Nitro High School

As an average-sized 9-12 campus in Nitro, West Virginia, Nitro High School hosts 818 students from grades 9 through 12, part of Kanawha County Schools. That puts it 28% bigger than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 640 students.

Nitro High School is one of 61 schools operated by Kanawha County Schools, a district that hosts 23,085 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Nitro High School lists that nearly all students (85%) are White; the rest consists of 6% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, Nitro High School shows 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 20.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

In the area at large, Kanawha County reports that median household income runs about $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Nitro High School is one of 70 public schools in Kanawha County (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students).

Nitro Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Nitro High School operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 4%: 788 students in 2018 compared to 818 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 20.4:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.