Wood County Schools
Public school district based in Parkersburg, West Virginia. NCES district ID 5401620; state ID WV-9600000.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
27
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
11,098
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
822.0
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
Not shown: incomplete reporting
Charter schoolsDefinition
0
A district ratio is shown only when every school reported both enrollment and teachers. School-level ratios are in the table below.
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 624 | |
| Kindergarten | 728 | |
| Grade 1 | 806 | |
| Grade 2 | 789 | |
| Grade 3 | 851 | |
| Grade 4 | 804 | |
| Grade 5 | 750 | |
| Grade 6 | 843 | |
| Grade 7 | 802 | |
| Grade 8 | 856 | |
| Grade 9 | 824 | |
| Grade 10 | 840 | |
| Grade 11 | 827 | |
| Grade 12 | 754 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | Suppressed | |
| Asian | 0.7% | |
| Black or African American | 1.6% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 1.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | Suppressed | |
| Two or more races | 4.1% | |
| White | 91.6% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.5% | |
| Male | 51.5% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 19, Suburb 4, Town 2, Rural 2.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parkersburg High School Parkersburg | 9–12 | Regular | 1,491 | 87.0 | 17.1 | City: Small |
| Parkersburg South High School Parkersburg | 9–12 | Regular | 1,373 | 84.0 | 16.3 | City: Small |
| Williamstown High School Williamstown | 6–12 | Regular | 676 | 46.0 | 14.7 | Town: Fringe |
| Edison Middle School Parkersburg | 6–8 | Regular | 551 | 38.0 | 14.5 | City: Small |
| Williamstown Elementary School Williamstown | PK–5 | Regular | 545 | 33.0 | 16.5 | Town: Fringe |
| Blennerhassett Middle School Parkersburg | 6–8 | Regular | 534 | 30.0 | 17.8 | Suburb: Small |
| Blennerhassett Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 522 | 34.0 | 15.4 | Suburb: Small |
| Jefferson Elementary Center Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 475 | 56.0 | 8.5 | City: Small |
| Mineral Wells Elementary School Mineral Wells | PK–5 | Regular | 465 | 30.0 | 15.5 | Suburb: Small |
| Hamilton Middle School Parkersburg | 6–8 | Regular | 446 | 31.0 | 14.4 | City: Small |
| Jackson Middle School Vienna | 6–8 | Regular | 429 | 31.0 | 13.8 | City: Small |
| Lubeck Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 381 | 26.0 | 14.7 | Suburb: Small |
| Emerson Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 361 | 30.0 | 12 | City: Small |
| Neale Elementary School Vienna | PK–5 | Regular | 357 | 27.0 | 13.2 | City: Small |
| Vienna Elementary School Vienna | PK–5 | Regular | 288 | 20.0 | 14.4 | City: Small |
| Criss Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 267 | 18.0 | 14.8 | City: Small |
| Kanawha Elementary School Davisville | PK–5 | Regular | 265 | 22.0 | 12 | Rural: Fringe |
| Madison Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 264 | 22.0 | 12 | City: Small |
| Franklin Elementary Center Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 262 | 30.0 | 8.7 | City: Small |
| Gihon Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 261 | 20.0 | 13.1 | City: Small |
| Martin Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 250 | 28.0 | 8.9 | City: Small |
| Van Devender Middle School Parkersburg | 6–8 | Regular | 244 | 25.0 | 9.8 | City: Small |
| Greenmont Elementary School Vienna | PK–5 | Regular | 229 | 16.0 | 14.3 | City: Small |
| Fairplains Elementary School Parkersburg | PK–5 | Regular | 160 | 14.0 | 11.4 | City: Small |
| Wood Co Voc Tech Ctr Parkersburg | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 2 | 20.0 | 0.1check | City: Small |
| Caperton Center for Applied Technology Parkersburg | 9–12 | Career and Technical | Not reported | Not reported | — | Rural: Fringe |
| Summit Success Center Parkersburg | K–12 | Alternative | Not reported | 4.0 | — | City: Small |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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