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Berkeley Springs, West Virginia - 7 schools
An equity score of 20/100 ranks Morgan County Schools #52 of 56 districts in West Virginia (state average 38). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,159 per pupil, Morgan County Schools ranks #41 of 56 West Virginia districts by per-pupil spending (West Virginia districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
2,183
Total Enrollment
7
Schools
$13,159
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Combined
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Morgan County Schools operates 7 public schools serving 2,183 students, placing it among the smallest districts in West Virginia. The school portfolio breaks down into 3 elementary, 2 combined, 1 high, 1 middle 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 Morgan County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,159 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 36.8% local, 47.7% state, and 15.5% 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 20/100, ranked #52 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 7 schools offering Advanced Placement (14 AP courses district-wide), a 331.4:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 42.4% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 91.1% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Paw Paw High School, with a diversity index of 31.4/100.
Its largest campus is Berkeley Springs High School, enrolling 582 students (27% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Paw Paw High School, at 71 students, a 8x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Berkeley Springs High School accounts for 26.7% of all Morgan County Schools student enrollment
That concentration means Morgan County Schools-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: high. 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.
Morgan County Schools school enrollment varies 8.2× across entities
Morgan County Schools school enrollment ranges from 71 students (lowest) to 582 students (highest), a spread of 511 students. That spread reflects typical mixed-portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Morgan County Schools student-counselor ratio is 331:1 — near the typical range (US average ~408) — within the typical range for U.S. public districts
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 Variation between sub-units within Morgan County Schools is typically wider than the Morgan County Schools-aggregate figure suggests.
Morgan County Schools chronic absenteeism rate is 42.4% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
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 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.
Morgan County Schools has 7 schools, including 1 high, 2 combined, 1 middle, 3 elementary. Total enrollment is 2,183 students.
How much does Morgan County Schools spend per student?
Morgan County Schools spends $13,159 per student. The district has an equity score of 20/100, ranking #52 in West Virginia.
What is the demographic composition of Morgan County Schools?
Morgan County Schools students are 91.1% White, 2.8% Hispanic or Latino, 0.8% African American, 0.2% Asian, averaged across 7 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Morgan County Schools?
Morgan County Schools has an equity score of 20/100, ranking #52 out of 56 districts in West Virginia.