Kanawha County · West Virginia
Charleston, WV public schools
Enrollment, school count, staffing and per-pupil spending for Kanawha County Schools — federal education data, not a star rating.
Quick answer
Kanawha County Schools is the primary public district for Charleston, WV. It enrolls 23,864 students in 67 schools with 1,648 full-time-equivalent teachers, and spends $17,076 per pupil, 1% below the $17,320 median across the metros covered here.
- Students enrolled
- 23,864NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22
- Schools in the district
- 67Operating school count
- Students per teacher
- 14.5Enrollment ÷ FTE teachers, not class size
- Spending per pupil
- $17,076Total current expenditure, FY2020
Who pays for schools in Charleston
Where the district's money comes from, FY2020.
- Local revenue
- 35.6%
- $145,227,000
- State revenue
- 44.6%
- $181,746,000
- Federal revenue
- 19.8%
- $80,573,000
Local revenue is mostly property tax, which is why the Charleston property tax rate and school funding move together. Of every dollar spent, about 45 cents reaches instruction — teacher salaries, benefits and classroom materials — with the rest covering transport, buildings, food service and administration.
What this data covers
Read this before comparing districts.
Figures describe Kanawha County Schools (LEAID 5400600) as a whole, not any individual school. Charter schools authorised outside the district, private schools and regional vocational schools are not included. Where a city is served by a county-wide district, the county district is used and its catchment is wider than the city limits. Enrollment is from the 2021-22 NCES collection; money is from the FY2020 Census school finance survey, which is the most recent complete national release — the two years do not line up exactly, so per-pupil spending is a stable indicator rather than a current budget line.
Keep going
Other Charleston data on this site.
NCES LEAID 5400600. Finance figures are Census Annual Survey of School System Finances (F-33) totals as redistributed by the Urban Institute Education Data API.