Davis Elementary School

As a low-enrollment elementary-level community in Gassaway, West Virginia, Davis Elementary School works with 147 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by Braxton County Schools. That puts it 48% below the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Within Braxton County Schools, which oversees 8 schools and 1,596 students, Davis Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Davis Elementary School shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 2% multiracial. By comparison, Braxton County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Davis Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Braxton County indicate median household income runs about $50,331, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Braxton County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,596 students), of which Davis Elementary School is one.

Sutton Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.6 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 32%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 147 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.