SPRING BLUFF ELEM.
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersWhat this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are down about 28 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SPRING BLUFF ELEM.
SPRING BLUFF ELEM. is a primary school of close-knit scale in SULLIVAN, Missouri, part of SPRING BLUFF R-XV, enrolling 217 students in grades K through 8. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so SPRING BLUFF ELEM. sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.
Operationally, SPRING BLUFF ELEM. answers to SPRING BLUFF R-XV, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.
Demographically, SPRING BLUFF ELEM. lists that 100% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 89% White, putting the school's mix noticeably more White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SPRING BLUFF ELEM. has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Franklin County's rate of about 43%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SPRING BLUFF ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.3%.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Franklin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $73,165 per year, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Franklin County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,025 students), SPRING BLUFF ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
STRAIN-JAPAN ELEM. is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.7 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPRING BLUFF ELEM. at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.0%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. SPRING BLUFF ELEM.'s enrollment has ticked up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 190 (now 217). Class-load math has rose: from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 10.8:1 in 2025.
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