WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM.

WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM. is one of the sizable elementary schools in WARRENTON, Missouri, run under WARREN CO. R-III, with 497 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 58% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within WARREN CO. R-III, which oversees 6 schools and 2,981 students, WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (89%). Beyond that, the school reports 4% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Warren County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.2%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Warren County) logs that median household income runs about $81,209, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Warren County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,045 students), of which WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is WARRENTON HIGH, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM. at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. WARRIOR RIDGE ELEM.'s enrollment has declined 5% since 2018, when it stood at 525 (now 497).

On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.