Enrollment
273
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD R-XII·NCES 292886001789
COWDEN ELEM.
2927 S KIMBROUGH, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807 · (417) 523-3500 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL273 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
164 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 | 20 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 32 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 38 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 49 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (32) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
58%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
44.7%
MO avg 44.9% . +1.2pp since 2021
Math
35.0%
MO avg 43.8% . -2.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 1 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 21.5% | 23.2% | 31.0% | 24.1% |
| Math | 9.4% | 25.6% | 33.3% | 31.6% |
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 | 44.7% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 42.3% |
| 2022-23 | 43.7% | 34.8% |
| 2021-22 | 43.5% | 37.6% |
% 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
40.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 COWDEN ELEM.
COWDEN ELEM.'s state test result (40.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWDEN ELEM. this school | 273 | 60.1% | 40.1% |
| HORACE MANN ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 378 | 61.1% | 40.7% |
| FIELD ELEM. ST JOSEPH | 336 | 52.4% | 57.5% |
| ROUNTREE ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 210 | 51.9% | 37.5% |
| RAVENWOOD ELEMENTARY KANSAS CITY | 317 | 56.5% | 39.6% |
| ADAH FULBRIGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD SPRINGFIELD | 189 | 54.5% | N/A |
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 COWDEN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.1% | #526 of 1,002 | #26 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #675 of 1,019 ▼ 176 | #33 of 49 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.7% | #478 of 1,018 ▼ 37 | #30 of 49 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.7pp | #361 of 943 | #18 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 273 | #773 of 1,294 | #39 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #683 of 950 | #25 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.5% | #227 of 953 | #11 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.1% | #457 of 1,165 | #24 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.9% | #394 of 684 | #15 of 30 |
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
273
+26 (+11%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 308
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 273 | 19.5 | 14.0:1 | 60% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 269 | 21.5 | 12.5:1 | 67% (180) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 19.5 | 14.1:1 | 62% (171) |
| 2020-21 | 247 | 18 | 13.7:1 | 65% (160) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 21.2 | 14.6:1 | 69% (213) |
| 2015-16 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 67% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 270 | 22 | 12.3:1 | 64% (172) |
| 2000-01 | 306 | 19 | 16.1:1 | 35% (108) |
| 1990-91 | 308 | 17 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for COWDEN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (310 to 273); teachers down 8% (21.2 to 19.5).
About COWDEN ELEM.
COWDEN ELEM. is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. The school counts 273 students across pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 54 schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII, with 24,450 students enrolled.
A majority of students at COWDEN ELEM., 62%, are White. The remaining shares are 14% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian, and 6% Black. Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school's share is lower. The chance that two students picked at random at COWDEN ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 58%.
With 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at COWDEN ELEM. was 14.0:1. The 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri is lower than this school's figure. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 60%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Greene County is 47%.
COWDEN ELEM. posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.1%, compared with a predicted 37.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations.
Greene County has these Census figures: median household income is about $61,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Greene County number 97 and enroll about 42,423.
The closest other public school is HOLLAND ELEM., about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. COWDEN ELEM. ranks 8th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.1% against a local average of 54.2%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
The number of students climbed from 247 to 273 over 4 years.
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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
Nearby schools
- HOLLAND ELEM.0.7 mi · 218
- KICKAPOO HIGH1.0 mi · 1,923
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.1.3 mi · 356
- SUNSHINE ELEM.1.5 mi · 353
- HORACE MANN ELEM.1.5 mi · 378
- FIELD ELEM.1.7 mi · 401
Frequently asked questions
About COWDEN ELEM.How large is COWDEN ELEM.?
COWDEN ELEM. enrolls approximately 273 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does COWDEN ELEM. serve?
COWDEN ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at COWDEN ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at COWDEN ELEM. is approximately 14.0:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at COWDEN ELEM.?
At COWDEN ELEM., the student body is approximately 62% White, 14% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 10% Two or more.
Who oversees COWDEN ELEM.?
COWDEN ELEM. is overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII in Greene County.
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