DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY

DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, operated by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, with 371 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.

SPRINGFIELD R-XII comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 24,450 students; DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY is among them.

On demographics, DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY reports that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% Black. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.4%; actual is 90.0%, +39.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, Greene County reports that median household income runs about $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY is one.

MCBRIDE ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 59.5%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 367 students in 2018 compared to 371 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 74% to 69% over that span.

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