EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH

Located at 600 CAMPUS DR, in WENTZVILLE, Missouri, EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH is a well-populated four-year high school that educates 1,022 students (grades 9 through 12), run under WENTZVILLE R-IV. That puts it 104% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

WENTZVILLE R-IV runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 18,469 students. EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH reports that 71% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Black, 8% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH logs 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.9%; EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH posts 76.8%, +25.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for St. Charles County shows the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, St. Charles County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), of which EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH is one.

The closest other public school is WENTZVILLE MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH. On composite proficiency, EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 57.4%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH has shrank 41%, going from 1,738 students in 2018 to 1,022 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 82% to 71%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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