Summersville Elementary School

Summersville Elementary School operates as a mid-tier elementary campus in Summersville, West Virginia, overseen by Nicholas County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 331 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Nicholas County Schools runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 3,215 students. Summersville Elementary School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Summersville Elementary School shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest reads as 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.9:1, putting Summersville Elementary School higher than the state norm the norm.

In the area at large, Nicholas County reports that median household earnings sit near $54,639, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Nicholas County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,215 students), Summersville Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nicholas County High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around Summersville Elementary School.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Summersville Elementary School has ticked down 27%, going from 452 students in 2018 to 331 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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