St. Mary's Central Grade School, Clarksburg WV Tuition

Tuition: On the school’s website
Grades: PreK-6
Students (K-12): 113
Students per teacher: 16.1
Affiliation: Roman Catholic
From Clarksburg center: 1.6 miles

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About the list: How the Hope list works
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: Hope official source, dated August 10, 2026.

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School facts

Teachers: 7
Student body: Coeducational
Diocese: Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston, WV
Boys and girls: 46% boys, 54% girls
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: 116 to 113, down 3 (3%)
Path: Dipped to 85 in 2021-22, then recovered part of the way

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

Largest grade: Grade 3 (20)
Smallest grade: Grade 5 (11)
Average a grade: About 16

The school year

Days in the school year: 180
Length of the school day: 7 hours
Hours of school a year: about 1,260
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: About the median of 7 hours (97 schools we list)

How it compares

Students per teacher

Students per teacher: 16.1 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.

St. Mary's Central Grade School tuition, and what Hope pays

Published tuition: On the school’s own tuition page (found September 29, 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
Notre Dame High School ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				<1
The Clarksburg Childrens House ✓	PreK-5	15	7.5	Nonsectarian	<1
Emmanuel Christian School ✓	PreK-10	51	4.3	Baptist	1
Mother Goose Land Kindergarten	K	11	11	Nonsectarian	1
Apostolic Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				2
Community Pathways Foundation ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				3
Heritage Christian School ✓	K-12	167	10.4	Christian (nondenominational)	4
Hillside Christian Academy ✓	On the state list; not in the federal survey				8

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St. Mary's Central Grade School

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