Education

Weirton has 11 top-rated schools including five elementary schools, a middle school, a high school, two parochial grade schools and a high school, and a Christian K-12 school. The Hancock County school system operates the John D. Rockefeller Career Center where high school students and adults alike learn industrial arts, as well as a wide variety of practical skills readily marketable in the work force. West Virginia Northern Community College has a campus on Weirton Heights, and Eastern Gateway Community College is just a 15-minute drive away in neighboring Steubenville, Ohio.

The renowned Franciscan University is also in Steubenville. There are eight other colleges and universities within an hour drive of Weirton including major universities such as the University of Pittsburgh, Carnegie Mellon University, and Duquesne University.