Peterstown Elementary School

Peterstown Elementary School is a primary school of medium-sized scale in Peterstown, West Virginia, part of Monroe County Schools, educateing 420 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 283.

Monroe County Schools comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,611 students; Peterstown Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, Peterstown Elementary School lists that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, Peterstown Elementary School records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Peterstown Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Monroe County) shows that median household income runs about $56,750, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Peterstown Elementary School is one of 5 public schools in Monroe County (combined enrollment of about 1,611 students).

Nearest neighbor: Peterstown Middle School, around 0.0 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 451 students in 2018 compared to 420 in 2025.

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