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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WRIGHT CITY R-II OF WARREN CO.·NCES 293231002265

WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.

100 WILDCAT DR, WRIGHT CITY, MO 63390 · (636) 745-7400 · Warren County
GRADES 02–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL402 STUDENTS
Enrollment
402
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 315
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
187 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 214235%
Grade 313734%
Grade 412331%
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 52% · US 70%
White
29874%
DISTRICT 75% · STATE 67% · US 43%
Hispanic
5814%
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
205%
DISTRICT 4% · STATE 15% · US 15%
Two+
246%
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
10%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
21253%
Female
19047%

School pathway

Students here typically continue to
WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.→WRIGHT CITY MIDDLE→WRIGHT CITY HIGH
Feeds from
WRIGHT CITY EAST ELEMKG–01
Based on grade levels within WRIGHT CITY R-II OF WARREN CO.. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.

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Test scores

MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
44.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -8.6pp since 2021
Math
49.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +2.1pp since 2021

What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 9 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectAdvancedProficientBasicBelow Basic
English Language Arts22.4%21.6%39.5%16.3%
Math23.2%26.5%30.6%19.5%
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.

MAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2544.0%49.7%
2023-2445.8%52.2%
2022-2342.0%50.6%
2021-2252.6%47.6%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 →

Schools most like WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.

WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.'s state test result (46.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. this school40246.5%46.3%
THOMAS J. ULTICAN ELEM.
BLUE SPRINGS
41945.8%43.2%
MURPHY ELEM.
HIGH RIDGE
43348.3%40.5%
CALIFORNIA ELEM.
CALIFORNIA
50446.8%45.0%
Wilckens STEAM Acad @Hillcrest
BELTON
48648.1%43.8%
WILLARD ORCHARD HILLS ELEM
SPRINGFIELD
39445.7%47.7%
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MissouriIn Warren County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
46.3%#387 of 1,002N/A
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
49.7%#344 of 1,019
▼ 51
N/A
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.0%#498 of 1,018
▼ 63
N/A
3-year test score change
ranked biggest drop first
-3.3pp#261 of 943N/A
Enrollment
ranked largest first
402#386 of 1,294#3 of 7
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
12.7:1#432 of 950N/A
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
42.4%#419 of 953N/A
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
46.5%#711 of 1,165#2 of 6
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-24.4%#124 of 684N/A
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
402
-96 (-19%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 505
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 13.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2540231.812.7:147% (187)
2023-2452338.513.6:146% (241)
2022-2351437.813.6:151% (261)
2020-214983713.5:143% (213)
2017-185323415.6:151% (269)
2015-165043315.3:155% (278)
2010-114753115.3:149% (231)
2000-016504215.5:139% (255)
1990-915053414.8:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM..

Since 2017-18: students down 24% (532 to 402); teachers down 7% (34 to 31.8).

About WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.

WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school based in WRIGHT CITY, Missouri. A federal count lists 402 students at the school, in grades 2 through 4. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Missouri is about 315, so this school runs 28% bigger than that.

District-wide, WRIGHT CITY R-II OF WARREN CO. has 5 schools and 1,875 students.

A majority of students at WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM., 74%, are White. Next come 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The county population is about 90% White. The chance that two students picked at random at WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.

A ratio of 12.7:1 comes from the school's 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Missouri average about 12.4:1, a similar figure. The lunch program counts 47% of students at WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.

On a poverty-adjusted basis, WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. falls in the middle 80% of Missouri schools: 46.3% actual against 42.5% predicted.

According to the American Community Survey, in Warren County, median household income is about $81,209, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. is one of 12 public schools in Warren County, which together enroll about 5,045 students.

The nearest public school is WRIGHT CITY MIDDLE, at about 0.1 miles. WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. has 4 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 47.3% proficiency; WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. posts 46.3%.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. had 498 students in 2020-21 and 402 in 2024-25, a 19% decrease.

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Warren County at a glance

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Population
37,177
Census ACS
Median income
$81,209
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
5,045 students

Quick facts

School name
WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.
District
WRIGHT CITY R-II OF WARREN CO.
Address
100 WILDCAT DR, WRIGHT CITY, MO 63390
Phone
(636) 745-7400
County
Warren County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
02–04
Total enrollment
402
Teachers (FTE)
32
Student–teacher ratio
12.7:1
Free and reduced lunch
187 (47%)
Locale
42-Rural: Distant
NCES ID
293231002265
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.
How large is WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.?
WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. enrolls approximately 402 students in grades 02-04.
Is WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades 02-04.
How many teachers does WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. have?
WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM.?
At WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM., the student body is approximately 74% White, 14% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Two or more.
What district is WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. in?
WRIGHT CITY WEST ELEM. is part of WRIGHT CITY R-II OF WARREN CO..
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