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Elementary · Regular · Grades PK to 8

Short Line School, Reader, WV

CEP schoolShort Line School is a public elementary school in Reader, part of Wetzel County Schools. It enrolled 364 students in 2024-25, with 11.4 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
364
Teachers (FTE)
32.0
Students per teacher
11.4
Grades
PK to 8

This school's ratio is 1.6 higher than the district figure of 9.8. The West Virginia average across schools is 13.6. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school11.4
District9.8
West Virginia13.6
United States15.3

School details

Address
9817 Shortline Hwy, Reader, WV 26167
Phone
(304)386-4115
District
Wetzel County Schools
County
Wetzel County
Level
Elementary
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Rural: Distant
NCES school ID
540156001295
Location from NCES coordinates. Map data OpenStreetMap contributors. Open larger map

School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
196Students 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 Wetzel 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.