Clear Fork District Elementary

Clear Fork District Elementary operates as an one-room-style elementary-level community in Artie, West Virginia, run under Raleigh County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 94 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so Clear Fork District Elementary sits 67% smaller than that benchmark.

Within Raleigh County Schools, which oversees 26 schools and 10,350 students, Clear Fork District Elementary is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Clear Fork District Elementary logs that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 87% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Clear Fork District Elementary shows 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Clear Fork District Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Raleigh County put median household income runs about $52,150, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Clear Fork District Elementary is one of 27 public schools in Raleigh County (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students).

Nearest neighbor: Liberty High School, around 9.4 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 33%: 141 students in 2018 compared to 94 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.