Geary Elementary/Middle School

As a tight-knit elementary campus in Left Hand, West Virginia, Geary Elementary/Middle School instructs 200 students from grades pre-K through 8, part of Roane County Schools. That puts it 29% leaner than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Across the 5 schools in Roane County Schools (1,630 students total), Geary Elementary/Middle School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Geary Elementary/Middle School lists that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Geary Elementary/Middle School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Roane County reports that median household earnings sit near $45,778, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Geary Elementary/Middle School is one of 5 public schools in Roane County (combined enrollment of about 1,630 students).

The closest other public school is Walton Elementary/Middle School, roughly 8.6 miles away.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Geary Elementary/Middle School's enrollment has shrank 30% since 2018, when it stood at 285 (now 200).

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