Parkersburg High School

Parkersburg High School operates as a roomy 9-12 campus in Parkersburg, West Virginia, run under Wood County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 1,491 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 133% larger than the state mean of about 640.

Within Wood County Schools, which oversees 25 schools and 11,098 students, Parkersburg High School is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, Parkersburg High School shows that 89% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 5% multiracial, 3% Black, 2% Hispanic.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 87 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 13.8:1 average.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wood County indicate median household earnings sit near $57,810, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Wood County runs 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,098 students), of which Parkersburg High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Van Devender Middle School, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Parkersburg High School has decreased 12%, going from 1,689 students in 2018 to 1,491 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.