U.S. school systems/West Virginia
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West Virginia school systems.

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55school systems
669operating schools connected
244,054students in finance records
55complete 2019–2024 finance trends
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West Virginia school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 55 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$15,733Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation+7.6%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+32.0%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change-8.9%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems55 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024267,976244,054
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$15,637$14,792

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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McDowell County Schools

Welch, WV

Students
2,444
Schools
10
Spending / pupil
$16,215

+1.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -20.2% enrollment

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Lewis County Schools

Weston, WV

Students
2,358
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$14,183

+4.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.6% enrollment

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Brooke County Schools

Wellsburg, WV

Students
2,338
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$19,298

+18.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -17.5% enrollment

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Wetzel County Schools

New Martinsville, WV

Students
2,205
Schools
9
Spending / pupil
$24,922

+16.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.2% enrollment

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Hardy County Schools

Moorefield, WV

Students
2,172
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$13,579

+9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -8.4% enrollment

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Taylor County Schools

Grafton, WV

Students
2,164
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$16,389

+19.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.1% enrollment

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Morgan County Schools

Berkeley Springs, WV

Students
2,156
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$15,107

+7.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.4% enrollment

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Barbour County Schools

Philippi, WV

Students
2,083
Schools
7
Spending / pupil
$13,227

+4.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.2% enrollment

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Roane County Schools

Spencer, WV

Students
1,693
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$15,733

+18.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.1% enrollment

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Braxton County Schools

Sutton, WV

Students
1,684
Schools
8
Spending / pupil
$15,487

+13.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.3% enrollment

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Monroe County Schools

Union, WV

Students
1,637
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$16,188

+2.7% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.1% enrollment

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Grant County Schools

Petersburg, WV

Students
1,631
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$13,694

+9.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -1.3% enrollment

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Clay County Schools

Clay, WV

Students
1,530
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$15,673

+1.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -18.6% enrollment

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Summers County Schools

Hinton, WV

Students
1,213
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$18,002

+39.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -19.7% enrollment

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Tyler County Schools

Middlebourne, WV

Students
1,194
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$24,579

+28.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.8% enrollment

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Doddridge County Schools

West Union, WV

Students
1,163
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$24,831

+0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.5% enrollment

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Ritchie County Schools

Harrisville, WV

Students
1,159
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,078

+12.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.6% enrollment

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Webster County Schools

Webster Springs, WV

Students
1,118
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$16,022

+10.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.0% enrollment

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Pleasants County Schools

St. Marys, WV

Students
1,053
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,123

+2.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.4% enrollment

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Tucker County Schools

Parsons, WV

Students
942
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$17,143

+15.6% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.0% enrollment

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Pocahontas County Schools

Buckeye, WV

Students
921
Schools
5
Spending / pupil
$18,708

+2.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.2% enrollment

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Wirt County Schools

Elizabeth, WV

Students
899
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$18,493

+19.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -11.0% enrollment

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Pendleton County Schools

Franklin, WV

Students
846
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$20,372

+15.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -9.1% enrollment

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Calhoun County Schools

Mount Zion, WV

Students
832
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$18,177

+20.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -14.3% enrollment

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Gilmer County Schools

Glenville, WV

Students
761
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$18,681

+11.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.5% enrollment

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.