NCES CCD 2024-25 10 schools MO

Best-Resourced Schools in Fulton, MO

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

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10
Schools
2,362
Students
44.9/100
Avg Resource Index
11:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Fulton has more public-school enrollment than 18% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Fulton is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

A full K–12 ladder sits inside the city boundary

Fulton's list includes 4 elementary, 2 middle, and 2 high-school campuses, plus 2 combined-grade records. The city average spans every major grade stage, so the ranked table is more informative when read within level than as one interchangeable queue.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Fulton lists only 10 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 13 to 659 students, a 51-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 82%
School count
Top 41%
Resource Index average
70th percentile
Teacher staffing
95th percentile

Fulton Sr. High accounts for 27.9% of all Fulton public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Fulton-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

Fulton school enrollment varies 51× across entities

Fulton school enrollment ranges from 13 students (lowest) to 659 students (highest), a spread of 646 students. That ratio is among the widest observed and reflects extreme heterogeneity inside a single city, with small specialty programs listed alongside large comprehensive campuses. 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

Fulton student-teacher ratio is 11.0:1 — 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. Bartley Elem. 63
2. Mcintire Elem. 54
3. Fulton Middle 52
4. Wheeler Middle 52
5. Bush Elem. 49
6. Fulton Treatment Ctr. 45
7. Fulton Sr. High 42
8. Wheeler High 40
9. Stark Elem. 37
10. Fulton Early Childhood Cntr 15

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Fulton

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 Wheeler High 61.5/100
  2. 2 Fulton Treatment Ctr. 55.9/100
  3. 3 Mcintire Elem. 54.1/100
  4. 4 Fulton Early Childhood Cntr 51.5/100
  5. 5 Bush Elem. 50.5/100

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Which Fulton school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Bartley Elem. has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Fulton schools in this federal-data comparison at 63/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Fulton, MO? ▼

Fulton has 10 public schools with a total enrollment of 2,362 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11:1.

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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.