📍 1200 Mercer Street, Princeton, Mercer County, 24740
Mercer Elementary is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Princeton, Mercer County. The school has 288 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Mercer County Schools school district. It serves grades 3–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 30% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Mercer Elementary enrolls 288 students across grades 3–5. The student body is 51% male and 49% female. A teaching staff of 23.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 83% White, 10% Two or more races and 5.2% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 239 | 83% |
| Two or more races | 30 | 10% |
| Black or African American | 15 | 5.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 1% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
Mercer Elementary is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district WV-10, state senate district 6, state house district 27.
Mercer Elementary is one of 25 schools in Mercer County Schools, based in PRINCETON, West Virginia. The district serves 8,310 students district-wide and employs 626 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 288 students, Mercer Elementary is close to the district average of about 332 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant