Dunbar Primary Center

Dunbar Primary Center is a public elementary school in Dunbar, West Virginia. The school reports 271 students in pre-K through 2.

Dunbar Primary Center is part of a district of 65 schools: Kanawha County Schools, with 23,485 students.

At 55%, White students outnumber all other groups at Dunbar Primary Center combined. Smaller groups are 22% Black, 18% multiracial, and 3% Hispanic. County-wide, 86% of Kanawha County residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Dunbar Primary Center belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.

Dunbar Primary Center operates with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in West Virginia average 12.9:1.

Dunbar Primary Center is located in Kanawha County, where median household income is about $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 70 public schools in Kanawha County, with a combined enrollment of about 25,173.

The next-closest public school is Dunbar Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dunbar Primary Center.

The federal government classifies Dunbar Primary Center's location as Suburb: Mid-size.

The student count in 2024-25 was 271, 3% above the 263 of 2020-21. Students per teacher fell from 12.5 in 2020-21 to 11.3 in 2024-25.

If you have questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week at Dunbar Primary Center, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.