Harpers Ferry Middle School

Located at 1710 W Washington St, in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, Harpers Ferry Middle School is a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school that educates 550 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by Jefferson County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 429 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Jefferson County Schools runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 8,386 students. Harpers Ferry Middle School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Harpers Ferry Middle School records that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 13.3:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that median household income runs about $98,806, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jefferson County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,763 students), Harpers Ferry Middle School is one campus in the mix.

C. W. Shipley Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Harpers Ferry Middle School.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 640 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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