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Petersburg, West Virginia - 4 schools
An equity score of 12/100 ranks Grant County Schools #56 of 56 districts in West Virginia (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $12,881 per pupil, Grant County Schools ranks #49 of 56 West Virginia districts by per-pupil spending (West Virginia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
1,615
Total Enrollment
4
Schools
$12,881
Per-Pupil Spending
Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Grant County Schools operates 4 public schools serving 1,615 students, placing it among the smallest districts in West Virginia. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Grant County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $12,881 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 56 West Virginia districts by per-pupil spending. See how West Virginia compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 38.1% local, 33.4% state, and 28.5% federal, a balanced mix across local, state, and federal sources, spreading budget risk across funding cycles rather than concentrating it in one. The district's equity score is 12/100, ranked #56 of 56 in West Virginia against a state average of 38, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 1 of 4 schools offering Advanced Placement (6 AP courses district-wide), a 957.5:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 31.6% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 96.8% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Petersburg Elementary School, with a diversity index of 9.8/100.
Its largest campus is Petersburg Elementary School, enrolling 644 students (40% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Union Educational Complex, at 188 students, a 3x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Petersburg Elementary School accounts for 39.8% of all Grant County Schools student enrollment
That dominant concentration means Grant County Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Grant County Schools school enrollment varies 3.4× across entities
Grant County Schools school enrollment ranges from 188 students (lowest) to 644 students (highest), a spread of 456 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Grant County Schools student-counselor ratio is 958:1 — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Grant County Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 31.6% — high (typically associated with higher-than-average disruption; recent CRDC data showed elevated rates persisting after pandemic-era schooling changes)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Grant County Schools has 4 schools, including 4 combined. Total enrollment is 1,615 students.
How much does Grant County Schools spend per student?
Grant County Schools spends $12,881 per student. The district has an equity score of 12/100, ranking #56 in West Virginia.
What is the demographic composition of Grant County Schools?
Grant County Schools students are 96.8% White, 1.7% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Grant County Schools?
Grant County Schools has an equity score of 12/100, ranking #56 out of 56 districts in West Virginia.