Keyser Primary School

Keyser Primary School operates as a heavily attended elementary campus in Keyser, West Virginia, one of the schools within Mineral County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 101% larger than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Across the 11 schools in Mineral County Schools (3,931 students total), Keyser Primary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Keyser Primary School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (88%); the rest comes out to 5% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, Mineral County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,375 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Mineral County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,621 students), of which Keyser Primary School is one.

The closest other public school is Mineral County Alternative Program, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Keyser Primary School has edged down 10%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 568 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share decreased from 11% to 5%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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