Calhoun Middle/High School

Calhoun Middle/High School, a compact high school in Mount Zion, West Virginia, one of the schools within Calhoun County Schools, teaches 498 students, covering grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 22% below the state mean of about 640.

Calhoun County Schools comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 789 students; Calhoun Middle/High School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Calhoun Middle/High School logs that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Compared to Calhoun County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Calhoun Middle/High School has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Calhoun County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $43,980 per year, roughly 10% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 22%. Calhoun Middle/High School is one of 4 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 789 students).

Nearest neighbor: Arnoldsburg School, around 3.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 16%: 590 students in 2018 compared to 498 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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