Public schools in O'fallon, MO

O'fallon has 18 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 2 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 12,504 students. They are run by 2 districts and agencies; Fort Zumwalt School District runs 14 of them.

The 2 districts and agencies that run O'fallon's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in O'fallonDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Fort Zumwalt School District1417,060$13,648
Wentzville R-Iv School District417,997$12,463

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

2 high schools in O'fallon, 3,181 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ft. Zumwalt West High1,64314.313.4%Fort Zumwalt
Ft. Zumwalt North High1,53814.811.7%Fort Zumwalt

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

3 middle schools in O'fallon, 3,376 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Frontier Middle1,24314.59.3%Wentzville R-Iv
Ft. Zuwmalt West Middle1,11412.218.4%Fort Zumwalt
Ft. Zumwalt North Middle1,01913.815.3%Fort Zumwalt

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

12 elementary schools in O'fallon, 5,591 students

The other 2 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Ostmann Elementary36212.27.5%Fort Zumwalt
Emge Elementary34812.910.3%Fort Zumwalt

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

One other school in O'fallon, 356 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Barfield Early Childhood Cntr35610.818.3%Wentzville R-Iv

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How O'fallon's public schools compare with Missouri's

The median O'fallon school has 12.9 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Missouri median of 12.5. 5.6% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 48% across the state. Its median school enrolls 467 students (state 317).

O'fallon against Missouri, schools open in 2024-25 with students
O'fallonMissouri
Median students per teacher12.912.5
Median school size (students)467317
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)5.6%48%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)0%22%
Charter schools0%3.4%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 18 O'fallon schools and the 2,294 Missouri schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in O'fallon

  1. Fort Zumwalt School DistrictRuns 14 of O'fallon's 18 public schools and spent $13,648 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$13,648
  2. Ft. Zumwalt West High, the largest high school in O'fallon1,643 students in 2024-25, 14.3 per teacher.1,643
  3. Compare Fort Zumwalt School District with Wentzville R-Iv School DistrictO'fallon's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in MissouriMissouri's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for an O'fallon addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Missouri

  1. St Louis193 schools
  2. Kansas City151 schools
  3. Springfield60 schools
  4. Independence36 schools
  5. Columbia35 schools
  6. St Charles32 schools
  7. Lee's Summit30 schools
  8. Florissant29 schools

Questions about schools in O'fallon

  1. How many public schools are in O'fallon, MO?
    18 public schools with an address in O'fallon were open in 2024-25: 2 high, 3 middle, 12 elementary, 1 other, enrolling 12,504 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in O'fallon?
    Ft. Zumwalt West High, with 1,643 students in 2024-25 (Fort Zumwalt School District).
  3. Which districts run O'fallon's schools?
    Fort Zumwalt School District (14 schools), Wentzville R-Iv School District (4 schools). A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25