DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 77 | 21% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 68 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 33% larger than its 4th grade class (48).
School pathway
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedWhat this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 33.6% | 33.6% | 19.0% | 13.6% |
| Math | 27.2% | 39.0% | 20.9% | 12.7% |
MAP results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.2% | 66.2% |
| 2023-24 | 70.7% | 64.5% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 53.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.2% | 57.6% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 43% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Missouri's top 10%.
Schools most like DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY
DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY's state test result (66.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY this school | 371 | 44.5% | 66.0% |
| WILDER ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 326 | 39.6% | 50.3% |
| FORDER ELEM. ST LOUIS | 397 | 45.6% | 38.0% |
| ELLISON ELEM. ST JOSEPH | 343 | 38.2% | 62.2% |
| GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. FENTON | 523 | 38.6% | 58.6% |
| FIELD ELEM. ST JOSEPH | 336 | 52.4% | 57.5% |
Where DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #74 of 1,002 | #2 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.2% | #89 of 1,019 ▲ 8 | #5 of 49 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #71 of 1,018 ▼ 34 | #2 of 49 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.8pp | #400 of 943 | #22 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 371 | #475 of 1,294 | #21 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #923 of 950 | #43 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.6% | #337 of 953 | #21 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.5% | #746 of 1,165 | #37 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.1% | #233 of 251 | #15 of 15 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 371 | 21.5 | 17.3:1 | 44% (165) |
| 2023-24 | 339 | 22.5 | 15.1:1 | 46% (155) |
| 2022-23 | 288 | 21.1 | 13.7:1 | 37% (107) |
| 2020-21 | 288 | 16 | 18.0:1 | 40% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 367 | 22.3 | 16.5:1 | 40% (146) |
| 2015-16 | 393 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 32% (127) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 23 | 16.7:1 | 32% (124) |
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (367 to 371); teachers down 4% (22.3 to 21.5).
About DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY
Federal records list DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY as an elementary school in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. The school covers pre-K through 4 and reported 371 students in 2024-25.
The district for DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY is SPRINGFIELD R-XII, with 54 schools and 24,450 students.
Of every 100 students at DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY, about 69 are White. The rest of enrollment is 10% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. Among all residents of Greene County, the White share is about 86%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 50%.
The school's 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1. Income data for the school show 44% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY beats its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 22.7 points (66.0% versus 43.2%), a top-10% result in Missouri on BeatsExpectations.
American Community Survey estimates for Greene County show that median household income comes to about $61,479, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Greene County counts 97 public schools with about 42,423 students.
DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY's nearest public school is MCBRIDE ELEM. (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY is 2nd on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 29%.
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