BOWERMAN ELEM.

BOWERMAN ELEM. is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, operated by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, with 275 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

SPRINGFIELD R-XII comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 24,450 students; BOWERMAN ELEM. is among them.

In terms of who attends, BOWERMAN ELEM. shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 18% Black, 11% multiracial, 9% Hispanic. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 12.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOWERMAN ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.6%, the actual is 33.3%, a residual of -16.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Greene County indicate the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which BOWERMAN ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is REED MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOWERMAN ELEM. at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 39.6%.

BOWERMAN ELEM. operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BOWERMAN ELEM. has ticked up 4%, going from 264 students in 2018 to 275 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 62% across the same window.

On allk12, members of the BOWERMAN ELEM. community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.