Beale Elementary School

Beale Elementary School is a modestly sized elementary-level community in Gallipolis Ferry, West Virginia, one of the schools within Mason County Schools. The school enrolls 218 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so Beale Elementary School sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

Beale Elementary School is one of 11 schools operated by Mason County Schools, a district that instructs 3,554 students overall.

Demographically, Beale Elementary School shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Beale Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Mason County put the typical household earns roughly $49,761 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Mason County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,554 students), Beale Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Gallia Academy Middle School, around 3.1 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Beale Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 218).

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.