Wellington-Napoleon High School
Public high school in Wellington, Missouri · Wellington-Napoleon R-IX School District · Grades 6–12
Wellington-Napoleon High School serves 203 students in grades 6–12 in Wellington (Lafayette County). It is one of 2 schools in Wellington-Napoleon R-IX School District. By enrollment it is the 340th largest of 558 public high schools in Missouri (median 268 students). With 10.9 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Missouri high school (12.2).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 558 Missouri high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 18.54 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Wellington-Napoleon R-IX School District |
| County | Lafayette County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 293156002199 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Missouri
| This school | Wellington-Napoleon R-IX | Missouri high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 203 | 381 | 268 |
| Students per teacher | 10.9 | 10.8 | 12.2 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 28.1% | 31.2% | 46.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 36% of Missouri high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Wellington-Napoleon High School in context
Size
Wellington-Napoleon High School is the only high school in Wellington-Napoleon R-IX School District. Its 203 students are 53.3% of the district's 381. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 10.7 miles away and have a median of 392 students, so Wellington-Napoleon High School is smaller than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 36 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 22, against an average of 29 per grade. This year grade 12 has 19% fewer students than grade 6 (25 against 31). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
White students are the largest group, at 88.2% of enrollment, about the same share as across Wellington-Napoleon R-IX (89.2%). Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
28.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 31.2% across Wellington-Napoleon R-IX and a median of 46.2% for Missouri high schools. 10.3% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Wellington-Napoleon High School has 18.54 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.9 students per teacher. At the median Missouri high school ratio of 12.2, a school with 203 students would have about 16.6 teachers, so Wellington-Napoleon High School has 1.9 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri high schools (12.2).
Location
NCES classifies its location as rural, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Lexington High School, 6.8 miles away in Lexington R-V School District. There are 0 high schools within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 88.2% |
| Two or more races | 7.4% |
| Hispanic | 3.4% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
| Black | 0.5% |
45.8% of students are girls and 54.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 31 |
| Grade 7 | 26 |
| Grade 8 | 30 |
| Grade 9 | 36 |
| Grade 10 | 33 |
| Grade 11 | 22 |
| Grade 12 | 25 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
800 Hwy 131, Wellington, MO 64097
Phone: (816)240-2621
Website: wntigers.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Wellington-Napoleon High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lexington High School | Lexington R-V | 6.8 mi | 310 | 16.9 | 47.1% |
| Richmond High School | Richmond R-XVI | 9.6 mi | 474 | 14.5 | 36.9% |
| Orrick High School | Orrick R-XI | 9.8 mi | 133 | 9.1 | 42.9% |
| Odessa High School | Odessa R-VII | 9.9 mi | 651 | 14.5 | 30.7% |
| Oak Grove High School | Oak Grove R-VI | 11.6 mi | 604 | 15.3 | 26.8% |
| Hardin-Central High School | Hardin-Central C-2 | 12.5 mi | 95 | 7.6 | 41.1% |
| Lafayette County High School | Lafayette County C-1 | 14.2 mi | 298 | 12.5 | 45% |
| Grain Valley High School | Grain Valley R-V | 14.7 mi | 1,482 | 17 | 21% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Wellington-Napoleon R-IX
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wellington-Napoleon Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 178 |