Belle Elementary School

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in Belle, West Virginia, Belle Elementary School instructs 255 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Kanawha County Schools.

Kanawha County Schools runs 61 schools in total, collectively educating 23,085 students. Belle Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Belle Elementary School shows that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder consists of 7% Black, 6% multiracial. Compared to Kanawha County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kanawha County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,943 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kanawha County's 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students), Belle Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Chesapeake Elementary School, around 1.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools.

Belle Elementary School operates from an outer-ring location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 256 students in 2018 compared to 255 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Belle Elementary School typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.