School district · West Virginia
Mercer County Schools
Mercer County Schools in West Virginia: 26 public schools with 8,310 students and 13.6 students per teacher in the 2024–25 school year. It spent $14,226 per student in FY2024.
- Schools
- 26
- Students
- 8,310
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- WV 13.2 · US 15.1
- Spending per student
- $14,226
- WV $15.5K · US $17.6K
Staff
Full-time equivalents reported by the district. Ratios are students per staff member: lower means more staff for each student, not better results.
- Teachers (FTE)
- 611
- Counselors (FTE)
- 27.0
- Students per counselor
- 308
- WV 305 · US 357
- Psychologists (FTE)
- 1.0
- Librarians (FTE): 6.5
Money
Current spending pays for staff, services and supplies; buildings and debt are counted apart. It follows local costs and needs (special education, long bus routes), so it is a comparison, not a grade.
$10.9K15
$10.9K16
$10.8K17
$10.7K18
$11.2K19
$11.6K20
$12.8K21
$12.6K22
$13.6K23
$14.2K24
- Federal
- 22% · $33.8M
- State
- 53% · $80.5M
- Local
- 25% · $37.6M
Per student (FY2024)
- Instruction
- $8,258
- Support services
- $4,911
- Buildings and equipment (capital outlay)
- $27.7M
- Long-term debt
- $0
Schools
Open public schools of the district in the 2024–25 school year.
Pre-K centers: 1Elementary schools: 16Middle schools: 3High schools: 5Other schools: 1
| School | Grades | Students | Students / teacher |
|---|---|---|---|
Silver Springs Early Learning CenterFree meals for all | Pre-K | 335 | 39.4 |
Athens Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 233 | 12.6 |
Bluefield Intermediate SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 269 | 12.8 |
Bluefield Primary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–2 | 349 | 13.4 |
Bluewell Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 167 | 10.4 |
Brushfork Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 171 | 12.7 |
Glenwood School (K-8)Free meals for all | K–8 | 614 | 13.4 |
Lashmeet/Matoaka Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 181 | 12.5 |
Melrose Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | K–5 | 239 | 15.9 |
Mercer ElementaryFree meals for all | 3–5 | 258 | 12.6 |
Montcalm Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–6 | 256 | 12.2 |
Mountain Valley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 273 | 10.9 |
Oakvale SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 168 | 10.8 |
Princeton Primary SchoolFree meals for all | K–2 | 448 | 12.1 |
SpanishburgFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 159 | 11.0 |
Straley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | 3–5 | 172 | 12.7 |
Sun Valley Elementary SchoolFree meals for all | Pre-K–5 | 117 | 14.6 |
Bluefield Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 428 | 13.7 |
Pikeview Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 502 | 15.1 |
Princeton Middle SchoolFree meals for all | 6–8 | 488 | 11.6 |
Bluefield High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 618 | 17.7 |
Mercer County Technical Education CenterCareer and technical | 9–12 | — | — |
Montcalm High SchoolFree meals for all | 7–12 | 269 | 13.8 |
Pikeview High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 629 | 19.1 |
Princeton Senior High SchoolFree meals for all | 9–12 | 925 | 16.8 |
Compass Virtual AcademyAlternativeFully virtual | K–12 | 42 | — |
Sources
- Address
- 1403 Honaker Ave, Princeton, WV 24740
- Phone
- (304)487-1551
- Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
- Annual Survey of School System Finances (U.S. Census Bureau), FY2024. U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33).