MOCA-S

MOCA-S is an all-grades campus of sprawling scale in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, one of the schools within STURGEON R-V, enrolling 2,345 students in grades K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 205 students per school, that is 1044% bigger than typical.

MOCA-S is one of 4 schools operated by STURGEON R-V, a district that instructs 2,773 students overall.

Demographically, MOCA-S records that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Black, 9% multiracial, 8% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school lists 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 25.7:1. The state averages around 7.6:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Greene County's rate of about 47%.

Across the wider county, census data for Greene County shows median household earnings sit near $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), MOCA-S is one campus in the mix.

CAMPBELL ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOCA-S.

The school occupies a city-core site. Instruction is delivered virtually rather than at a physical campus, and enrollment crosses district lines.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.