Regular local school district · Kanawha County
Kanawha County Schools, WV: schools, enrollment and spending
Kanawha County Schools runs 63 public schools with 23,085 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.6 students per teacher is about the same as the West Virginia figure of 13.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 63
- Students
- 23,085
- Teachers (FTE)
- 1,700
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- WV: 13.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 200 Elizabeth St, Charleston, WV 25311
- Phone
- (304)348-7770
- County
- Kanawha County
- Locale
- Suburb: Midsize
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5400600
- State district ID
- WV-3900000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 3,549
- School counselors (FTE)
- 90.0About 257 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 111.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.6
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 (24,721), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $407.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $80.6 million
- State revenue
- $181.7 million
- Local revenue
- $145.2 million
- Total spending
- $422.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $17,076
- Salaries
- $178.4 million42.3% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 19.8%
- State: 44.6%
- Local: 35.6%
West Virginia overall
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$17,076
West Virginia$14,491
United States$16,826
Schools in Kanawha County Schools
By level: 10 high, 12 middle, 39 elementary, 1 prekindergarten, 1 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Alban Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 376 | 13.9 |
| Alum Creek Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 151 | 15.1 |
| Andrew Jackson Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 488 | 15.7 |
| Andrews Heights Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 233 | 12.3 |
| Anne Bailey Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 221 | 10.0 |
| Belle Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 255 | 11.6 |
| Ben Franklin Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | ||
| Bridgeview Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 417 | 13.5 |
| Capital High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,051 | 17.5 |
| Carver Career Center | High | 9 to 12 | ||
| Cedar Grove Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 159 | 15.9 |
| Central Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 304 | 16.0 |
| Chamberlain Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 225 | 16.1 |
| Chesapeake Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 205 | 10.8 |
| Clendenin Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 335 | 12.9 |
| Cross Lanes Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 294 | 13.4 |
| Du Pont Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 440 | 15.2 |
| Dunbar Intermediate CenterCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 232 | 12.2 |
| Dunbar Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 325 | 11.6 |
| Dunbar Primary CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 271 | 11.3 |
| East Bank Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 227 | 12.6 |
| Edgewood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 413 | 11.8 |
| Elk Elementary CenterCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 475 | 14.0 |
| Elkview Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 621 | 16.8 |
| Flinn Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 430 | 15.4 |
| George Washington High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,145 | 22.5 |
| Grandview AnnexCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 18 | 0.1 |
| Hayes Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 464 | 17.2 |
| Herbert Hoover High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 782 | 19.6 |
| Holz Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 304 | 16.9 |
| Horace Mann Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 385 | 14.8 |
| John Adams Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 740 | 18.0 |
| Kanawha City Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 242 | 13.4 |
| KCS Alternative LearningCEP school | Other | K to 12 | 134 | 14.9 |
| Kenna Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 180 | 16.4 |
| Lakewood Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 294 | 16.3 |
| Malden Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 160 | 10.7 |
| Mary C. Snow West Side ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 453 | 13.3 |
| Mary Ingles Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 143 | 15.9 |
| McKinley Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 255 | 12.8 |
| Midland Trail Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 158 | 12.2 |
| Montrose Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 224 | 14.9 |
| Nitro Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 377 | 14.0 |
| Nitro High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 818 | 20.4 |
| Overbrook Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 375 | 17.0 |
| Piedmont Year-Round EducationCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 279 | 10.7 |
| Pinch Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 282 | 12.8 |
| Point Harmony Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 440 | 15.7 |
| Pratt Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 148 | 11.4 |
| Richmond Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 213 | 11.2 |
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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.