PITTMAN ELEM.

PITTMAN ELEM. is an elementary school of intimate scale in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, enrolling 235 students in grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% smaller than the state mean of about 315.

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

In terms of who attends, PITTMAN ELEM. reports that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school reports 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, 3% Native American. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PITTMAN ELEM. has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at PITTMAN ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Greene County's rate of about 47%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PITTMAN ELEM. ranks in the top 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 50.1%; PITTMAN ELEM. posts 73.5%, +23.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Greene County put median household income runs about $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which PITTMAN ELEM. is one.

PERSHING ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PITTMAN ELEM. ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. PITTMAN ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 25% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 235). White enrollment moved from 76% to 62% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.