Fountain Primary School

Located at 289 Fountain School Rd, in Keyser, West Virginia, Fountain Primary School is a modestly sized primary school that serves 123 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by Mineral County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 57% below the state mean of about 283.

Mineral County Schools comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 3,931 students; Fountain Primary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Fountain Primary School shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Mineral County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. The state averages about 12.9:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Mineral County) records that the typical household earns roughly $69,375 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Mineral County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,621 students), Fountain Primary School is one campus in the mix.

Mineral County Alternative Program is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Fountain Primary School's enrollment has rose 17% since 2018, when it stood at 105 (now 123). White enrollment moved from 98% to 93% across the same window.

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