Wright Denny Intermediate School

Wright Denny Intermediate School is a K-5 school of reasonably sized scale in Charles Town, West Virginia, one of the schools within Jefferson County Schools, caters to 376 students in grades 3 through 5. Compared to the state average of about 283 students per school, that is 33% above typical.

Wright Denny Intermediate School is one of 16 schools operated by Jefferson County Schools, a district that caters to 8,386 students overall.

On the student-mix side, Wright Denny Intermediate School shows that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 19% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, 7% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 81% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Wright Denny Intermediate School logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 12.9:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Jefferson County put the typical household earns roughly $98,806 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Jefferson County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,763 students), Wright Denny Intermediate School is one campus in the mix.

Charles Town Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Wright Denny Intermediate School has contracted 10%, going from 417 students in 2018 to 376 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 60% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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