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Enrollment
595
Elementary
DISTRICT 622 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WENTZVILLE R-IV·NCES 293165003387
JOURNEY ELEMENTARY
2000 INTERSTATE DRIVE, WENTZVILLE, MO 63385 · (636) 445-5190 · St. Charles County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
79 students
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
48.6%
MO avg 49.5% . -25.1pp since 2023
Math
79.8%
MO avg 48.7% . -3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 25 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About JOURNEY ELEMENTARY
JOURNEY ELEMENTARY operates as a heavily attended primary school in WENTZVILLE, Missouri, operated by WENTZVILLE R-IV. Current enrollment sits at 595 students spanning grades K through 5. That puts it 89% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.
Across the 22 schools in WENTZVILLE R-IV (18,469 students total), JOURNEY ELEMENTARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, JOURNEY ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 8% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic, 3% Asian.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 13% of students at JOURNEY ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOURNEY ELEMENTARY performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 63.7%, a residual of +12.7 points.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for St. Charles County indicate the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across St. Charles County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), JOURNEY ELEMENTARY is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WABASH ELEMENTARY, around 1.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JOURNEY ELEMENTARY comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 56.3%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
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St. Charles County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
414,535
Census ACS
Median income
$104,692
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
93
59,314 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WENTZVILLE R-IV
- LIBERTY HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,647 students
- TIMBERLAND HIGHHigh · 1,525 students
- NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,433 students
- FRONTIER MIDDLEMiddle · 1,243 students
- WENTZVILLE SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,068 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,039 students
Other schools in WENTZVILLE
- TIMBERLAND HIGHHigh · 1,525 students
- NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOLHigh · 1,433 students
- WENTZVILLE SOUTH MIDDLEMiddle · 1,068 students
- HERITAGE ELEMENTARYElementary · 1,039 students
- NORTH POINT MIDDLE SCHOOLMiddle · 1,031 students
- EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGHHigh · 1,022 students
Nearby schools
- WABASH ELEMENTARY1.6 mi · 745
- NORTH POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL1.8 mi · 1,031
- WENTZVILLE MIDDLE1.8 mi · 792
- NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL2.0 mi · 1,433
- EMIL E. HOLT SR. HIGH2.0 mi · 1,022
- PEINE RIDGE ELEM.2.4 mi · 548
Frequently asked questions
About JOURNEY ELEMENTARYHow large is JOURNEY ELEMENTARY?
JOURNEY ELEMENTARY enrolls approximately 595 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does JOURNEY ELEMENTARY serve?
JOURNEY ELEMENTARY serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at JOURNEY ELEMENTARY?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at JOURNEY ELEMENTARY.
What is the student diversity at JOURNEY ELEMENTARY?
Student demographics at JOURNEY ELEMENTARY are roughly 78% White, 5% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees JOURNEY ELEMENTARY?
JOURNEY ELEMENTARY is overseen by WENTZVILLE R-IV in St. Charles County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.