HERITAGE PRIMARY

HERITAGE PRIMARY operates as an expansive K-5 school in WENTZVILLE, Missouri, run under WENTZVILLE R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 496 students spanning grades K through 2. That puts it 57% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

WENTZVILLE R-IV runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 18,469 students. HERITAGE PRIMARY is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HERITAGE PRIMARY logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder comes out to 17% Black, 11% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against St. Charles County (around 19%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for St. Charles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, St. Charles County runs 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), of which HERITAGE PRIMARY is one.

Nearest neighbor: HERITAGE ELEMENTARY, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HERITAGE PRIMARY.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 6 years. Looking back 6 years, enrollment at HERITAGE PRIMARY has decreased 9%, going from 548 students in 2018 to 496 in 2024. The White share of enrollment declined from 80% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.

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