HOLLAND ELEM.

HOLLAND ELEM. is a K-5 school of close-knit scale in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, enrolling 218 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 31% leaner than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

HOLLAND ELEM. is one of 54 schools operated by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, a district that serves 24,450 students overall.

Demographically, HOLLAND ELEM. reports that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school records 14% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at HOLLAND ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Greene County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, HOLLAND ELEM. performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.0%, the actual is 61.4%, a residual of +11.5 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Greene County put median household income runs about $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. HOLLAND ELEM. is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

The closest other public school is COWDEN ELEM., roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOLLAND ELEM.. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOLLAND ELEM. at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOLLAND ELEM. has fell 20%, going from 271 students in 2018 to 218 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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