Fort Ashby Primary School

Fort Ashby Primary School is an intimate primary school in Fort Ashby, West Virginia, one of the schools within MINERAL COUNTY SCHOOLS. The school works with 226 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so Fort Ashby Primary School sits 20% leaner than that benchmark.

MINERAL COUNTY SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 690 students. Fort Ashby Primary School is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Fort Ashby Primary School records that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at school resources, Fort Ashby Primary School logs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Fort Ashby Primary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Mineral County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,375, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mineral County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,621 students), of which Fort Ashby Primary School is one.

The closest other public school is Frankfort Intermediate School, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 6-year window. Over the past 6-year window, the student count ticked up 14%: 198 students in 2018 compared to 226 in 2024.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.