Ravenswood Grade School

Located at 1 Grade School Rd, in Ravenswood, West Virginia, Ravenswood Grade School is an intimate elementary-level community that works with 216 students (grades 3 through 5), run under Jackson County Schools. That puts it 24% below the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

Ravenswood Grade School is one of 12 schools operated by Jackson County Schools, a district that instructs 3,977 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Ravenswood Grade School records that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The remainder breaks down as 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Jackson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Ravenswood Grade School tighter than the state norm the norm.

In the broader community, Jackson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $58,845 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Jackson County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,977 students), of which Ravenswood Grade School is one.

Ravenswood Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 23%: 280 students in 2018 compared to 216 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

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