North Elementary School

Set in Morgantown, West Virginia, North Elementary School is a roomy K-5 school, one of the schools within Monongalia County Schools. It instructs 586 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so North Elementary School sits 107% above that benchmark.

North Elementary School is one of 18 schools operated by Monongalia County Schools, a district that teaches 11,193 students overall.

On demographics, North Elementary School logs that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 19% Asian, 9% Black, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Monongalia County as a whole is about 87% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, North Elementary School reports 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for Monongalia County shows the typical household earns roughly $65,346 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Monongalia County runs 21 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,438 students), of which North Elementary School is one.

Nearest neighbor: West Virginia Academy, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around North Elementary School.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. North Elementary School's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 688 (now 586). White enrollment moved from 67% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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