Class sizes ranged from 20 students per class in grade one to 26 students per class in grade three. Because of a sizeable foreign student population at Central Missouri State University and the proximity of Whiteman Air Force Base, the Warrensburg School District is culturally diverse, with many nationalities and religions represented in the student body. Twenty of the twenty-eight teachers have more than five years experience in the Warrensburg School District. The reading programs stress comprehension, decoding strategies, reference skills, and writing through a variety of reading materials within a print-rich environment. The curriculum in mathematics, science and social studies involves understanding of broad concepts as well as learning necessary facts.
Children receive instruction in physical education daily, and in art and music each twice weekly.
A full range of support services is available to children with special needs. Services are provided through the school or contracted as needed in the areas of speech and language, learning disabilities, educable mentally retarded, behavior disorders, counseling, remedial reading and mathematics, hearing impaired, visually impaired, and other health concerns. An Educate America grant has enabled the development of a multi-age pilot project in grades one through three, where students work on specific projects each quarter in a mixed age setting. This group of students will remain with the same team of teachers through grade three. The purpose of the project is to allow teachers, students and their families to become better acquainted over the three-year time period, to promote greater academic gains, and to assist children in developing interpersonal skills beneficial to future academic and career pursuits.