Lost Creek Elementary School

Lost Creek Elementary School, a rural-scale elementary campus in Lost Creek, West Virginia, run under Harrison County Schools, serves 103 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so Lost Creek Elementary School sits 64% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 24 schools in Harrison County Schools (9,358 students total), Lost Creek Elementary School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, Lost Creek Elementary School reports that 94% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 4% multiracial. Compared to Harrison County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, On paper, Lost Creek Elementary School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Harrison County put median household earnings sit near $60,377, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harrison County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,414 students), Lost Creek Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: South Harrison Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Lost Creek Elementary School.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Lost Creek Elementary School's enrollment has edged down 45% since 2018, when it stood at 186 (now 103). Class-load math has fell: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 8.9:1 in 2025.

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