BINGHAM ELEM.

As a mid-sized primary school in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, BINGHAM ELEM. serves 429 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within SPRINGFIELD R-XII. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so BINGHAM ELEM. sits 36% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 54 schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII (24,450 students total), BINGHAM ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BINGHAM ELEM. shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school lists 12% Black, 12% multiracial, 12% Hispanic. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, BINGHAM ELEM. reports 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 5.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting BINGHAM ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at BINGHAM ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BINGHAM ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 56.3%.

In the broader community, census data for Greene County shows median household income runs about $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BINGHAM ELEM. is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

The closest other public school is ROUNTREE ELEM., roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BINGHAM ELEM. ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BINGHAM ELEM. has remained close to its prior level, going from 436 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 78% to 62% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 7.6:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.