Wright City West Elementary School

Size

Of the 2 elementary schools in Wright City R-II of Warren County School District, Wright City West Elementary School is the largest, with 21.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 6.5 miles away and have a median of 466 students, so Wright City West Elementary School is close to their typical size.

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 2 with 142 students, and its smallest is grade 4 with 123, against an average of 134 per grade. This year grade 4 has 13% fewer students than grade 2 (123 against 142). 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 74.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Wright City R-II of Warren County (75%). Hispanic students are next, at 14.4%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

46.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 45.1% across Wright City R-II of Warren County and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 18.7% 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

Wright City West Elementary School has 31.75 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.7 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 402 students would have about 32.7 teachers, so Wright City West Elementary School has 1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

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 elementary school is Wright City East Elementary School, 4.2 miles away in the same district. There is 1 elementary school within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.