NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL

Set in WENTZVILLE, Missouri, NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL is a large secondary school, part of WENTZVILLE R-IV. It instructs 1,433 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 186% bigger than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

WENTZVILLE R-IV comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 18,469 students; NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL is among them.

Demographically, NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL records that nearly all students (82%) are White. The remainder looks like 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with St. Charles County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL has 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 12% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 51.0%; this one delivers 87.8%, a residual of +36.7 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for St. Charles County put the typical household earns roughly $104,692 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across St. Charles County's 93 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students), NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NORTH POINT MIDDLE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH POINT HIGH SCHOOL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 52.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

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