📍 1 Greyhound Lane, Smithers, Fayette County, 25186
Valley Pk-8 is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Smithers, Fayette County. The school has 530 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fayette County Schools school district. It serves grades Pre-K–8 in a rural setting. The school employs 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1. 13% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Valley Pk-8 enrolls 530 students across grades Pre-K–8. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 35 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.1:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 85% White, 7% Two or more races and 6.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 453 | 85% |
| Two or more races | 37 | 7% |
| Black or African American | 33 | 6.2% |
| Asian | 5 | <1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Valley Pk-8 is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WV-10, state senate district 10, state house district 32.
Valley Pk-8 is one of 12 schools in Fayette County Schools, based in FAYETTEVILLE, West Virginia. The district serves 5,294 students district-wide and employs 391 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 530 students, Valley Pk-8 is larger than the district average of about 441 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Rural - Distant