HORACE MANN ELEM.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 67 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 17% |
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 57 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 44 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 24 points.
MO DVT (Growth) results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 49.2% | 56.9% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 80.8% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% 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%.
Where HORACE MANN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #147 of 968 | #11 of 47 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #395 of 974 | #23 of 47 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.2% | #523 of 974 | #30 of 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 378 | #462 of 1,294 | #20 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #726 of 950 | #27 of 46 |
| Racial diversity ranked most diverse first | Largest group 66.1% | #298 of 953 | #19 of 46 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.6% | #604 of 684 | #24 of 30 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 378 | 26.5 | 14.3:1 | 61% (231) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 70% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 398 | 28 | 14.2:1 | 64% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 392 | 24.9 | 15.8:1 | 50% (196) |
About HORACE MANN ELEM.
HORACE MANN ELEM. serves students in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, as a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 378 students.
SPRINGFIELD R-XII operates 54 schools. Combined enrollment is 24,450 students.
More than half of the students at HORACE MANN ELEM. are White (66%). The rest of enrollment is 13% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 5% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Greene County's population at about 86%.
A staff of 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.3:1. Compared with the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri, this school's ratio is higher. By family income, 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Greene County, the average eligibility rate is 47%.
HORACE MANN ELEM. sits between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 65.9% and a predicted 50.1%.
Greene County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $61,479 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Greene County number 97, with about 42,423 students.
The closest school to HORACE MANN ELEM. is KICKAPOO HIGH, located about 0.9 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, HORACE MANN ELEM. is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
NCES assigns HORACE MANN ELEM. the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased by 4% across 7 years, from 392 in 2017-18 to 378 in 2024-25. White enrollment as a share of the school dropped from 79% to 66%. The ratio was 15.8:1 in 2017-18 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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