Public schools in Wentzville, MO

Wentzville has 15 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 3 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 12,182 students. They are run by 3 districts and agencies; Wentzville R-Iv School District runs 13 of them.

The 3 districts and agencies that run Wentzville's public schools

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

DistrictSchools in WentzvilleDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Wentzville R-Iv School District1317,997$12,463
Francis Howell School District117,124$12,462
Fort Zumwalt School District117,060$13,648

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.

3 high schools in Wentzville, 3,980 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Timberland High1,52515.512.3%Wentzville R-Iv
North Point High School1,43317.59.9%Wentzville R-Iv
Emil E. Holt Senior High1,02213.315.8%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.

3 middle schools in Wentzville, 2,891 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Wentzville South Middle1,06814.014.1%Wentzville R-Iv
North Point Middle School1,03115.311.4%Wentzville R-Iv
Wentzville Middle79212.718.7%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.

9 elementary schools in Wentzville, 5,311 students

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 Wentzville's public schools compare with Missouri's

The median Wentzville school has 12.7 students per full-time teacher, about the same as the Missouri median of 12.5. 15% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 48% across the state. Its median school enrolls 745 students (state 317).

Wentzville against Missouri, schools open in 2024-25 with students
WentzvilleMissouri
Median students per teacher12.712.5
Median school size (students)745317
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)15%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 15 Wentzville 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 Wentzville

  1. Wentzville R-Iv School DistrictRuns 13 of Wentzville's 15 public schools and spent $12,463 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$12,463
  2. Timberland High, the largest high school in Wentzville1,525 students in 2024-25, 15.5 per teacher.1,525
  3. Compare Wentzville R-Iv School District with Francis Howell School DistrictWentzville'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 a Wentzville 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 Wentzville

  1. How many public schools are in Wentzville, MO?
    15 public schools with an address in Wentzville were open in 2024-25: 3 high, 3 middle, 9 elementary, enrolling 12,182 students.
  2. What is the largest high school in Wentzville?
    Timberland High, with 1,525 students in 2024-25 (Wentzville R-Iv School District).
  3. Which districts run Wentzville's schools?
    Wentzville R-Iv School District (13 schools), Francis Howell School District (1 school), Fort Zumwalt School District (1 school). 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