Mountain Ridge Intermediate

Located at 2691 Gerrardstown Rd, in Gerrardstown, West Virginia, Mountain Ridge Intermediate is an expansive K-5 school that hosts 575 students (grades 3 through 5), run under Berkeley County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 283 students per school, that is 103% larger than typical.

Berkeley County Schools runs 32 schools in total, collectively educating 20,006 students. Mountain Ridge Intermediate is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, Mountain Ridge Intermediate records that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder reads as 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 4% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Mountain Ridge Intermediate logs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Berkeley County put median household earnings sit near $80,815, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Berkeley County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,006 students), Mountain Ridge Intermediate is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Mountain Ridge Middle School, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Mountain Ridge Intermediate's enrollment has contracted 4% since 2018, when it stood at 601 (now 575). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 88% to 82%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 in 2025.

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