South Harrison Middle School

South Harrison Middle School is one of the tight-knit 6-8 campuss in Lost Creek, West Virginia, one of the schools within Harrison County Schools, with 244 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 43% below the state mean of about 429.

South Harrison Middle School is one of 24 schools operated by Harrison County Schools, a district that caters to 9,358 students overall.

On the student-mix side, South Harrison Middle School records that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.3:1 average.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Harrison County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,377, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Harrison County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,414 students), of which South Harrison Middle School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Lost Creek Elementary School, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around South Harrison Middle School.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. South Harrison Middle School's enrollment has shrank 13% since 2018, when it stood at 279 (now 244). Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for South Harrison Middle School typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.