East Dale Elementary School

Located at 57 E Dale Rd, in Fairmont, West Virginia, East Dale Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary campus that teaches 352 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by Marion County Schools. That puts it 24% bigger than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Marion County Schools runs 19 schools in total, collectively educating 7,112 students. East Dale Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, East Dale Elementary School reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (93%). The remainder consists of 3% Black, 2% multiracial. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Marion County) records that median household income runs about $67,370, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Marion County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students), East Dale Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: East Park Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at East Dale Elementary School has ticked down 30%, going from 503 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 98% to 93% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

On the community side, members of the East Dale Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.