Van Devender Middle School

Van Devender Middle School is a small 6-8 campus in Parkersburg, West Virginia, run under Wood County Schools. The school instructs 244 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, West Virginia's public schools average about 429 students each, so Van Devender Middle School sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Van Devender Middle School is one of 25 schools operated by Wood County Schools, a district that enrolls 11,098 students overall.

On demographics, Van Devender Middle School logs that 84% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 4% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 94% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.8:1. The state averages around 13.3:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Wood County) shows that median household earnings sit near $57,810, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Wood County's 27 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,098 students), Van Devender Middle School is one campus in the mix.

Madison Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Van Devender Middle School.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Van Devender Middle School's enrollment has decreased 41% since 2018, when it stood at 415 (now 244). Class-load math has fell: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.