Spring Mills Primary

Spring Mills Primary, a substantial primary school in Martinsburg, West Virginia, one of the schools within Berkeley County Schools, works with 545 students, covering grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 283 students each, so Spring Mills Primary sits 93% bigger than that benchmark.

Berkeley County Schools comprises 32 schools with combined enrollment of 20,006 students; Spring Mills Primary is among them.

On demographics, Spring Mills Primary reports that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 2% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.1:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Berkeley County put the typical household earns roughly $80,815 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Berkeley County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,006 students), Spring Mills Primary is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Spring Mills Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 10%: 494 students in 2018 compared to 545 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share rose from 6% to 13%.

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