Enrollment
340
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD R-XII·NCES 292886001797
HICKORY HILLS ELEM.
4650 E. STATE HWY YY, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65802 · (417) 523-7100 · Greene County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL340 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
88 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
30.9%
MO avg 49.5% . -49.8pp since 2023
Math
25.3%
MO avg 48.7% . -23.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 50 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 24 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
340
-86 (-20%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.9:1
was 18.1:1
% White
81%
was 84%
% Hispanic
6%
was 8%
% Black
2%
was 1%
% Asian
5%
was 5%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HICKORY HILLS ELEM.
Set in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, HICKORY HILLS ELEM. is a reasonably sized K-5 school, run under SPRINGFIELD R-XII. It educates 340 students across grades K through 5.
SPRINGFIELD R-XII runs 54 schools in total, collectively educating 24,450 students. HICKORY HILLS ELEM. is one of those campuses.
Demographically, HICKORY HILLS ELEM. shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Other groups include 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, 2% Black.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HICKORY HILLS ELEM. has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Greene County's rate of about 47%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HICKORY HILLS ELEM. sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 44.4%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Greene County) reports that median household earnings sit near $61,479, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, 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), HICKORY HILLS ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HICKORY HILLS ELEM.. On composite proficiency, HICKORY HILLS ELEM. comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 51.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Trend over the last 7 years. HICKORY HILLS ELEM.'s enrollment has contracted 20% since 2018, when it stood at 426 (now 340).
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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
- HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE0.0 mi · 456
- SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR2.4 mi · 155
- PITTMAN ELEM.3.2 mi · 235
- BINGHAM ELEM.3.4 mi · 429
- GREENE VALLEY SCHOOL3.8 mi · 35
- WELLER ELEM.3.9 mi · 292
Frequently asked questions
About HICKORY HILLS ELEM.How large is HICKORY HILLS ELEM.?
HICKORY HILLS ELEM. enrolls approximately 340 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does HICKORY HILLS ELEM. serve?
HICKORY HILLS ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does HICKORY HILLS ELEM. have?
HICKORY HILLS ELEM. employs 19 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.9:1.
How diverse is HICKORY HILLS ELEM.?
HICKORY HILLS ELEM. reports a student body of 81% White, 6% Hispanic, 2% Black, 5% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees HICKORY HILLS ELEM.?
HICKORY HILLS ELEM. is overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII in Greene County.
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