About Mineral County Schools
Mineral County Schools is a public school system serving Mineral County, West Virginia, based in Keyser. It serves 3,931 students across 12 schools spanning PreK–12, and is classified as a rural: fringe district. By enrollment it is the #19 largest of West Virginia’s 62 school systems.
Size and structure
Mineral County Schools enrolls 3,931 students in 12 schools — an average of about 328 students per school. It serves grades PreK–12 and ranks #19 of 62 statewide by enrollment.
Who the district serves
Student race and ethnicity in Mineral County Schools, from the NCES Common Core of Data (3,931 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
Mineral County Schools employs about 305 full-time-equivalent teachers for a student–teacher ratio of 12.9:1 — below the West Virginia average of about 13.4:1, meaning comparatively smaller classes. Total district staff is roughly 645.
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 Mineral 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 Mineral 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.
Mineral County Schools vs. West Virginia
See every West Virginia district side by side in the West Virginia directory.
Look up Mineral 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):