Valley View Elementary School

As a roomy elementary-level community in Martinsburg, West Virginia, Valley View Elementary School enrolls 429 students from grades pre-K through 2, part of Berkeley County Schools. Compared to the state average of about 283 students per school, that is 52% above typical.

Within Berkeley County Schools, which oversees 32 schools and 20,006 students, Valley View Elementary School is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, Valley View Elementary School shows that 76% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder comes out to 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 4% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Valley View Elementary School records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Berkeley County indicate median household earnings sit near $80,815, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Berkeley County runs 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,006 students), of which Valley View Elementary School is one.

Pikeside Transitional School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Valley View Elementary School.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Valley View Elementary School has expanded 3%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 80% to 76% over that span.

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