BOYD ELEM.

Located at 1409 WASHINGTON, in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, BOYD ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus that teaches 347 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of SPRINGFIELD R-XII.

SPRINGFIELD R-XII runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 24,450 students. BOYD ELEM. is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BOYD ELEM. shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BOYD ELEM. has 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 85% of students at BOYD ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Greene County (around 47%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BOYD ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 42.7%, a residual of -7.0 points.

In the broader community, census data for Greene County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which BOYD ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is PIPKIN MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BOYD ELEM. at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 31.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. BOYD ELEM.'s enrollment has climbed 98% since 2018, when it stood at 175 (now 347). White enrollment moved from 65% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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