Enrollment
353
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD R-XII·NCES 292886001828
SUNSHINE ELEM.
421 E SUNSHINE, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65807 · (417) 523-5200 · Greene County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL353 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
259 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 | 69 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 59 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
54%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
46.0%
MO avg 44.9% . +12.6pp since 2021
Math
29.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +8.6pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 30 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 13 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 18.8% | 27.2% | 28.5% | 25.3% |
| Math | 14.2% | 15.5% | 25.9% | 44.1% |
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 | 46.0% | 29.7% |
| 2023-24 | 45.6% | 32.8% |
| 2022-23 | 40.8% | 32.3% |
| 2021-22 | 33.4% | 21.1% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 SUNSHINE ELEM.
SUNSHINE ELEM.'s state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| SUNSHINE ELEM. this school | 353 | 73.4% | 35.6% |
| BINGHAM ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 429 | 73.4% | 36.9% |
| JOPLIN EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR. JOPLIN | 311 | 69.8% | N/A |
| WESTPORT ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 351 | 80.6% | 14.6% |
| GOODMAN ELEM. GOODMAN | 272 | 73.2% | 41.8% |
| IRVING ELEMENTARY JOPLIN | 434 | 66.6% | 39.5% |
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 SUNSHINE ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #640 of 1,002 | #34 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #755 of 1,019 ▼ 57 | #38 of 49 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #436 of 1,018 ▲ 6 | #26 of 49 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.6pp | #93 of 943 | #8 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 353 | #534 of 1,294 | #25 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #513 of 950 | #17 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #279 of 953 | #18 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.4% | #299 of 1,165 | #15 of 56 |
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
353
+71 (+25%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 253
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 353 | 27 | 13.1:1 | 73% (259) |
| 2023-24 | 338 | 25.5 | 13.3:1 | 76% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 351 | 23.7 | 14.8:1 | 75% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 282 | 18 | 15.7:1 | 78% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 199 | 12.2 | 16.3:1 | 53% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 202 | 15 | 13.5:1 | 57% (115) |
| 2010-11 | 192 | 15 | 12.8:1 | 60% (116) |
| 2000-01 | 200 | 13 | 15.4:1 | 35% (70) |
| 1990-91 | 253 | 10 | 25.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for SUNSHINE ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 77% (199 to 353); teachers up 122% (12.2 to 27).
About SUNSHINE ELEM.
SUNSHINE ELEM. is an elementary school with a street address in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. It had 353 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5.
SPRINGFIELD R-XII has 24,450 students spread across 54 schools.
The student body at SUNSHINE ELEM. is 65% White. It is also 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, and 9% multiracial. Greene County's residents are about 86% White, 20 points above the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 54, compared with 70 nationally.
Its staff includes 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.1 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 12.4:1 average for elementary schools in Missouri. SUNSHINE ELEM. has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 73%. Compared with the 47% average for public schools in Greene County, the school's rate is higher.
SUNSHINE ELEM. sits between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.6% and a predicted 32.4%.
The school's county is Greene County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $61,479 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. SUNSHINE ELEM. shares Greene County with 96 other public schools.
A public school about 0.6 miles away, PARKVIEW HIGH, is the closest to SUNSHINE ELEM.. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. SUNSHINE ELEM. comes in 7th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
NCES assigns SUNSHINE ELEM. the locale City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 353, up from 282 in 2020-21. The school's ratio dropped from 15.7:1 to 13.1:1 between 2020-21 and 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
Related schools
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 SUNSHINE Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named SUNSHINE Elementary. SUNSHINE ELEM. is the 4th largest of the 5.
- SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLEHIGH ACRES, FL · 1,456 students
- SUNSHINE ELEMENTARYORLANDO, FL · 1,015 students
- SUNSHINE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLMIRAMAR, FL · 426 students
- Sunshine Elementary SchoolBostic, NC · 217 students
Nearby schools
- PARKVIEW HIGH0.6 mi · 1,182
- HOLLAND ELEM.0.8 mi · 218
- DATEMA HOUSE1.0 mi · 10
- JARRETT MIDDLE1.1 mi · 483
- MARK TWAIN ELEM.1.1 mi · 356
- DELAWARE ELEM.1.2 mi · 347
Frequently asked questions
About SUNSHINE ELEM.How many students attend SUNSHINE ELEM.?
SUNSHINE ELEM. enrolls approximately 353 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does SUNSHINE ELEM. serve?
SUNSHINE ELEM. serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SUNSHINE ELEM.?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at SUNSHINE ELEM..
What is the student diversity at SUNSHINE ELEM.?
Student demographics at SUNSHINE ELEM. are roughly 65% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees SUNSHINE ELEM.?
SUNSHINE ELEM. is overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII in Greene County.
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