PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM.

As a sizable elementary campus in O'FALLON, Missouri, PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. teaches 696 students from grades K through 5, run under WENTZVILLE R-IV. Enrollment runs roughly 121% bigger than the state mean of about 315.

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

Looking at the student body, PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 7% Black, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. logs 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. Around 25% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 56.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (St. Charles County) reports that median household income runs about $104,692, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. is one of 93 public schools in St. Charles County (combined enrollment of about 59,314 students).

The closest other public school is BARFIELD EARLY CHILDHOOD CNTR, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PRAIRIE VIEW ELEM. comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 57.8%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 663 students in 2018 compared to 696 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 76% to 67% over that span.

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