Fairmont Catholic Grade School, Fairmont WV: PreK-8 Tuition

Tuition: On the school’s website
Grades: PreK-8
Students (K-12): 137
Students per teacher: 9.3
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Fairmont center: Under 1 mile

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Can you use Hope here?

✓ On the official West Virginia Hope Scholarship list

State list: Includes this school
Applying: Opened March 2, 2026. June 15 was the deadline for the full amount. Late applications run to February 28, 2027 at reduced amounts: 50% of the award until November 30, then 25% from December 1.

Source: the official list, dated August 10, 2026.

What you would pay here

Net cost: Not worked out: no verified 2026-27 tuition yet. See the school’s tuition page

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School facts

Teachers: 20
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, WV
Setting: Town

Member of: National Catholic Educational Association

School facts, kindergarten to grade 12: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.

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Students and school year

Enrollment over time

2019-20 to 2023-24: 130 to 137, up 7 (5%)
Path: Peaked at 138 in 2021-22

Students by grade, 2023-24 (pre-K is not in the K-12 count)

Largest grade: Kindergarten (21)
Smallest grade: Grade 7 (9)
Average a grade: About 15

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours 30 minutes
Hours of school a year: about 1,350
Kindergarten: Full day, 5 days a week
Classes, 2023-24: In person
Library or media center: Yes
Year, against West Virginia: Same as the median of the 97 private schools we list
School day, against West Virginia: 30 minutes longer than the median of 7 hours (97 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 9.3 here; median 8.1 at 42 WV elementary schools

Student body, 2023-24

Shares of K-12 students by race and ethnicity, as NCES reports them.

Grades, school year and student body: U.S. Department of Education, NCES Private School Survey 2023-24, read September 20, 2026.
Earlier counts: NCES Private School Survey 2019-20 and 2021-22, read October 14, 2026.
Comparisons: the private schools ChoiceFunded lists, as of this page’s last update.

Fairmont Catholic Grade School tuition, and what Hope pays

Published tuition: On the school’s own tuition page (found October 11, 2026)

WV

West Virginia Hope Scholarship Education savings account

Award: $5,435.62 expected for 2026-27
How it varies: Apply late and you get less in your first year: 75% of the award for applications June 16 to September 15, 2026, 50% for September 16 to November 30, and 25% for December 1, 2026 to February 28, 2027 (Hope Scholarship home page, read October 8, 2026).

Figures read from each program’s official pages, October 8, 2026. Sources and how to apply

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Other private schools nearby

School	Grades	Students	Per teacher	Affiliation	Miles
City on A Hill Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				<1
St. Francis de Sales Central Catholic School ✓	PreK-8	312	14.2	Roman Catholic	12
Chestnut Mountain Ranch ✓	7-10	14	3.5	Christian (nondenominational), all-boys	14
Morgantown Christian Academy ✓	K-12	168	not reported	Baptist	14
Covenant Christian School ✓	PreK-8	144	11.2	Methodist	14

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Next Hope date: February 28, 2027 (Last day for late 2026-27 applications (reduced amount)).

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Fairmont Catholic Grade School

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