Poca Elementary School

Poca Elementary School operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in Poca, West Virginia, operated by Putnam County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Within Putnam County Schools, which oversees 23 schools and 8,518 students, Poca Elementary School is one campus in the system.

Demographically, Poca Elementary School reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest looks like 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Putnam County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Poca Elementary School lists 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.7:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, census data for Putnam County shows the typical household earns roughly $79,527 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Poca Elementary School is one of 23 public schools in Putnam County (combined enrollment of about 8,518 students).

Nearest neighbor: Poca Middle School, around 0.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 297 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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