Orchard View Intermediate School

Orchard View Intermediate School is an elementary campus of roomy scale in Martinsburg, West Virginia, run under Berkeley County Schools, serveing 714 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 152% bigger than the state mean of about 283.

Across the 32 schools in Berkeley County Schools (20,006 students total), Orchard View Intermediate School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Orchard View Intermediate School reports that 56% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 15% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 13% Black. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for Berkeley County shows the typical household earns roughly $80,815 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Berkeley County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,006 students), Orchard View Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Rosemont Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Orchard View Intermediate School.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Orchard View Intermediate School has ticked up 13%, going from 630 students in 2018 to 714 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.