WEST PLATTE HIGH

As a close-knit 9-12 campus in WESTON, Missouri, WEST PLATTE HIGH teaches 221 students from grades 9 through 12, part of WEST PLATTE CO. R-II. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 501 students each, so WEST PLATTE HIGH sits 56% leaner than that benchmark.

Within WEST PLATTE CO. R-II, which oversees 3 schools and 745 students, WEST PLATTE HIGH is one campus in the system.

Demographically, WEST PLATTE HIGH shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (87%). The remainder looks like 6% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Platte County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WEST PLATTE HIGH has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.2:1, putting WEST PLATTE HIGH tighter than the state norm the norm. About 14% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Platte County's rate of about 27%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST PLATTE HIGH performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.0%, the actual is 68.1%, a residual of +17.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Platte County shows median household income runs about $96,227, 47% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Platte County's 37 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,612 students), WEST PLATTE HIGH is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WEST PLATTE MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST PLATTE HIGH at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 53.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WEST PLATTE HIGH has edged down 18%, going from 269 students in 2018 to 221 in 2025. Class-load math has widened: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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