NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools WV

Best-Resourced Schools in Buckhannon, WV

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7 public K-12 schools in Buckhannon from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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7
Schools
3,068
Students
38.4/100
Avg Resource Index
14.9:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact, single-district system

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Buckhannon has more public-school enrollment than 30% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Buckhannon's 7 listed schools all sit inside one district, creating a compact governance structure with one budget, board, and reporting chain. That makes citywide comparisons cleaner than in places split across several districts, but it does not make the campuses interchangeable: elementary, middle, and high-school staffing needs differ. The ranked list is best read as variation inside one system rather than competition among separate local authorities.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

5 of Buckhannon's 7 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 29-point gap between Buckhannon Academy Elementary School and Tennerton Elementary shows the range hidden by Buckhannon's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 70%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
39th percentile
Teacher staffing
55th percentile

Buckhannon Upshur High School accounts for 34.8% of all Buckhannon public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Buckhannon-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Buckhannon school enrollment varies 9.5× across entities

Buckhannon school enrollment ranges from 113 students (lowest) to 1,068 students (highest), a spread of 955 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Buckhannon operates one school district — a single-district system

Buckhannon's listed schools share one district boundary, budget authority, and reporting chain. That makes citywide and districtwide governance easier to compare, but it does not make individual campuses uniform: grade configuration, staffing, programs, and student need can still vary materially within the same school district.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Buckhannon student-teacher ratio is 14.9:1 — near the typical range (US average ~15.7) — citywide staffing is neither unusually lean nor unusually crowded by this measure

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Variation between sub-units within Buckhannon is typically wider than the Buckhannon-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Buckhannon Academy Elementary School 52
2. Washington District Elementary 52
3. B-U Middle School 44
4. Hodgesville Elementary 41
5. Union Elementary School 31
6. Buckhannon Upshur High School 26
7. Tennerton Elementary 23

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Which Buckhannon school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Buckhannon Academy Elementary School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Buckhannon schools in this federal-data comparison at 52/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Buckhannon, WV? ▼

Buckhannon has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,068 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 14.9:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.