Creed Collins Elementary

Located at 512 Collins Ave, in Pennsboro, West Virginia, Creed Collins Elementary is a modestly sized elementary-level community that instructs 211 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under Ritchie County Schools. That puts it 25% leaner than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Creed Collins Elementary is one of 5 schools operated by Ritchie County Schools, a district that instructs 1,131 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Creed Collins Elementary records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%); the rest reads as 2% multiracial. Compared to Ritchie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Creed Collins Elementary has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Creed Collins Elementary tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Ritchie County reports that median household income runs about $50,582, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Ritchie County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,131 students), Creed Collins Elementary is one campus in the mix.

Ritchie County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.2 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Creed Collins Elementary has stayed largely flat, going from 215 students in 2018 to 211 in 2025.

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