Regular local school district · Roane County
Roane County Schools, WV: schools, enrollment and spending
Roane County Schools runs 5 public schools with 1,630 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 13.0 students per teacher is about the same as the West Virginia figure of 13.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 5
- Students
- 1,630
- Teachers (FTE)
- 125
- Students per teacher
- 13.0
- WV: 13.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 813 Capitol St, Spencer, WV 25276
- Phone
- (304)927-6400
- County
- Roane County
- Locale
- Rural: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5401320
- State district ID
- WV-7900000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 264
- School counselors (FTE)
- 3.0About 543 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 8.0
Students per teacher compared
This district13.0
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 (1,903), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $26.9 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.2 million
- State revenue
- $15.6 million
- Local revenue
- $5.1 million
- Total spending
- $26.5 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,933
- Salaries
- $12.9 million48.6% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $8.8 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 23.1%
- State: 58.0%
- Local: 18.9%
West Virginia overall
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,933
West Virginia$14,491
United States$16,826
Schools in Roane County Schools
By level: 1 high, 1 middle, 3 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Geary Elementary/Middle SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 200 | 10.0 |
| Roane County HighCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 490 | 15.3 |
| Spencer Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 4 | 413 | 14.2 |
| Spencer Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 5 to 8 | 299 | 13.6 |
| Walton Elementary/Middle SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 228 | 10.9 |
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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.