WEST VIRGINIA SCHOOL ENROLLMENT KEEPS FALLING

New state figures show public school enrollment dropped by 8-thousand-270 students this year. Statewide enrollment now stands at 226-thousand-687, down three-point-five percent from last year. Roane County had the steepest drop, at nearly 15 percent. Mingo County lost nearly 10 percent of its students, and Jackson County dropped less than 1 percent. The state’s population has also been shrinking, falling from nearly two million people in 2015 to about one-and-three-quarter million in 2025.