Central Elementary School

Central Elementary School is one of the moderately sized K-5 schools in Moundsville, West Virginia, part of Marshall County Schools, with 260 students on its rolls from grades 3 through 5.

Marshall County Schools runs 13 schools in total, collectively educating 4,134 students. Central Elementary School is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Central Elementary School logs that nearly all students (93%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Central Elementary School logs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Central Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Marshall County shows median household income runs about $59,169, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Marshall County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,134 students), Central Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Moundsville Middle School, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Central Elementary School operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 12%: 294 students in 2018 compared to 260 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.5:1 in 2018 to 9.9:1 today.

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