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Wentzville, Missouri - 22 schools
An equity score of 26/100 ranks Wentzville R-Iv #384 of 432 districts in Missouri (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,959 per pupil, Wentzville R-Iv ranks #274 of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending (Missouri districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
17,997
Total Enrollment
22
Schools
$11,959
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, High
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Wentzville R-Iv operates 22 public schools serving 17,997 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Missouri. The school portfolio breaks down into 13 elementary, 4 high, 4 middle, 1 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in St. Charles County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,959 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 549 Missouri districts by per-pupil spending. See how Missouri compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 60.1% local, 34.4% state, and 5.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 26/100, ranked #384 of 432 in Missouri against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 4 of 22 schools offering Advanced Placement (105 AP courses district-wide), a 381.3:1 student-counselor ratio, well above the ASCA benchmark though still under the roughly 408:1 national average, and 20.8% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 74.5% White, 8.2% African American, 6.0% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Barfield Early Childhood Cntr, with a diversity index of 57.5/100.
Its largest campus is Liberty High School, enrolling 1,647 students (9% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Barfield Early Childhood Cntr, at 356 students, a 5x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Wentzville R-Iv school enrollment varies 4.6× across entities
Wentzville R-Iv school enrollment ranges from 356 students (lowest) to 1,647 students (highest), a spread of 1,291 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous campus portfolio, most districts have a wider mix of school sizes. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Wentzville R-Iv student-counselor ratio is 381:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Wentzville R-Iv chronic absenteeism rate is 20.8% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Wentzville R-Iv is typically wider than the Wentzville R-Iv-aggregate figure suggests.