Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 5

Fall River Elementary School, Big Sandy, WV

CEP schoolFall River Elementary School is a public elementary school in Big Sandy, part of McDowell County Schools. It enrolled 112 students in 2024-25, with 12.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students: 112
Teachers (FTE): 9.0
Students per teacher: 12.4
Grades: PK to 5

This school's ratio is 1.1 lower than the district figure of 13.5. The West Virginia average across schools is 13.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school12.4

District13.5

West Virginia13.6

United States15.3

School details

Address: 13 Falcon Drive, Big Sandy, WV 24816
Phone: (304)656-7665
District: McDowell County Schools
County: McDowell County
Level: Elementary
Type: Regular
Status: Open
Charter: No
Locale: Rural: Remote
NCES school ID: 540081001248

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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.

Direct certification: 94Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision: Yes (CEP school)

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other elementary schools in McDowell County Schools

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.