Elementary · West Virginia

Smithville Elementary

Free meals for all

Smithville Elementary, a public elementary school in Smithville, West Virginia: grades pre-k–4, 90 students, 10.0 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Ritchie County Schools.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 90
Teachers (FTE): 9.0
Students per teacher: 10.0
Grades: Pre-K–4; Elementary

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in West Virginia

Median 13.1 · 397 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 92% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 95% of elementary schools in West Virginia

Median 256 · 399 schools compared

Smaller than 96% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–4
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Distant rural area
Run by: Ritchie County Schools

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Ritchie County Schools.

Location

Address: 157 Main Street, Smithville, WV 26178
Phone: (304)477-3273
County: Ritchie County

Website Quality of life in Ritchie County Schools in Ritchie County

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Pleasant Hill SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	152	9.5	8.8 mi
Harrisville ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	201	11.2	10.0 mi
Creed Collins ElementaryFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	211	11.7	16.0 mi
Wirt County Primary CenterFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	328	11.2	16.1 mi
Gilmer County Elementary SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	300	8.6	17.5 mi
Arnoldsburg SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–4	139	8.7	19.9 mi

Sources

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).

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level.

NCES 540129001024