East Fairmont Middle School

East Fairmont Middle School, a heavily attended junior high in Fairmont, West Virginia, part of Marion County Schools, educates 647 students, covering grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 429.

Marion County Schools comprises 19 schools with combined enrollment of 7,112 students; East Fairmont Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, East Fairmont Middle School reports that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 3% multiracial. Compared to Marion County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, East Fairmont Middle School has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Marion County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,370 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Marion County's 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students), East Fairmont Middle School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is East Park Elementary School, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 5%: 679 students in 2018 compared to 647 in 2025.

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