Summary:
ZIP code 74766 has three public schools in Wright City serving prekindergarten through grade 12: Wright City Elementary School (PK–6), Wright City Junior High School (7–8) and Wright City High School (9–12). Together, they enroll 472 students. The main area-wide concern is that the latest all-grades English Language Arts I and math averages are both below the reported state averages, with the gaps wider than the year before: ELA I was 17% versus 26% statewide, and math was 17% versus 25%.
No single school leads in every subject. High School had the highest 2025–2026 all-grades ELA I result at 25%, 11 points above Junior High’s 14% and 12 above Elementary’s 13%; in math, Elementary led at 25%, 11 points above Junior High and 14 above High School’s 11%. Elementary fourth-grade math is a bright spot: 43% proficient, 10 points above the state result. High School also stands out for outcomes beyond test scores: its 2024–2025 graduation rate was 95%, compared with 78% statewide, and its 2025–2026 chronic absenteeism was 1%, versus 16% statewide. Junior High’s 2024–2025 science result was another standout at 67%, compared with 30% statewide.
Across the schools, the average ELA I result fell from 20% to 17% between 2024–2025 and 2025–2026, while math fell from 20% to 17%; the average gaps from state results widened by 3 points in each subject. Individual results differed: Junior High ELA I rose 1 point, Elementary math held at 25%, while High School ELA I fell 8 points and Junior High math fell 9. SchoolDigger’s ranking percentiles also followed different paths: High School dropped from the 69th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 30th in 2025–2026, while Junior High was at the 83rd percentile in 2024–2025. As context, 2024–2025 free/reduced lunch eligible shares were 63% at High School, 72% at Elementary and 80% at Junior High; student-teacher ratios ranged from 14:1 to 15.5:1. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades results are broad comparisons rather than grade-for-grade measures.
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