ESPY ELEM.

Located at 220 South Gregg Road, in NIXA, Missouri, ESPY ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school that instructs 371 students (grades K through 4), overseen by Nixa Public Schools.

Within Nixa Public Schools, which oversees 11 schools and 6,792 students, ESPY ELEM. is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, ESPY ELEM. logs that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Christian County as a whole is about 91% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting ESPY ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ESPY ELEM. sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.6%; actual is 74.3%, +23.6 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the broader community, census data for Christian County shows median household earnings sit near $83,437, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. ESPY ELEM. is one of 33 public schools in Christian County (combined enrollment of about 16,175 students).

The closest other public school is MATHEWS ELEM., roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ESPY ELEM. ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 61.0%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Five-year trend. ESPY ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 6% since 2018, when it stood at 396 (now 371). White enrollment moved from 83% to 79% across the same window.

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