NCES CCD 2024-25 13 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Chesterfield, MO

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13 public K-12 schools in Chesterfield from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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13
Schools
8,948
Students
48.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.6:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Chesterfield has more public-school enrollment than 77% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Chesterfield lands in the upper national tier on both the average Resource Investment Index and teacher staffing intensity. Those measures come from different inputs: the index combines reported counselors, gifted access, attendance, and staffing, while the staffing percentile compares the city's student-teacher ratio directly. Agreement across both measures is stronger evidence of broad reported capacity than either score alone, though neither is a test-score rating or a guarantee about an individual classroom.

The school portfolio is elementary-weighted

7 of Chesterfield's 13 listed schools are elementary campuses. That composition means citywide enrollment and staffing averages are influenced more by early-grade operating patterns than by the city's 2 middle and 2 high-school records. Families comparing later grades should rely on those individual rows rather than the all-school mean.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 41-point gap between Green Trails Elem. and Rockwood Ctr. Early Child. Ed. shows the range hidden by Chesterfield's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 23%
School count
Top 28%
Resource Index average
84th percentile
Teacher staffing
72nd percentile

Marquette Sr. High accounts for 23.4% of all Chesterfield public-school enrollment

That concentration means Chesterfield-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chesterfield school enrollment varies 6.1× across entities

Chesterfield school enrollment ranges from 342 students (lowest) to 2,095 students (highest), a spread of 1,753 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Chesterfield student-teacher ratio is 13.6:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Green Trails Elem. 64
2. River Bend Elem. 63
3. Shenandoah Valley Elem. 62
4. Highcroft Ridge Elem. 60
5. Central Middle 56
6. West Middle 54
7. Central High 53
8. Kehrs Mill Elem. 47
9. Wild Horse Elem. 47
10. Chesterfield Elem. 39
11. Marquette Sr. High 37
12. Early Childhood 31
13. Rockwood Ctr. Early Child. Ed. 23

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Chesterfield

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 River Bend Elem. 64.7/100
  2. 2 Central High 64.6/100
  3. 3 Wild Horse Elem. 63.6/100
  4. 4 Shenandoah Valley Elem. 62.1/100
  5. 5 Central Middle 61.7/100

What do families ask about schools in Chesterfield?

Which Chesterfield school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Green Trails Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Chesterfield schools in this federal-data comparison at 64/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Chesterfield, MO? ▼

Chesterfield has 13 public schools with a total enrollment of 8,948 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.6:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.