Jumping Branch Elementary School

Jumping Branch Elementary School is one of the micro-enrollment primary schools in Jumping Branch, West Virginia, operated by Summers County Schools, with 86 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 70% smaller than the state mean of about 283.

Summers County Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,138 students; Jumping Branch Elementary School is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Jumping Branch Elementary School logs that the student body is overwhelmingly White (94%). Other groups include 6% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Summers County indicate median household income runs about $40,699, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. In all, Summers County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,138 students), of which Jumping Branch Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Hinton Area Elementary, around 4.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Jumping Branch Elementary School's enrollment has declined 26% since 2018, when it stood at 117 (now 86). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 99% to 94% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.