Regular local school district · Ritchie County
Ritchie County Schools, WV: schools, enrollment and spending
Ritchie County Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,131 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 10.9 students per teacher is 2.7 lower than the West Virginia figure of 13.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,131
- Teachers (FTE)
- 104
- Students per teacher
- 10.9
- WV: 13.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 134 S Penn Ave, Harrisville, WV 26362
- Phone
- (304)643-2991
- County
- Ritchie County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5401290
- State district ID
- WV-7700000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 223
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 377 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 7.0
Students per teacher compared
This district10.9
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 (1,296), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $24.3 million
- Federal revenue
- $2.7 million
- State revenue
- $6.1 million
- Local revenue
- $15.6 million
- Total spending
- $19.0 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,658
- Salaries
- $10.2 million53.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.1%
- State: 24.9%
- Local: 64.0%
West Virginia overall
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,658
West Virginia$14,491
United States$16,826
Schools in Ritchie County Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Creed Collins ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 211 | 11.7 |
| Harrisville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 201 | 11.2 |
| Ritchie County High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 328 | 11.3 |
| Ritchie County MiddleCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 301 | 10.0 |
| Smithville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 90 | 10.0 |
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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.