Gilmer County Elementary School

Gilmer County Elementary School is one of the moderately sized elementary-level communitys in Glenville, West Virginia, operated by Gilmer County Schools, with 300 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within Gilmer County Schools, which oversees 2 schools and 721 students, Gilmer County Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Gilmer County Elementary School lists that 99% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Gilmer County Elementary School has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Gilmer County Elementary School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the surrounding community, Gilmer County reports that median household income runs about $47,981, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Gilmer County Elementary School is one of 2 public schools in Gilmer County (combined enrollment of about 721 students).

Nearest neighbor: Gilmer County High School, around 0.9 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 33%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 300 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 in 2025.

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