DATEMA HOUSE

Set in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, DATEMA HOUSE is an one-room-style secondary school, part of DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE. It hosts 10 students across grades 5 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 98% smaller than the state mean of about 501.

Across the 26 schools in DIVISION OF YOUTH SERVICE (496 students total), DATEMA HOUSE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DATEMA HOUSE shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). The remainder consists of 10% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DATEMA HOUSE records 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.0:1. The state averages around 12.2:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at DATEMA HOUSE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Greene County put median household income runs about $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), DATEMA HOUSE is one campus in the mix.

JARRETT MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DATEMA HOUSE.

DATEMA HOUSE operates from an urban location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DATEMA HOUSE has expanded 67%, going from 6 students in 2018 to 10 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 100% to 90%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 6.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 today.

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