Cedar Grove Elementary School

Cedar Grove Elementary School is one of the intimate elementary campuss in Cedar Grove, West Virginia, one of the schools within Kanawha County Schools, with 159 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 44% smaller than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

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

In terms of who attends, Cedar Grove Elementary School reports that nearly all students (94%) are White; the rest breaks down as 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic.

On the resource side, On paper, Cedar Grove Elementary School has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Cedar Grove Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Kanawha County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Cedar Grove Elementary School is one of 70 public schools in Kanawha County (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students).

East Bank Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 216 students in 2018 compared to 159 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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