Enrollment
347
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD R-XII·NCES 292886001784
BOYD ELEM.
1409 WASHINGTON, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65802 · (417) 523-1500 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL347 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
296 students
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 54%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 38 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 52% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
31.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +7.4pp since 2021
Math
23.1%
MO avg 43.8% . +4.9pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 9.6% | 21.4% | 36.2% | 32.5% |
| Math | 5.2% | 17.9% | 28.3% | 48.5% |
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 23.1% |
| 2023-24 | 32.1% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.8% | 20.9% |
| 2021-22 | 23.6% | 18.2% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
21.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
27.9%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Missouri's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like BOYD ELEM.
BOYD ELEM.'s state test result (21.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYD ELEM. this school | 347 | 85.3% | 21.0% |
| FREMONT ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 360 | 82.5% | 30.2% |
| WILLIAMS ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 412 | 84.7% | 25.0% |
| WESTPORT ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 351 | 80.6% | 14.6% |
| BOWERMAN ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 275 | 88.7% | 23.5% |
| MCGREGOR ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 286 | 86.0% | 19.5% |
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where BOYD ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #868 of 1,002 | #47 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.1% | #841 of 1,019 ▲ 101 | #43 of 49 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #779 of 1,018 ▼ 14 | #41 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.2pp | #237 of 943 | #14 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 347 | #551 of 1,294 | #27 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #909 of 950 | #42 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #135 of 953 | #4 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.3% | #248 of 1,165 | #6 of 56 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
347
+228 (+192%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 213
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 347 | 21 | 16.5:1 | 85% (296) |
| 2023-24 | 219 | 17.5 | 12.5:1 | 83% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 175 | 18.5 | 9.5:1 | 78% (136) |
| 2020-21 | 119 | 9 | 13.2:1 | 82% (97) |
| 2017-18 | 175 | 15.7 | 11.1:1 | 83% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 204 | 16 | 12.8:1 | 80% (163) |
| 2010-11 | 215 | 16 | 13.4:1 | 76% (163) |
| 2000-01 | 177 | 13 | 13.6:1 | 82% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 213 | 15 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for BOYD ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 98% (175 to 347); teachers up 33% (15.7 to 21).
About BOYD ELEM.
BOYD ELEM. operates as a mid-sized elementary school in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. The school enrolls 347 students in pre-K through 5.
SPRINGFIELD R-XII runs 54 schools with a combined 24,450 students. BOYD ELEM. is one of them.
More than half of enrollment at BOYD ELEM. is White: 53%. Enrollment also includes 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. The school's White share is 33 points below the 86% share among Greene County residents. The diversity index for BOYD ELEM. is 63%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 16.5 students per teacher. The gap from the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is 4.1 students per teacher. Roughly 85% of students at BOYD ELEM. can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Greene County, the school's rate is higher.
BOYD ELEM. is 6.9 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (21.0% versus 27.9%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Missouri.
The school is in Greene County, where median household income comes to about $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. Greene County's 97 public schools enroll about 42,423 students and include BOYD ELEM..
PIPKIN MIDDLE, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, BOYD ELEM. is 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put BOYD ELEM. inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
BOYD ELEM. reported 119 students in 2020-21 and 347 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 13.2:1 in 2020-21 to 16.5:1 in 2024-25.
BOYD ELEM. has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
303,375
Census ACS
Median income
$61,479
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
97
42,423 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII
- KICKAPOO HIGHHigh · 1,923 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,428 students
- GLENDALE HIGHHigh · 1,357 students
- PARKVIEW HIGHHigh · 1,182 students
- HILLCREST HIGHHigh · 1,065 students
- MOCAP Attendance CenterCombined · 993 students
Other schools in SPRINGFIELD
- MOCA-SCombined · 2,345 students
- KICKAPOO HIGHHigh · 1,923 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,428 students
- GLENDALE HIGHHigh · 1,357 students
- PARKVIEW HIGHHigh · 1,182 students
- HILLCREST HIGHHigh · 1,065 students
Other BOYD Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named BOYD Elementary. BOYD ELEM. is the 4th largest of the 6.
- BOYD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLOMAHA, NE · 547 students
- Boyd Elementary SchoolBOYD, TX · 541 students
- Boyd Elementary SchoolJackson, MS · 424 students
- Boyd Elementary SchoolGreenville, MS · 298 students
- Boyd ElementaryBoyd, WI · 68 students
Nearby schools
- PIPKIN MIDDLE0.4 mi · 359
- CENTRAL HIGH0.4 mi · 1,428
- WEAVER ELEM.0.8 mi · 264
- REED MIDDLE0.8 mi · 561
- MOCAP Attendance Center0.9 mi · 993
- WELLER ELEM.1.1 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About BOYD ELEM.What is the total enrollment at BOYD ELEM.?
BOYD ELEM. enrolls approximately 347 students in grades PK-05.
Is BOYD ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
BOYD ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does BOYD ELEM. have?
BOYD ELEM. employs 21 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at BOYD ELEM.?
Student demographics at BOYD ELEM. are roughly 53% White, 13% Hispanic, 25% Black, 9% Two or more.
What district is BOYD ELEM. in?
BOYD ELEM. is part of SPRINGFIELD R-XII.
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