HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE

Set in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE is a middle-of-the-pack middle school, overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII. It educates 456 students across grades 6 through 8.

SPRINGFIELD R-XII comprises 54 schools with combined enrollment of 24,450 students; HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE logs that White students make up the majority at 77%. The remainder consists of 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages around 13.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 64.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Greene County reports that 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. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE is one.

HICKORY HILLS ELEM. 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 MIDDLE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 48.4%.

HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HICKORY HILLS MIDDLE has shrank 6%, going from 487 students in 2018 to 456 in 2025.

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