Regular local school district · Wetzel County
Wetzel County Schools, WV: schools, enrollment and spending
Wetzel County Schools runs 9 public schools with 2,189 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 9.8 students per teacher is 3.8 lower than the West Virginia figure of 13.6.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 2,189
- Teachers (FTE)
- 223
- Students per teacher
- 9.8
- WV: 13.6 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 333 Foundry St, New Martinsville, WV 26155
- Phone
- (304)455-2441
- County
- Wetzel County
- Locale
- Town: Distant
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 5401560
- State district ID
- WV-9200000
- Total staff (FTE)
- 511
- School counselors (FTE)
- 9.0About 243 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 11.0
Students per teacher compared
This district9.8
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 (2,370), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $52.5 million
- Federal revenue
- $6.1 million
- State revenue
- $10.5 million
- Local revenue
- $35.8 million
- Total spending
- $49.3 million
- Spending per pupil
- $20,805
- Salaries
- $25.2 million51.0% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $0
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.7%
- State: 20.1%
- Local: 68.2%
West Virginia overall
- Federal: 14.1%
- State: 51.5%
- Local: 34.4%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$20,805
West Virginia$14,491
United States$16,826
Schools in Wetzel County Schools
By level: 5 high, 4 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Hundred High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 66 | 6.0 |
| Long Drain SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 204 | 10.7 |
| Magnolia High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 287 | 9.9 |
| New Martinsville SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 837 | 11.6 |
| Paden City Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 155 | 9.1 |
| Paden City High SchoolCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 152 | 9.5 |
| Short Line SchoolCEP school | Elementary | PK to 8 | 364 | 11.4 |
| Valley High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 124 | 7.3 |
| Wetzel County Technical Education Center | High | 9 to 12 |
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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.