County / FIPS 54037
Jefferson County
West Virginia
Jefferson County runs 18 public schools reporting to NCES. It also has 1 Medicare-certified hospital reporting to CMS, of which 1 carry an overall star rating.
At a glance
Public schools
18
Hospitals
1
With a star rating
1
Land area
209
Jefferson County in numbers
American Community Survey five-year estimates ending 2024. These are sample estimates, not a count — each carries a margin of error, and where that margin is too wide to mean anything the figure is withheld rather than printed.
Population
59,260
Median household income
$98,806
Poverty rate
8.7%
Unemployment rate
3.9%
Median home value
$350,800
Median gross rent
$1,108
Bachelor's degree or higher
33.9%
Federal money
Obligations recorded against a place of performance in Jefferson County. An obligation is a legal commitment to pay, not cash out the door — outlays follow later, sometimes by years.
Obligations, FY2025
$704.2M
Per resident
$12,205
Change since FY2021
+28%
Fiscal years covered
5
▸ View as table
| Period | Obligations |
|---|---|
| 2021 | $548M |
| 2022 | $544M |
| 2023 | $675M |
| 2024 | $682M |
| 2025 | $704M |
Figures are nominal — not adjusted for inflation — because USAspending publishes them that way and adjusting them here would mean this site had edited a government figure. The per-resident figure divides by the 2020 decennial count, which is the population USAspending carries; a 2020 denominator against 2025 spending overstates per-head figures wherever a place has grown since. Jefferson County ranks 683rd of 3,233 on this measure in FY2025.
Hospitals in Jefferson County
| Hospital | City | CMS rating |
|---|---|---|
| Jefferson Medical Center | Ranson |
Public schools in Jefferson County
Enrollment is the most recent year NCES published.
| School | District | City | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Elementary School | Jefferson County Schools | Harpers Ferry | 407 |
| C. W. Shipley Elementary School | Jefferson County Schools | Harpers Ferry | 346 |
| Charles Town Middle School | Jefferson County Schools | Charles Town | 637 |
| Driswood Elementary School | Jefferson County Schools | Shenandoah Junction | 379 |
| Harpers Ferry Middle School | Jefferson County Schools | Harpers Ferry | 562 |
| Jefferson High School | Jefferson County Schools | Shenandoah Junction | 1,444 |
| North Jefferson Elementary | Jefferson County Schools | Kearneysville | 223 |
| Page Jackson Elementary | Jefferson County Schools | Charles Town | 365 |
| Ranson Elementary School | Jefferson County Schools | Ranson | 250 |
| Shepherdstown Elementary School | Jefferson County Schools | Shepherdstown | 358 |
| Shepherdstown Middle School | Jefferson County Schools | Shepherdstown | 331 |
| South Jefferson Elementary School | Jefferson County Schools | Charles Town | 458 |
| T A Lowery Elementary School | Jefferson County Schools | Shenandoah Junction | 522 |
| Washington High School | Jefferson County Schools | Charles Town | 1,328 |
| Wildwood Middle School | Jefferson County Schools | Shenandoah Junction | 425 |
| Wright Denny Intermediate School | Jefferson County Schools | Charles Town | 354 |
| Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy | Eastern Panhandle Preparatory Academy | Kearneysville | 321 |
| Virtual Prepatory Academy of Wv | Virtual Preparatory Academy of West Virginia | Kearneysville | 217 |