SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR

SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR, a low-enrollment elementary-level community in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, hosts 155 students, covering grade pre-K. That puts it 51% below the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

Within SPRINGFIELD R-XII, which oversees 54 schools and 24,450 students, SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR logs that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 6% Black, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 86%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 12.4:1 average. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Greene County) logs that median household income runs about $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR is one of 97 public schools in Greene County (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students).

GREENE VALLEY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 55%: 345 students in 2018 compared to 155 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 70% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the SHADY DELL EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.