Other / mixed grade configuration · Glen Dale, WV

Glen Dale Elementary School

Federal NCES profile for Glen Dale Elementary School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 48/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 540075000593
0/100100/10048/100
👥 S:T ratio
54
🌟 Gifted program
70
🎓 Counselors
18
📋 Attendance
49
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Glen Dale Elementary School earns 48/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 71% of West Virginia schools.

48
Resource Index · Typical
11.4:1
small classes for West Virginia
206
students enrolled

Glen Dale Elementary School has class sizes smaller than 71% of West Virginia schools. Computed live against every West Virginia school reporting to NCES.

Enrollment

206

West Virginia · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

18.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

11.4:1

vs 13.1:1 West Virginia avg

-13% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Glen Dale Elementary School compares with West Virginia and U.S. medians

At or below state median

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Glen Dale Elementary School

Glen Dale Elementary School is a mid-sized combined-grade school in Glen Dale, West Virginia, enrolling 206 students.

Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11.4:1 puts it in the smaller third of West Virginia schools by student-teacher ratio.

Enrollment of 206 puts it in the smaller third of West Virginia schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 643 scored West Virginia schools.

Its student body is predominantly White (95% of enrollment) (diversity index 10/100).

Counselor access is stretched at roughly 412 students per counselor, well above the ASCA-recommended 250:1 ceiling.

Attendance runs somewhat below the norm, with 20.4% of students chronically absent per the 2021-22 civil-rights collection.

Marshall County Schools also operates John Marshall High School (1,048 students) and Moundsville Middle School (452 students) alongside Glen Dale Elementary School.

Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25

How Glen Dale Elementary School compares

Glen Dale Elementary School on the metrics families compare, against West Virginia and U.S. means.

Metric This school vs West Virginia West Virginia avg U.S. avg
Students per teacher 11.4:1 ▼ 13% 13.1:1 15.7:1
Enrollment 206 top 73% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

11.4:1
Leaner classes than 80% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
206
Bigger than 20% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Staffing depth
11.4:1
students per teacher - 13% below state mean
Top 29% in West Virginia - lower ratio than 71% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
20.4%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$17,204
per pupil, district-wide - above West Virginia avg of $14,844
Close to the U.S. public-school average per-pupil spend.
Support staff
Counselors0.5 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.

Overview

  • Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
  • Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
  • F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.

Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.

Student demographics

White 95.1%
Two or More 2.9%
Hispanic or Latino 1.0%
African American 0.5%
Asian 0.5%

Largest group: White at 95.1% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 9.5/100

Simpson diversity index - at 9.5, Glen Dale Elementary School is less mixed than the West Virginia school average of 17.9.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Marshall County Schools, which includes Glen Dale Elementary School.

$17,204
Per student
+16%
vs West Virginia
Avg $14,844
+4%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 75.1%
State 14.9%
Federal 10.0%

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.

How Glen Dale Elementary School Compares to District-Mates

School Enrollment Economic Profile Student-Teacher Ratio
John Marshall High School Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Moundsville Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio
Sherrard Middle School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Hilltop Elementary School Larger No free-lunch data Higher S:T ratio
Mcninch Primary School Larger No free-lunch data Similar S:T ratio

Comparisons are relative to Glen Dale Elementary School's own figures; each column derives from NCES Common Core of Data.

Other Schools in This District

Marshall County Schools · 5 sibling schools

View district profile

Similar other schools statewide

Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of West Virginia, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Glen Dale Elementary School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Glen Dale Elementary School

How many students attend Glen Dale Elementary School?

Glen Dale Elementary School has 206 students enrolled. It is a public school in Glen Dale, WV.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Glen Dale Elementary School?

The student-teacher ratio at Glen Dale Elementary School is 11.4:1, which is 13% lower than the West Virginia average of 13.1:1 and 27% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Glen Dale Elementary School?

The largest demographic group at Glen Dale Elementary School is White at 95.1% of enrollment, in Glen Dale, WV.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Glen Dale Elementary School?

Glen Dale Elementary School has a Resource Investment Index of 48/100 (typical reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Glen Dale Elementary School a good school?

Glen Dale Elementary School earns 48/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 71% of West Virginia schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.

What other schools are in Marshall County Schools?

Besides Glen Dale Elementary School, Marshall County Schools also operates John Marshall High School (1,048 students), Moundsville Middle School (452 students), and Sherrard Middle School (409 students). See the Marshall County Schools district page for the complete list.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

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Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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