Central Elementary School

Located at 900 Helene St, in Saint Albans, West Virginia, Central Elementary School is a reasonably sized primary school that works with 304 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by Kanawha County Schools.

Kanawha County Schools comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 23,085 students; Central Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Central Elementary School shows that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 9% multiracial, 8% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Central Elementary School has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kanawha County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,943 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Central Elementary School is one of 70 public schools in Kanawha County (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students).

Hayes Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Central Elementary School.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 24%: 399 students in 2018 compared to 304 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 88% to 82% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 21.0:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.