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Enrollment
586
Middle
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 429
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JACKSON COUNTY SCHOOLS·NCES 540054001239
Ripley Middle School
1 W School St, Ripley, WV 25271 · (304) 372-7350 · Jackson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL586 STUDENTS
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Not graded
This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 13.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
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Community
1
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Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 219 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 183 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 184 | 31% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 23% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
EDFacts (federal) 2020-21 . % Proficient (SY 20-21)English Language Arts
47.0%
WV avg 39.7%
Math
27.0%
WV avg 27.8%
What this means: On the EDFacts (federal), West Virginia's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all West Virginia schools, those numbers are about 40 and 28.
Source: EDFacts (federal). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
Where Ripley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In West Virginia |
|---|---|---|
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #31 of 109 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #20 of 109 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 586 | #27 of 110 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #89 of 103 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 8.3% | #70 of 103 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.1% | #44 of 84 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
586
-96 (-14%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 733
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 586 | 38.3 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 570 | 41.2 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 613 | 44.6 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 682 | 41 | 16.6:1 | 43% (296) |
| 2017-18 | 674 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 51% (346) |
| 2015-16 | 735 | 47 | 15.6:1 | 41% (298) |
| 2010-11 | 776 | 53 | 14.6:1 | 44% (344) |
| 2000-01 | 749 | 48 | 15.6:1 | 39% (289) |
| 1990-91 | 733 | 40 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ripley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (674 to 586); teachers down 9% (42 to 38.3).
About Ripley Middle School
Students in Ripley, West Virginia, attend Ripley Middle School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. It teaches 586 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, middle schools in West Virginia enroll about 429 students on average.
Jackson County Schools includes 12 schools. Together they enroll 3,977 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Ripley Middle School is White, at 96%. Beyond that, enrollment is 2% multiracial. Among Jackson County residents, the White share is about 96%. The diversity index for Ripley Middle School is 8%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The school has 38.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for middle schools in West Virginia is 13.3:1.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jackson County show that median household income comes to about $58,845, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Jackson County counts 13 public schools with about 3,977 students.
Ripley Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Ripley High School, its nearest public school. There are 4 other public schools within five miles.
Ripley Middle School falls in the Rural: Distant locale category, used for schools in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 586, from 682 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.6 to 15.3 over 4 years.
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Jackson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
27,705
Census ACS
Median income
$58,845
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,977 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Jackson County Schools
- Ripley High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Ripley Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Ravenswood High SchoolHigh · 397 students
- Ravenswood Middle SchoolMiddle · 306 students
- Henry J Kaiser Elementary SchoolElementary · 294 students
- Kenna Elementary SchoolElementary · 225 students
Other schools in Ripley
- Ripley High SchoolHigh · 768 students
- Ripley Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Fairplain Elementary SchoolElementary · 152 students
Other Ripley Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ripley Middle. Ripley Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Ripley Middle SchoolRipley, TN · 477 students
- Ripley Middle SchoolRipley, MS · 459 students
Nearby schools
- Ripley High School0.4 mi · 768
- Ripley Elementary School0.6 mi · 570
- Evans Elementary School4.3 mi · 147
- Fairplain Elementary School4.5 mi · 152
- Gilmore Elementary School7.7 mi · 155
- Cottageville Elementary School7.7 mi · 161
Frequently asked questions
About Ripley Middle SchoolHow large is Ripley Middle School?
Ripley Middle School enrolls approximately 586 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Ripley Middle School serve?
Ripley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Ripley Middle School have?
Ripley Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Ripley Middle School?
Student demographics at Ripley Middle School are roughly 96% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Ripley Middle School in?
Ripley Middle School is part of Jackson County Schools.
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