WELLER ELEM.

WELLER ELEM. is a reasonably sized elementary-level community in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII. The school works with 292 students in grades pre-K through 5.

WELLER ELEM. is one of 54 schools operated by SPRINGFIELD R-XII, a district that caters to 24,450 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WELLER ELEM. shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, 8% multiracial. By comparison, Greene County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WELLER ELEM. has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting WELLER ELEM. higher than the state norm the norm. About 78% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Greene County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, WELLER ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.8%; actual is 24.5%, a gap of -25.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, Greene County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Greene County runs 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), of which WELLER ELEM. is one.

The closest other public school is GREENE VALLEY SCHOOL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WELLER ELEM. ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.2%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WELLER ELEM. has declined 21%, going from 368 students in 2018 to 292 in 2025.

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