Alderson Elementary

Alderson Elementary operates as a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Alderson, West Virginia, part of Greenbrier County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 186 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 283 students per school, that is 34% leaner than typical.

Within Greenbrier County Schools, which oversees 14 schools and 4,429 students, Alderson Elementary is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Alderson Elementary logs that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Greenbrier County put median household income runs about $48,218, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greenbrier County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,429 students), Alderson Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Talcott Elementary School, around 8.3 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

Alderson Elementary operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 240 students in 2018 compared to 186 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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