Shady Spring Middle School

As a reasonably sized middle-grades school in Shady Spring, West Virginia, Shady Spring Middle School instructs 599 students from grades 6 through 8, part of Raleigh County Schools. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 429.

Raleigh County Schools runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 10,350 students. Shady Spring Middle School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Shady Spring Middle School records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (95%). The remainder comes out to 2% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Shady Spring Middle School logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That tracks the state average closely.

In the surrounding community, Raleigh County reports that median household earnings sit near $52,150, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Raleigh County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students), Shady Spring Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Shady Spring Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Shady Spring Middle School's enrollment has contracted 7% since 2018, when it stood at 647 (now 599). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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