Lizemore Elementary School

Set in Lizemore, West Virginia, Lizemore Elementary School is a minimally staffed primary school, one of the schools within CLAY COUNTY SCHOOLS. It serves 88 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so Lizemore Elementary School sits 69% smaller than that benchmark.

CLAY COUNTY SCHOOLS comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 121 students; Lizemore Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Lizemore Elementary School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (97%); the rest comes out to 2% Black. Compared to Clay County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, Lizemore Elementary School records 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Clay County indicate median household earnings sit near $42,318, roughly 11% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 20%. Across Clay County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,558 students), Lizemore Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: H E White Elementary School, around 8.5 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 6-year window. Lizemore Elementary School's enrollment has shrank 40% since 2018, when it stood at 147 (now 88). Class-load math has fell: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2024.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Lizemore Elementary School typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.