C. W. Shipley Elementary School

As an average-sized elementary-level community in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, C. W. Shipley Elementary School instructs 348 students from grades K through 5, overseen by Jefferson County Schools. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so C. W. Shipley Elementary School sits 23% larger than that benchmark.

Within Jefferson County Schools, which oversees 16 schools and 8,386 students, C. W. Shipley Elementary School is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, C. W. Shipley Elementary School shows that 80% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, C. W. Shipley Elementary School reports 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting C. W. Shipley Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put median household earnings sit near $98,806, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jefferson County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,763 students), of which C. W. Shipley Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Harpers Ferry Middle School, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at C. W. Shipley Elementary School has edged down 22%, going from 445 students in 2018 to 348 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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