Fairmont Senior High School

As an average-sized secondary school in Fairmont, West Virginia, Fairmont Senior High School teaches 835 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by Marion County Schools. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 640 students each, so Fairmont Senior High School sits 30% larger than that benchmark.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fairmont Senior High School lists that the largest single group is White, at 80% of enrollment. Other groups include 9% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 92% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Fairmont Senior High School logs 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the broader community, Marion County reports that the typical household earns roughly $67,370 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Fairmont Senior High School is one of 21 public schools in Marion County (combined enrollment of about 7,112 students).

The closest other public school is West Fairmont Middle School, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fairmont Senior High School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 842 students in 2018 compared to 835 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 19.9:1 in 2025.

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