About Fayette County Schools
Fayette County Schools is a public school system serving Fayette County, West Virginia, based in Fayetteville. It serves 5,294 students across 11 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a suburb: small district. By enrollment it is the #13 largest of West Virginia’s 62 school systems.
Size and structure
Fayette County Schools enrolls 5,294 students in 11 schools — an average of about 481 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #13 of 62 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Fayette County Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (5,294 students reported):
For economically-disadvantaged, English-learner, and special-education shares, plus school-by-school detail, see the federal sources in the full-data section.
Teachers & staff
Fayette County Schools employs about 379 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 14.0:1 — above the West Virginia average of about 13.4:1. Total district staff is roughly 796.
Counselor and librarian/media counts are not published at the district level in the current NCES release; see the federal full-data links for staffing detail.
How West Virginia funds schools
District-level per-pupil spending and the local/state/federal revenue split for Fayette County Schools are published in the federal school-finance files — see the full-data links below for the current figures.
Report card & state results
West Virginia reports accountability through the WV Balanced Scorecard, housed in the ZoomWV data portal, rating each school and district on achievement, growth, English-learner progress, attendance, graduation and postsecondary readiness. Look up Fayette County Schools on ZoomWV.
Accreditation status
West Virginia accredits its own public school systems through the state Board of Education under Policy 2320 (a performance-based accreditation system), rather than a private accreditor. See the West Virginia Department of Education for a county system’s accreditation status.
Fayette County Schools vs. West Virginia
See every West Virginia district side by side in the West Virginia directory.
Look up Fayette County Schools’s full data
These official sources carry the district-level detail — finances, discipline, equity, test scores, boundaries. Direct links for this district (via its NCES ID):