West Teays Elementary School

West Teays Elementary School is an elementary school of well-populated scale in Hurricane, West Virginia, run under Putnam County Schools, serveing 453 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% bigger than the state mean of about 283.

Putnam County Schools comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 8,518 students; West Teays Elementary School is among them.

Looking at the student body, West Teays Elementary School shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%); the rest is composed of 4% Asian, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, West Teays Elementary School has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.9:1 average.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Putnam County indicate median household income runs about $79,527, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Putnam County's 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,518 students), West Teays Elementary School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Mountain View Elementary School, around 1.6 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. West Teays Elementary School's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 529 (now 453). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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