Ritchie Elementary School

Ritchie Elementary School is one of the middle-of-the-pack primary schools in Wheeling, West Virginia, one of the schools within Ohio County Schools, with 289 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Ohio County Schools comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 4,718 students; Ritchie Elementary School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Ritchie Elementary School shows that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder breaks down as 15% multiracial, 13% Black. By comparison, Ohio County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Ritchie Elementary School records 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

In the broader community, census data for Ohio County shows median household income runs about $57,094, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Ohio County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,215 students), Ritchie Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Wheeling Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Ritchie Elementary School.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 3%: 299 students in 2018 compared to 289 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 70% across the same window.

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