Fairplains Elementary School

Set in Parkersburg, West Virginia, Fairplains Elementary School is a tight-knit primary school, overseen by Wood County Schools. It instructs 160 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 283 students per school, that is 43% below typical.

Wood County Schools comprises 25 schools with combined enrollment of 11,098 students; Fairplains Elementary School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Fairplains Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%); the rest comes out to 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Wood County put the typical household earns roughly $57,810 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Fairplains Elementary School is one of 27 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 11,098 students).

Nearest neighbor: Martin Elementary School, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Fairplains Elementary School.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Fairplains Elementary School has edged down 25%, going from 214 students in 2018 to 160 in 2025.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.