Wiley Ford Primary School

Wiley Ford Primary School operates as a close-knit elementary campus in Wiley Ford, West Virginia, run under MINERAL COUNTY SCHOOLS. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 36% leaner than the typical public school in West Virginia, which averages around 283 students.

MINERAL COUNTY SCHOOLS runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 690 students. Wiley Ford Primary School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Wiley Ford Primary School shows that 95% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, Wiley Ford Primary School has 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.6:1. That tracks the state average closely.

Across the wider county, census data for Mineral County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,375 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Mineral County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,621 students), Wiley Ford Primary School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is John Humbird Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Wiley Ford Primary School.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Wiley Ford Primary School's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 211 (now 180). Class-load math has tightened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2024.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.