Paden City High School is a 7–12 grade, class A high school in Wetzel County, West Virginia in the small town of Paden City.Paden City High School opened its doors as a 9-12 school in 1951 and graduated its first class in 1952., Paden City High School houses grades 7-12 with an enrollment of 158.PCHS continually is recognized for outstanding academic progress. It has received many recognitions for academics and has been named a W.V.D.E. High Achieving School and for the W.V.D.E. Annual Performance Index, PCHS received the status of "Distinguished School," which means it was the upper quartile for academic performance. In 2013, Paden City High School, received Full Accreditation Status by the W.V. Board of Education following a positive assessment of PCHS by the W.V. Office of Education Performance Audits as well as a rating as a WV Success School, an honor given to only three schools in RESA 6, and the only high school in Wetzel County to receive this honor. Paden City High School has several West Virginia State Champions, Ohio Valley Athletic Conference Champions (OVAC), and Mason-Dixon Champions.The current structure that houses Paden City High School was completed for the fall 1976 classes, with an addition and remodeling project completed in 1988. The 1976 structure was built after the original structure that was built as Paden City Junior High in 1922, burned in January 1975, more information on the current and past buildings is included below. After Paden City Middle School, which housed grades 6-8, was closed in 1993, grade 6 became part of Paden City Elementary School, and grades 7 and 8 became part of the high school.
