Elm Grove Elementary School

As a reasonably sized elementary school in Wheeling, West Virginia, Elm Grove Elementary School teaches 299 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by Ohio County Schools.

Ohio County Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 4,718 students; Elm Grove Elementary School is among them.

Demographically, Elm Grove Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder looks like 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Ohio County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Elm Grove Elementary School has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Ohio County put median household income runs about $57,094, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Elm Grove Elementary School is one of 15 public schools in Ohio County (combined enrollment of about 5,215 students).

Bridge Street Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Elm Grove Elementary School.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Elm Grove Elementary School has decreased 17%, going from 359 students in 2018 to 299 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Elm Grove Elementary School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.