Edgewood Elementary

Edgewood Elementary, an average-sized elementary school in Charleston, West Virginia, run under Kanawha County Schools, caters to 413 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 283 students per school, that is 46% bigger than typical.

Kanawha County Schools comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 23,085 students; Edgewood Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Edgewood Elementary lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 30% Black, 16% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

Around the school, 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 the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Kanawha County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students), of which Edgewood Elementary is one.

West Side Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Edgewood Elementary operates from a high-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 446 students in 2018 compared to 413 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.