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HORACE MANN ELEM.

3745 S BROADWAY, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807 · (417) 523-4400 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL378 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 53% of Missouri public elementary schools
  • B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
  • BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
  • B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.

Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools

Enrollment
378
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
231 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, 2024-25

GradeStudentsShare
Kindergarten6016%
Grade 15314%
Grade 26718%
Grade 37019%
Grade 46216%
Grade 56617%

This year's kindergarten class (60) is 9% smaller than its 5th grade class (66).

Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 52% · US 70%
White
25066%
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 67% · US 43%
Hispanic
5013%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 9% · US 30%
Black
185%
DISTRICT 9% · STATE 15% · US 15%
Asian
226%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 2% · US 6%
Two+
349%
DISTRICT 8% · STATE 6% · US 5%
Native American
21%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 1%
Pacific Islander
21%
DISTRICT 0% · STATE 0% · US 0%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
20454%
Female
17446%

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Test scores

MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + Advanced
English Language Arts
44.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +5.2pp since 2021
Math
30.9%
MO avg 43.8% . -1.0pp since 2021

What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are up about 5 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 1 points.

Performance levels, 2024-25

SubjectAdvancedProficientBasicBelow Basic
English Language Arts13.7%30.4%32.7%22.9%
Math9.1%21.8%32.7%36.2%
Share of tested students at each MAP level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.

MAP results by year

School yearEnglish Language ArtsMath
2024-2544.1%30.9%
2023-2451.1%39.6%
2022-2334.8%33.2%
2021-2238.9%31.9%
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.0%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 →

Schools most like HORACE MANN ELEM.

HORACE MANN ELEM.'s state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
HORACE MANN ELEM. this school37861.1%40.7%
COWDEN ELEM.
SPRINGFIELD
27360.1%40.1%
FIELD ELEM.
ST JOSEPH
33652.4%57.5%
SHERWOOD ELEM.
SPRINGFIELD
39658.8%38.8%
SOARING HEIGHTS ELEM.
JOPLIN
39567.3%33.6%
JEFFRIES ELEM.
SPRINGFIELD
40564.9%38.5%
Matched among Missouri elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.

Where HORACE MANN ELEM. ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn MissouriIn Greene County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
40.7%#512 of 1,002#25 of 49
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
30.9%#742 of 1,019
▼ 185
#36 of 49
▼ 10
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
44.1%#496 of 1,018
▼ 181
#32 of 49
▼ 13
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+2.1pp#435 of 943#24 of 48
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
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
53.1%#284 of 953#19 of 46
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
61.1%#434 of 1,165#22 of 56
Enrollment change since 2017-18
ranked steepest decline first
-3.6%#604 of 684#24 of 30
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.

4-year change

SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
378
+22 (+6%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 17.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2537826.514.3:161% (231)
2023-243842813.7:170% (267)
2022-233982814.2:164% (253)
2020-213562017.8:157% (202)
2017-1839224.915.8:150% (196)
2015-163962515.8:146% (183)
2010-114622717.1:144% (203)
2000-014692717.4:123% (110)
1990-915782622.2:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for HORACE MANN ELEM..

Since 2017-18: students down 4% (392 to 378); teachers up 7% (24.9 to 26.5).

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%. The diversity index for HORACE MANN ELEM. is 53%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

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%.

Among Missouri public elementary schools, HORACE MANN ELEM. outscored 53%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.

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 40.7% and a predicted 37.0%.

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 8th 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 increased by 6% across 4 years, from 356 in 2020-21 to 378 in 2024-25. The ratio was 17.8:1 in 2020-21 and 14.3:1 in 2024-25.

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Greene County at a glance

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Population
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

School name
HORACE MANN ELEM.
District
SPRINGFIELD R-XII
Address
3745 S BROADWAY, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807
Phone
(417) 523-4400
County
Greene County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–05
Total enrollment
378
Teachers (FTE)
27
Student–teacher ratio
14.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
231 (61%)
Locale
12-City: Mid-size
NCES ID
292886001802
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About HORACE MANN ELEM.
How large is HORACE MANN ELEM.?
HORACE MANN ELEM. enrolls approximately 378 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does HORACE MANN ELEM. serve?
HORACE MANN ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does HORACE MANN ELEM. have?
HORACE MANN ELEM. employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HORACE MANN ELEM.?
At HORACE MANN ELEM., the student body is approximately 66% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 6% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is HORACE MANN ELEM. public or private?
HORACE MANN ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII.
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