Oceana Middle School

Oceana Middle School is a middle school of compact scale in Oceana, West Virginia, part of Wyoming County Schools, hosting 221 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 48% below the state mean of about 429.

Wyoming County Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 3,346 students; Oceana Middle School is among them.

On the student-mix side, Oceana Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (98%). That composition is broadly in line with Wyoming County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely.

In the area at large, census data for Wyoming County shows median household income runs about $48,440, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 20%. Across Wyoming County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,346 students), Oceana Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Berlin McKinney Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Oceana Middle School.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Oceana Middle School's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 240 (now 221). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 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.