Bethlehem Elementary School

Bethlehem Elementary School, a low-enrollment K-5 school in Wheeling, West Virginia, run under Ohio County Schools, instructs 125 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 56% below the state mean of about 283.

Bethlehem Elementary School is one of 14 schools operated by Ohio County Schools, a district that educates 4,718 students overall.

On demographics, Bethlehem Elementary School lists that nearly all students (92%) are White. The remainder looks like 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Bethlehem Elementary School has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.9:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, census data for Ohio County shows the typical household earns roughly $57,094 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Bethlehem Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Ohio County (combined enrollment of about 5,215 students).

Nearest neighbor: Steenrod Elementary School, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Bethlehem Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Bethlehem Elementary School has held roughly steady, going from 125 students in 2018 to 125 in 2025.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.