Regular local school district · Jackson County
Jackson County Schools, WV: schools, enrollment and spending
Jackson County Schools runs 13 public schools with 3,977 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.4 students per teacher is about the same as the West Virginia figure of 13.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 13
- Students
- 3,977
- Teachers (FTE)
- 297
- Students per teacher
- 13.4
- WV: 13.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1 School St, Ripley, WV 25271
- Phone
- (304)372-7300
- County
- Jackson County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5400540
- State district ID
- WV-3500000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 638
- School counselors (FTE)
- 15.0About 265 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 21.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.4
West Virginia13.6
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (4,266), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $60.7 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.6 million
- State revenue
- $33.1 million
- Local revenue
- $20.9 million
- Total spending
- $56.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,143
- Salaries
- $30.2 million53.9% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 10.9%
- State: 54.6%
- Local: 34.5%
West Virginia overall
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,143
West Virginia$14,491
United States$16,826
Schools in Jackson County Schools
By level: 3 high, 2 middle, 8 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Cottageville Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 161 | 13.4 |
| Evans Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 147 | 14.7 |
| Fairplain Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 152 | 15.2 |
| Gilmore Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 155 | 14.1 |
| Henry J Kaiser Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 294 | 13.4 |
| Kenna Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 225 | 13.2 |
| Ravenswood Grade SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 216 | 12.7 |
| Ravenswood High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 397 | 14.7 |
| Ravenswood Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 306 | 15.3 |
| Ripley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 570 | 14.2 |
| Ripley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 768 | 15.1 |
| Ripley Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 586 | 15.4 |
| Roane-Jackson Technical Center | High | 9 to 12 |
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Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.