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Wetzel County Schools

New Martinsville, West Virginia · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

2,189
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
224
Classroom teachers (FTE)
9.8:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Pre-K 193
  • Kindergarten 175
  • Grade 1 206
  • Grade 2 142
  • Grade 3 172
  • Grade 4 159
  • Grade 5 131
  • Grade 6 126
  • Grade 7 154
  • Grade 8 165
  • Grade 9 153
  • Grade 10 108
  • Grade 11 151
  • Grade 12 154

By race/ethnicity

  • White 96%
  • Two or more races 2%
  • Hispanic/Latino 1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • Asian <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Spending and revenue

$24,922 spent per student on day-to-day operations West Virginia median: $15,626 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $13,758
  • Support services $9,712
  • Other (food service, etc.) $1,452

Where the money comes from

  • Local 73%
  • State 15%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $61.9 milliontotal spending $57.9 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

PK to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: DistantStudents: 51% town, 49% rural

Total staff (FTE)

512

District office

333 Foundry St, New Martinsville WV 26155

County

Wetzel County

Official website

NCES District ID

5401560

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About Wetzel County Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

The Wetzel County School System is organized around four attendance areas. Three of the four areas are served by an elementary/middle school encompassing grades K-8 and a high school for students in grades 9-12. The exception is Paden City which has an elementary school serving students in grades K-6 and a high school that includes students in grades 7 through 12. In the New Martinsville area, New Martinsville School houses grades K-8 with an enrollment of 887 and Magnolia High School includes grades 9-12 and 428 students. In Paden City, we have Paden City Elementary School (K-6) with 210 students and Paden City High School (7-12) with 151 students. In the Hundred area of Wetzel County are Long Drain School (K-8) with 308 students and our smallest high school--Hundred High School--for grades 9-12 and an enrollment of 113 students. In the "Short Line" area of the County, Short Line School (K-8) is located in the town of Reader and has 461 students and Valley High School (9-12) with 200 students is located in the town of Pine Grove. "Educating Individuals For Success" is the vision statement that was developed by the Wetzel County Schools' Steering Committee and Wetzel County's mission statement is: "to provide opportunities for all individuals to acquire the necessary skills to meet the challenges of the future."
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