PIPKIN MIDDLE

Located at 1215 BOONVILLE, in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, PIPKIN MIDDLE is a cozy 6-8 campus that enrolls 359 students (grades 6 through 8), run under SPRINGFIELD R-XII. That puts it 22% smaller than the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 461 students.

Within SPRINGFIELD R-XII, which oversees 54 schools and 24,450 students, PIPKIN MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, PIPKIN MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest comes out to 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 13.0:1 average. Around 82% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Greene County's rate of about 47%.

After controlling for student poverty, PIPKIN MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

Around the school, Greene County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), PIPKIN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

CENTRAL HIGH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PIPKIN MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PIPKIN MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 34.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 40%: 597 students in 2018 compared to 359 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 56% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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