Enrollment
292
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD R-XII·NCES 292886001833
WELLER ELEM.
1630 N WELLER, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65803 · (417) 523-1900 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL292 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
228 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 | 43 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 41 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 55 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (59).
Student demographics
64%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
27.0%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.5pp since 2021
Math
18.4%
MO avg 43.8% . +0.4pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 45 and 44. Reading and writing scores are down about 3 points since 2021, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.9% | 13.1% | 39.5% | 33.3% |
| Math | 8.4% | 10.0% | 32.3% | 49.2% |
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 | 27.0% | 18.4% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 23.8% |
| 2022-23 | 32.5% | 31.7% |
| 2021-22 | 29.5% | 18.0% |
% 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
22.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 31% 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 WELLER ELEM.
WELLER ELEM.'s state test result (22.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WELLER ELEM. this school | 292 | 78.1% | 22.0% |
| MILL CREEK ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 250 | 77.2% | 50.9% |
| SANTA FE TRAIL ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 364 | 75.8% | 38.5% |
| OTT ELEM. INDEPENDENCE | 384 | 75.0% | 37.8% |
| WATKINS ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 252 | 78.2% | 34.8% |
| ROYAL HEIGHTS ELEM. JOPLIN | 277 | 70.4% | 36.1% |
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 WELLER ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #853 of 1,002 | #45 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.4% | #889 of 1,019 ▼ 58 | #47 of 49 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #834 of 1,018 ▲ 55 | #46 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.1pp | #344 of 943 | #17 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 292 | #722 of 1,294 | #35 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #607 of 950 | #22 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.5% | #134 of 953 | #3 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #273 of 1,165 | #12 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.7% | #178 of 684 | #8 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
292
-32 (-10%) vs 2020
+175% since 1990-91, when it was 106
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 292 | 21.5 | 13.6:1 | 78% (228) |
| 2023-24 | 288 | 24.5 | 11.8:1 | 83% (239) |
| 2022-23 | 297 | 27.7 | 10.7:1 | 83% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 324 | 22 | 14.7:1 | 87% (281) |
| 2017-18 | 368 | 27 | 13.6:1 | 86% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 362 | 27 | 13.4:1 | 81% (293) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 86% (284) |
| 2000-01 | 226 | 19 | 11.9:1 | 86% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 106 | 5 | 21.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WELLER ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (368 to 292); teachers down 20% (27 to 21.5).
About WELLER ELEM.
WELLER ELEM. is a medium-sized elementary school. Its address is in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. It enrolled 292 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year.
WELLER ELEM. belongs to SPRINGFIELD R-XII, a district of 54 schools and 24,450 students.
WELLER ELEM. is 54% White by enrollment. Other reported shares: 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 86% White among all Greene County residents. The school's diversity index is 64%, meaning two students picked at random have a 64% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Staffing totals 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. On average, elementary schools in Missouri have 12.4:1, compared with 13.6:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at WELLER ELEM. is 78%. That is higher than the 47% average for public schools in Greene County.
Schools in Missouri with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 30.6%. WELLER ELEM. scores 22.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Greene County show that the median household income is $61,479, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Besides WELLER ELEM., Greene County has 96 other public schools.
Nearest public school: GREENE VALLEY SCHOOL, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. WELLER ELEM. is 6th of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The NCES locale for WELLER ELEM. is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is down 10% from 2020-21, when WELLER ELEM. had 324 students, to 2024-25, when it had 292. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 13.6:1, from 14.7:1.
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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 WELLER Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named WELLER Elementary. WELLER ELEM. is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Weller Elementary SchoolCenterville, OH · 533 students
- Weller ElementaryFairbanks, AK · 413 students
Nearby schools
- GREENE VALLEY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 35
- ROBBERSON ELEM.0.9 mi · 165
- BOYD ELEM.1.1 mi · 347
- MOCAP Attendance Center1.1 mi · 993
- FREMONT ELEM.1.4 mi · 360
- CENTRAL HIGH1.4 mi · 1,428
Frequently asked questions
About WELLER ELEM.How many students attend WELLER ELEM.?
WELLER ELEM. enrolls approximately 292 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does WELLER ELEM. serve?
WELLER ELEM. serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at WELLER ELEM.?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at WELLER ELEM..
How diverse is WELLER ELEM.?
WELLER ELEM. reports a student body of 54% White, 23% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees WELLER ELEM.?
WELLER ELEM. is overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII in Greene County.
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