West Virginia Homeschool Requirements
Moderate RegulationWest Virginia has two parallel legal pathways with different day requirements (W. Va. Code §18-8-1(c)): a less-common county-board-approval path, which does carry a real 180-day requirement, and the standard notice-of-intent path most families use, which has NO set instructional-day minimum at all. This page shows testing/reporting for the standard path but the 180-day figure for reference only, since it strictly applies to the approval path, not the common one.
No Minimum
180 days is a recommendation
Required
notification
Required
testing
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This data was last checked against official sources on August 4, 2026. Laws change, so if something looks off or your state updated its requirements since then, confirm current details on your state's official homeschool page or use the correction form below.
Notification
Deadline: on or before the date instruction begins — a one-time notice under the standard path, not annual
Testing
Frequency: grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 only, with results due June 30
Required Subjects
- Reading
- Language
- Mathematics
- Science
- Social Studies
Instructional Days
West Virginia does not set a minimum number of instructional days or hours by law. 180 days is shown here as a general planning recommendation only, not a legal requirement.
Report Frequency
Submission Method
Key Deadlines
Notification Deadline
on or before the date instruction begins — a one-time notice under the standard path, not annual
Testing Requirement
grades 3, 5, 8, and 11 only, with results due June 30
Report Due
annual, but only for the tested grades (3, 5, 8, 11)
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