NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Fenton, MO

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

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7
Schools
3,873
Students
48.9/100
Avg Resource Index
13.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Broad resource and staffing advantage

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fenton has more public-school enrollment than 42% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fenton 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

5 of Fenton's 7 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 1 middle and 1 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 20-point gap between Bowles Elem. and Rockwood Summit Sr. High shows the range hidden by Fenton'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 58%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
84th percentile
Teacher staffing
73rd percentile

Rockwood Summit Sr. High accounts for 30.8% of all Fenton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Fenton-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

Fenton school enrollment varies 4.5× across entities

Fenton school enrollment ranges from 266 students (lowest) to 1,194 students (highest), a spread of 928 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

Fenton student-teacher ratio is 13.5:1 — 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. Bowles Elem. 56
2. Stanton Elem. 55
3. Kellison Elem. 52
4. Rockwood South Middle 50
5. Uthoff Valley Elem. 49
6. George Guffey Elem. 44
7. Rockwood Summit Sr. High 36

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fenton

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 George Guffey Elem. 45.3/100
  2. 2 Rockwood Summit Sr. High 32.7/100
  3. 3 Bowles Elem. 32.4/100
  4. 4 Uthoff Valley Elem. 30.4/100
  5. 5 Stanton Elem. 30.1/100

What do families ask about schools in Fenton?

Which Fenton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bowles Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fenton schools in this federal-data comparison at 56/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fenton, MO? ▼

Fenton has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,873 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 13.5:1.

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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.