Hilltop Elementary School

Hilltop Elementary School operates as a moderately sized elementary school in Wheeling, West Virginia, one of the schools within Marshall County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 401 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 283.

Within Marshall County Schools, which oversees 13 schools and 4,134 students, Hilltop Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Hilltop Elementary School shows that 96% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Marshall County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Hilltop Elementary School shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Marshall County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $59,169 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Marshall County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,134 students), of which Hilltop Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Sherrard Middle School, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Hilltop Elementary School.

Hilltop Elementary School operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 402 students in 2018 compared to 401 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.