Regular local school district · Upshur County
Upshur County Schools, WV: schools, enrollment and spending
Upshur County Schools runs 10 public schools with 3,385 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 14.2 students per teacher is about the same as the West Virginia figure of 13.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 10
- Students
- 3,385
- Teachers (FTE)
- 238
- Students per teacher
- 14.2
- WV: 13.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 102 Smithfield St, Buckhannon, WV 26201
- Phone
- (304)472-5480
- County
- Upshur County
- Locale
- Rural: Fringe
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5401470
- State district ID
- WV-8700000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 528
- School counselors (FTE)
- 12.0About 282 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 18.0
Students per teacher compared
This district14.2
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 (3,705), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $49.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $8.6 million
- State revenue
- $29.2 million
- Local revenue
- $11.4 million
- Total spending
- $48.9 million
- Spending per pupil
- $13,208
- Salaries
- $23.2 million47.4% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 17.4%
- State: 59.4%
- Local: 23.2%
West Virginia overall
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$13,208
West Virginia$14,491
United States$16,826
Schools in Upshur County Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 7 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| B-U Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 718 | 15.3 |
| Buckhannon Academy Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 487 | 14.3 |
| Buckhannon Upshur High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,068 | 17.0 |
| Fred W Eberle Tech Center | High | 10 to 12 | ||
| French Creek ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 205 | 12.1 |
| Hodgesville ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 151 | 16.8 |
| Rock Cave ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 112 | 12.4 |
| Tennerton ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 289 | 19.3 |
| Union Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 242 | 14.2 |
| Washington District ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 5 | 113 | 12.6 |
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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.