Jumping Branch Elementary School

Jumping Branch Elementary School serves students in Jumping Branch, West Virginia, as a very small elementary school. It has an enrollment of 86 students in pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in West Virginia average about 283 students, which makes this school 70% below average.

In Summers County Schools, 4 schools enroll a combined 1,138 students.

Of every 100 students at Jumping Branch Elementary School, about 94 are White. Smaller groups are 6% multiracial. Census estimates put Summers County at about 91% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 11%.

With 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 9.6:1. Elementary schools in West Virginia have an average ratio of 12.9:1.

In Summers County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $40,699 a year, roughly 19% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Public schools in Summers County number 4, with about 1,138 students.

Jumping Branch Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Hinton Area Elementary, about 4.5 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within ten miles.

The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Distant: in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The 2017-18-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 26% drop, from 117 to 86. White students went from 99% of enrollment in 2017-18 to 94% in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 13.0:1 in 2017-18 to 9.6:1 in 2024-25.

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