Sissonville Middle School

Sissonville Middle School is a mid-sized junior high in Charleston, West Virginia, one of the schools within Kanawha County Schools. The school works with 521 students in grades 5 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 21% above the state mean of about 429.

Kanawha County Schools comprises 61 schools with combined enrollment of 23,085 students; Sissonville Middle School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Sissonville Middle School lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (96%). The remainder reads as 3% multiracial. By comparison, Kanawha County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Kanawha County) records that median household income runs about $60,943, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Sissonville Middle School is one of 70 public schools in Kanawha County (combined enrollment of about 25,173 students).

The closest other public school is Sissonville High School, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around Sissonville Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Sissonville Middle School has contracted 15%, going from 615 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for Sissonville Middle School typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.