NCES CCD 2024-25 6 schools WV

Best-Resourced Schools in Hedgesville, WV

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

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6
Schools
3,681
Students
37.2/100
Avg Resource Index
15.3:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

One campus shapes the city average

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Hedgesville has more public-school enrollment than 39% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Hedgesville High School enrolls 36.6% of Hedgesville's public-school students. That is enough concentration for one institution to pull the citywide enrollment, staffing, and Resource Index averages toward its own profile. The smaller campuses below should therefore be compared directly rather than inferred from the headline mean; their grade configurations and program footprints can be materially different even inside the same district.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Hedgesville's list includes 2 elementary, 1 middle, and 1 high-school campus, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Hedgesville lists only 6 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 134 to 1,346 students, a 10-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 61%
School count
Top 79%
Resource Index average
34th percentile
Teacher staffing
51st percentile

Hedgesville High School accounts for 36.6% of all Hedgesville public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Hedgesville-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

Hedgesville school enrollment varies 10× across entities

Hedgesville school enrollment ranges from 134 students (lowest) to 1,346 students (highest), a spread of 1,212 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Hedgesville student-teacher ratio is 15.3:1 — 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 Hedgesville is typically wider than the Hedgesville-aggregate figure suggests.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Tomahawk Intermediate School 46
2. Hedgesville Middle School 43
3. Back Creek Valley Elementary School 43
4. Hedgesville High School 33
5. Hedgesville Elementary School 31
6. Pleasant View Elementary School 27

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Hedgesville

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Hedgesville High School 44.8/100
  2. 2 Tomahawk Intermediate School 43.4/100
  3. 3 Hedgesville Middle School 40.7/100
  4. 4 Hedgesville Elementary School 34.7/100
  5. 5 Back Creek Valley Elementary School 16.3/100

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Which Hedgesville school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Tomahawk Intermediate School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Hedgesville schools in this federal-data comparison at 46/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Hedgesville, WV? ▼

Hedgesville has 6 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,681 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 15.3:1.

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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.