Piedmont Year-Round Education

Piedmont Year-Round Education is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in Charleston, West Virginia, one of the schools within Kanawha County Schools, enrolling 279 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Kanawha County Schools runs 61 schools in total, collectively educating 23,085 students. Piedmont Year-Round Education is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Piedmont Year-Round Education records that 48% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 35% White, 14% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. By comparison, Kanawha County as a whole is about 5% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Piedmont Year-Round Education has 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Piedmont Year-Round Education tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kanawha County) reports that median household income runs about $60,943, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Kanawha County runs 70 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students), of which Piedmont Year-Round Education is one.

The closest other public school is Holz Elementary School, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 28%: 390 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 45% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.