Brooke High School

As a reasonably sized high school in Wellsburg, West Virginia, Brooke High School enrolls 855 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by Brooke County Schools. That puts it 34% above the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 640 students.

Brooke County Schools comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 2,213 students; Brooke High School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Brooke High School logs that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 2% Black, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Brooke County put median household income runs about $54,316, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Brooke County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,213 students), of which Brooke High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Brooke Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Brooke High School.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 14%: 993 students in 2018 compared to 855 in 2025.

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