Hedgesville Elementary School

Hedgesville Elementary School is a large elementary school in Hedgesville, West Virginia. The school's enrollment of 649 students covers pre-K through 2. Statewide, elementary schools in West Virginia average about 283 students each.

Besides Hedgesville Elementary School, Berkeley County Schools runs 31 other schools. The district enrolls 20,006 students.

The large majority of students at Hedgesville Elementary School, 80%, are White. The remaining shares are 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Black. County-wide, about 81% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Hedgesville Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 35%.

Its 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 17.0:1. That ratio is over the 12.9:1 average for elementary schools in West Virginia.

Recent Census Bureau figures for Berkeley County show that median household income is about $80,815, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 33 public schools in Berkeley County, with a combined enrollment of about 20,006.

The nearest other public school, Hedgesville Middle School, is about 0.3 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hedgesville Elementary School.

Hedgesville Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels Suburb: Mid-size.

The number of students climbed from 606 to 649 over 4 years. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 15.9:1 to 17.0:1.

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