Dunbar Intermediate Center

Dunbar Intermediate Center is a close-knit primary school in Dunbar, West Virginia, run under Kanawha County Schools. The school educates 232 students in grades 3 through 5.

Kanawha County Schools comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 23,085 students; Dunbar Intermediate Center is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Dunbar Intermediate Center logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 19% Black, 16% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.2:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Kanawha County shows median household earnings sit near $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dunbar Intermediate Center is one of 70 public schools in Kanawha County (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students).

Bridgeview Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 17%: 281 students in 2018 compared to 232 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 25% to 19%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 in 2025.

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