St. Marys High School

Set in Saint Marys, West Virginia, St. Marys High School is a tight-knit secondary school, operated by Pleasants County Schools. It serves 309 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 640 students each, so St. Marys High School sits 52% leaner than that benchmark.

Pleasants County Schools comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,045 students; St. Marys High School is among them.

Looking at the student body, St. Marys High School reports that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That composition is broadly in line with Pleasants County as a whole.

On the resource side, On paper, St. Marys High School has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. The state averages about 13.8:1, putting this campus right in line with peers.

In the area at large, Pleasants County reports that median household earnings sit near $60,932, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Pleasants County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,045 students), of which St. Marys High School is one.

Mid Ohio Valley Technical Institute is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. St. Marys High School's enrollment has shrank 16% since 2018, when it stood at 367 (now 309). Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

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