Gerrardstown Elementary School

Gerrardstown Elementary School is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in Gerrardstown, West Virginia, operated by Berkeley County Schools, serveing 223 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so Gerrardstown Elementary School sits 21% below that benchmark.

Within Berkeley County Schools, which oversees 32 schools and 20,006 students, Gerrardstown Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On demographics, Gerrardstown Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school logs 9% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Berkeley County) records that median household income runs about $80,815, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Berkeley County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,006 students), Gerrardstown Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mountain Ridge Intermediate, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Gerrardstown Elementary School.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 255 students in 2018 compared to 223 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 88% to 81%.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.