COMMUNITY LEARNING CTR.

COMMUNITY LEARNING CTR. is an one-room-style high school in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, part of DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE. The school works with 9 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 98% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 501 students.

Within DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE, which oversees 26 schools and 496 students, COMMUNITY LEARNING CTR. is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, COMMUNITY LEARNING CTR. logs that White students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 22% Black, 11% multiracial. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 4.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.2:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, 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 meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Greene County shows 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%. COMMUNITY LEARNING CTR. is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

WILSON CREEK GROUP HOME is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at COMMUNITY LEARNING CTR. has edged down 18%, going from 11 students in 2018 to 9 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 91% to 67%. Class-load math has fell: from 5.5:1 in 2018 to 4.5:1 in 2025.

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