257 |
| 41. | 1.58 sq mi | Gilmer County School District / 8,706 |
| 42. | 1.55 sq mi | Lincoln County School District / 21,599 |
| 43. | 1.54 sq mi | Pocahontas County School District / 8,710 |
| 44. | 1.44 sq mi | McDowell County School District / 21,281 |
| 45. | 1.43 sq mi | Calhoun County School District / 7,583 |
| 46. | 1.39 sq mi | Mineral County School District / 27,912 |
| 47. | 0.89 sq mi | Monroe County School District / 13,524 |
| 48. | 0.86 sq mi | Mingo County School District / 26,229 |
| 49. | 0.76 sq mi | Doddridge County School District / 8,282 |
| 50. | 0.54 sq mi | Morgan County School District / 17,450 |
| 51. | 0.51 sq mi | Harrison County School District / 69,069 |
| 52. | 0.41 sq mi | Berkeley County School District / 107,324 |
| 53. | 0.27 sq mi | Randolph County School District / 29,446 |
| 54. | 0.16 sq mi | Roane County School District / 14,749 |
| 55. | 0.12 sq mi | Upshur County School District / 24,487 |
Please note that we only rank locations with 'Water Area' data. The rank above might not be a complete list. Locations without 'Water Area' data are not listed.
