Enrollment
235
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD R-XII·NCES 292886001814
PITTMAN ELEM.
2934 E BENNETT, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 · (417) 523-4700 · Greene County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL235 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
143 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
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 31 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (46).
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · STATE 52% · US 70%
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
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
48.1%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.8pp since 2021
Math
31.7%
MO avg 43.8% . -2.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 32 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.1% | 30.0% | 27.2% | 24.5% |
| Math | 15.4% | 16.3% | 30.9% | 37.2% |
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 year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 48.1% | 31.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.5% | 37.6% |
| 2022-23 | 42.6% | 44.5% |
| 2021-22 | 41.3% | 33.7% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.1%
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 PITTMAN ELEM.
PITTMAN ELEM.'s state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| PITTMAN ELEM. this school | 235 | 60.9% | 40.8% |
| EUGENE FIELD ELEM. WEBB CITY | 222 | 60.4% | 55.5% |
| KELSEY NORMAN ELEM. JOPLIN | 300 | 63.7% | 40.9% |
| MADGE T. JAMES KIND. CTR. WEBB CITY | 179 | 62.0% | N/A |
| MARK TWAIN ELEM. WEBB CITY | 186 | 57.0% | 61.8% |
| BUSH ELEM. FULTON | 312 | 61.5% | 28.1% |
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 PITTMAN ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #511 of 1,002 | #24 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.7% | #724 of 1,019 ▼ 126 | #34 of 49 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.1% | #377 of 1,018 ▲ 67 | #22 of 49 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.4pp | #417 of 943 | #23 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 235 | #867 of 1,294 | #42 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #582 of 950 | #20 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #226 of 953 | #10 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #440 of 1,165 | #23 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #117 of 684 | #3 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 2024-25Enrollment
235
-17 (-7%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 16.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 235 | 17.5 | 13.4:1 | 61% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 238 | 16.5 | 14.4:1 | 67% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 219 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 66% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 252 | 15 | 16.8:1 | 70% (177) |
| 2017-18 | 314 | 19.9 | 15.8:1 | 71% (223) |
| 2015-16 | 326 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 64% (210) |
| 2010-11 | 359 | 24 | 15.0:1 | 53% (190) |
| 2000-01 | 319 | 20 | 15.9:1 | 36% (116) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 20 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for PITTMAN ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (314 to 235); teachers down 12% (19.9 to 17.5).
About PITTMAN ELEM.
PITTMAN ELEM. is a small elementary school for students in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 235 students enrolled. By comparison, elementary schools in Missouri enroll about 315 students on average.
SPRINGFIELD R-XII, which runs PITTMAN ELEM., has 54 schools and 24,450 students.
More than half of the students at PITTMAN ELEM. are White (62%). The next largest groups are 12% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 9% Black, and 3% Native American. In Greene County overall, about 86% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 58%.
There are 17.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at PITTMAN ELEM., giving a ratio of 13.4:1. The school's 13.4:1 compares with an average of 12.4:1 for elementary schools in Missouri. By family income, 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 47% average among public schools in Greene County.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.1% for PITTMAN ELEM.. The school posts 40.8%, 3.7 points above the prediction.
In Greene County, home to about 303,375 people, median household income comes to about $61,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 97 public schools in the county, enrolling about 42,423, PITTMAN ELEM. among them.
PERSHING MIDDLE is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.6%; PITTMAN ELEM.'s is 40.8%, ranking 9th of 9.
In the federal locale system, PITTMAN ELEM. is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% drop, from 252 to 235. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 16.8:1 in 2020-21 to 13.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Greene County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
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
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Other schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII
- KICKAPOO HIGHHigh · 1,923 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,428 students
- GLENDALE HIGHHigh · 1,357 students
- PARKVIEW HIGHHigh · 1,182 students
- HILLCREST HIGHHigh · 1,065 students
- MOCAP Attendance CenterCombined · 993 students
Other schools in SPRINGFIELD
- MOCA-SCombined · 2,345 students
- KICKAPOO HIGHHigh · 1,923 students
- CENTRAL HIGHHigh · 1,428 students
- GLENDALE HIGHHigh · 1,357 students
- PARKVIEW HIGHHigh · 1,182 students
- HILLCREST HIGHHigh · 1,065 students
Other PITTMAN Elementary schools
One other US public school is named PITTMAN Elementary. PITTMAN ELEM. is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Pittman Elementary SchoolRAYMONDVILLE, TX · 561 students
Nearby schools
- PERSHING MIDDLE0.9 mi · 702
- PERSHING ELEM.0.9 mi · 142
- WILDER ELEM.1.5 mi · 326
- BINGHAM ELEM.1.5 mi · 429
- GLENDALE HIGH1.7 mi · 1,357
- DELAWARE ELEM.1.8 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About PITTMAN ELEM.How large is PITTMAN ELEM.?
PITTMAN ELEM. enrolls approximately 235 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does PITTMAN ELEM. serve?
PITTMAN ELEM. serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PITTMAN ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PITTMAN ELEM. is approximately 13.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PITTMAN ELEM.?
PITTMAN ELEM. reports a student body of 62% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is PITTMAN ELEM. in?
PITTMAN ELEM. is part of SPRINGFIELD R-XII.
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