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Nicholas County Schools

A public school district in Summersville, West Virginia, with 14 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

3,215
Students enrolled
240
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
512.5
All staff, full-time equivalent
$14,052
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 3,215 in 2024–25
Ranks 3,053rd of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 27th of 62 in West Virginia. Larger than 82% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $14,052 in fiscal year 2023
More than 36% of the 17,189 districts with a spending figure. Current spending leaves out buildings and debt, and a district of a few pupils can spend far more per pupil than any large one.

Spending and revenue

Nicholas County Schools spent $14,052 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,419 in fiscal year 2005

Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.

U.S. Department of Education, National Center for Education Statistics — School District Finance Survey (F-33), fiscal year 2005 onwards

The figures behind this chart
Nicholas County Schools spent $14,052 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,419 in fiscal year 2005. Current spending per pupil, each fiscal year: current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them to NCES. In the dollars of each year, not adjusted for inflation. A year with no column is a year the survey has no figure for.
Fiscal yearSpending per pupilCurrent expenditureMembership
FY2023$14,052$49.0 million3,484
FY2022$12,734$44.5 million3,498
FY2021$12,860$44.6 million3,471
FY2020$12,057$43.8 million3,634
FY2019$11,583$43.3 million3,735
FY2018$11,326$42.7 million3,771
FY2017$14,748$56.0 million3,795
FY2016$10,648$41.2 million3,870
FY2015$10,862$42.9 million3,953
FY2014$10,942$43.3 million3,956
FY2013$10,846$43.8 million4,035
FY2012$11,138$45.1 million4,051
FY2011$11,578$47.2 million4,076
FY2010$10,761$43.5 million4,042
FY2009$10,511$42.9 million4,083
FY2008$10,068$41.4 million4,114
FY2007$10,382$42.5 million4,091
FY2006$10,044$41.7 million4,150
FY2005$9,419$39.8 million4,225

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Nicholas County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$21.0 million33.1%
State$29.0 million45.8%
Local$13.3 million21.1%
Total$63.3 million

Federal, state and local revenue as the F-33 records them. Each share is of the survey’s total revenue, so a part withheld does not inflate the others.

The district’s schools

14 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Nicholas County Schools
SchoolStudents
Birch River Elementary School64
Cherry River Elementary School152
Gauley River Elementary School295
Glade Creek Elementary School124
Mt. Lookout Elementary School121
Mt. Nebo Elementary School105
Nicholas County Career and Technical Center1
Nicholas County High School708
Panther Creek Elementary School211
Richwood High School299
Richwood Middle School228
Summersville Elementary School331
Summersville Middle School509
Zela Elementary School67

The district’s entry

Status
Open
Type
Regular public school district that is not a component of a supervisory union
Charter status
Not a charter district
Grades
Pre-kindergarten to Grade 12
NCES district ID
5401020

Elsewhere

Sources

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