Hurricane Town Elementary School

Hurricane Town Elementary School, a middle-of-the-pack K-5 school in Hurricane, West Virginia, operated by Putnam County Schools, teaches 269 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Putnam County Schools runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 8,518 students. Hurricane Town Elementary School is one of those campuses.

Demographically, Hurricane Town Elementary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). The remainder breaks down as 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, On paper, Hurricane Town Elementary School has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Hurricane Town Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

Across the wider county, census data for Putnam County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,527 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Hurricane Town Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 8,518 students).

Nearest neighbor: Hurricane Middle School, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Hurricane Town Elementary School.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Hurricane Town Elementary School has fell 28%, going from 374 students in 2018 to 269 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 in 2025.

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