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Wetzel County Schools

A public school district in New Martinsville, West Virginia, with 9 operational schools in 2024–25.

The district in 2024–25

2,189
Students enrolled
223.8
Teachers, full-time equivalent
Derived by NCES from the state’s counts.
511.8
All staff, full-time equivalent
$21,536
Spending per pupil, fiscal year 2023
Current expenditure over fall membership, both as the district reported them.

How this compares

Students enrolled: 2,189 in 2024–25
Ranks 4,229th of 17,800 districts by enrollment, and 34th of 62 in West Virginia. Larger than 76% of the 17,800 districts in the fifty states and DC that report an enrollment. The ranking →
Current spending per pupil: $21,536 in fiscal year 2023
More than 78% 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

Wetzel County Schools spent $21,536 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,052 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
Wetzel County Schools spent $21,536 per pupil in fiscal year 2023, against $9,052 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$21,536$48.6 million2,258
FY2022$20,316$46.8 million2,305
FY2021$19,704$46.7 million2,370
FY2020$17,937$44.1 million2,459
FY2019$17,429$43.8 million2,511
FY2018$15,692$40.3 million2,567
FY2017$16,030$40.9 million2,554
FY2016$14,860$40.0 million2,695
FY2015$14,144$38.6 million2,729
FY2014$12,924$35.6 million2,757
FY2013$12,112$34.1 million2,818
FY2012$12,371$35.3 million2,855
FY2011$12,909$36.7 million2,844
FY2010$12,570$36.0 million2,864
FY2009$11,229$32.8 million2,920
FY2008$10,551$31.7 million3,005
FY2007$10,085$30.9 million3,064
FY2006$9,786$30.2 million3,086
FY2005$9,052$29.3 million3,240

Revenue by source, fiscal year 2023

Revenue to Wetzel County Schools by source, fiscal year 2023, as the district reported it to NCES
SourceRevenueShare of total
Federal$8.1 million15.2%
State$11.6 million21.6%
Local$33.9 million63.3%
Total$53.6 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

9 operational schools, A to Z.

2 more columns on a wider screen

Schools in Wetzel County Schools
SchoolStudents
Hundred High School66
Long Drain School204
Magnolia High School287
New Martinsville School837
Paden City Elementary School155
Paden City High School152
Short Line School364
Valley High School124
Wetzel County Technical Education Center

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
5401560

Elsewhere

Sources

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