Flatwoods Elementary School

Flatwoods Elementary School, a micro-enrollment elementary-level community in Flatwoods, West Virginia, one of the schools within Braxton County Schools, educates 109 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 61% below the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Flatwoods Elementary School is one of 8 schools operated by Braxton County Schools, a district that works with 1,596 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Flatwoods Elementary School logs that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Flatwoods Elementary School has 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the surrounding community, Braxton County reports that median household income runs about $50,331, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Braxton County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,596 students), of which Flatwoods Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Braxton County High School, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 56%: 250 students in 2018 compared to 109 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.