Regular local school district · Mercer County
Mercer County Schools, WV: schools, enrollment and spending
Mercer County Schools runs 26 public schools with 8,310 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
- 26
- Students
- 8,310
- Teachers (FTE)
- 610
- Students per teacher
- 13.6
- WV: 13.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 1403 Honaker Ave, Princeton, WV 24740
- Phone
- (304)487-1551
- County
- Mercer County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5400840
- State district ID
- WV-5100000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 1,233
- School counselors (FTE)
- 27.0About 308 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 42.0
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 (8,465), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $120.8 million
- Federal revenue
- $16.7 million
- State revenue
- $74.5 million
- Local revenue
- $29.7 million
- Total spending
- $117.4 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,866
- Salaries
- $58.9 million50.1% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 13.8%
- State: 61.6%
- Local: 24.6%
West Virginia overall
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,866
West Virginia$14,491
United States$16,826
Schools in Mercer County Schools
By level: 5 high, 3 middle, 16 elementary, 1 other, 1 prekindergarten. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Athens Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 233 | 12.9 |
| Bluefield High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 618 | 17.7 |
| Bluefield Intermediate SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 269 | 12.8 |
| Bluefield Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 428 | 13.8 |
| Bluefield Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 2 | 349 | 13.4 |
| Bluewell Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 167 | 10.4 |
| Brushfork Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 171 | 13.2 |
| Compass Virtual Academy | Other | K to 12 | 42 | |
| Glenwood School (K-8)CEP school | Elementary | K to 8 | 614 | 13.6 |
| Lashmeet/Matoaka Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 181 | 12.9 |
| Melrose Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 239 | 15.9 |
| Mercer County Technical Education Center | High | 9 to 12 | ||
| Mercer ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 258 | 12.9 |
| Montcalm Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 256 | 12.2 |
| Montcalm High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 269 | 14.2 |
| Mountain Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 273 | 10.9 |
| Oakvale SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 168 | 11.2 |
| Pikeview High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 629 | 19.1 |
| Pikeview Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 502 | 15.2 |
| Princeton Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 488 | 11.6 |
| Princeton Primary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 2 | 448 | 12.1 |
| Princeton Senior High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 925 | 16.8 |
| Silver Springs Early Learning CenterCEP school | Prekindergarten | PK | 335 | 41.9 |
| SpanishburgCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 159 | 11.4 |
| Straley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | 3 to 5 | 172 | 13.2 |
| Sun Valley Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 117 | 14.6 |
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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.