Wirt County High School

Wirt County High School operates as a low-enrollment senior high in Elizabeth, West Virginia, operated by Wirt County Schools. Current enrollment sits at 275 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 640 students per school, that is 57% leaner than typical.

Wirt County Schools runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 866 students. Wirt County High School is one of those campuses.

On demographics, Wirt County High School shows that 97% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 13.8:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the broader community, census data for Wirt County shows median household income runs about $49,867, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wirt County High School is one of 3 public schools in Wirt County (combined enrollment of about 866 students).

Nearest neighbor: Wirt County Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around Wirt County High School.

Wirt County High School operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 273 students in 2018 compared to 275 in 2025.

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