Enrollment
326
Elementary
DISTRICT 300 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGFIELD R-XII·NCES 292886001835
WILDER ELEM.
2526 S HILLSBORO, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65804 · (417) 523-5300 · Greene County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL326 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
129 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 20 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 39 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (39) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
44%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
57.2%
MO avg 44.9% . -2.2pp since 2021
Math
48.9%
MO avg 43.8% . -3.5pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 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 2 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 28.9% | 28.3% | 25.7% | 16.9% |
| Math | 18.8% | 30.1% | 28.3% | 22.6% |
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 | 57.2% | 48.9% |
| 2023-24 | 55.3% | 49.6% |
| 2022-23 | 57.9% | 45.9% |
| 2021-22 | 59.4% | 52.4% |
% 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
50.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 WILDER ELEM.
WILDER ELEM.'s state test result (50.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILDER ELEM. this school | 326 | 39.6% | 50.3% |
| SEQUIOTA ELEM. SPRINGFIELD | 319 | 34.8% | 58.6% |
| DAVID HARRISON ELEMENTARY SPRINGFIELD | 371 | 44.5% | 66.0% |
| FORDER ELEM. ST LOUIS | 397 | 45.6% | 38.0% |
| ELLISON ELEM. ST JOSEPH | 343 | 38.2% | 62.2% |
| GEORGE GUFFEY ELEM. FENTON | 523 | 38.6% | 58.6% |
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 WILDER ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.3% | #303 of 1,002 | #16 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #368 of 1,019 ▼ 17 | #16 of 49 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.2% | #196 of 1,018 ▲ 24 | #13 of 49 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.9pp | #279 of 943 | #9 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 326 | #617 of 1,294 | #31 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #843 of 950 | #38 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.7% | #402 of 953 | #24 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #819 of 1,165 | #46 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.8% | #167 of 684 | #6 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
326
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 326 | 21.5 | 15.2:1 | 40% (129) |
| 2023-24 | 353 | 24 | 14.7:1 | 39% (136) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 39% (133) |
| 2020-21 | 328 | 20 | 16.4:1 | 46% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 417 | 26.4 | 15.8:1 | 49% (206) |
| 2015-16 | 380 | 24 | 15.8:1 | 43% (165) |
| 2010-11 | 328 | 19 | 17.3:1 | 33% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 455 | 21 | 21.7:1 | 17% (79) |
| 1990-91 | 452 | 19 | 23.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILDER ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (417 to 326); teachers down 18% (26.4 to 21.5).
About WILDER ELEM.
WILDER ELEM., a medium-sized elementary school, is located in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. The school enrolls 326 students, from pre-K through 5.
WILDER ELEM. is one of 54 schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII, which enrolls 24,450 students in total.
White students account for 74% of enrollment at WILDER ELEM.. The remaining students are 7% Asian, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. Census figures show Greene County is about 86% White. The chance that two students picked at random at WILDER ELEM. belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 44%.
A ratio of 15.2:1 comes from the school's 21.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Missouri average 12.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 40% in 2024-25.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, WILDER ELEM. would be expected to post about 45.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 50.3%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Greene County, median household income is about $61,479, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 97 public schools operate in Greene County, serving about 42,423 students.
Nearby, GLENDALE HIGH is about 0.3 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, WILDER ELEM. places 6th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale data from NCES put WILDER ELEM. inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (City: Mid-size).
Enrollment at WILDER ELEM. was 328 in 2020-21 and 326 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.4:1 to 15.2:1.
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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 WILDER Elementary schools
9 other US public schools in 9 states are named WILDER Elementary. WILDER ELEM. is the 6th largest of the 10.
- WILDER ELEM.MANSFIELD, MO · 312 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolLITTLETON, CO · 592 students
- Wilder ElementaryLouisville, KY · 496 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolWesterville, OH · 491 students
- Wilder Elementary SchoolIndianola, IA · 456 students
Nearby schools
- GLENDALE HIGH0.3 mi · 1,357
- PERSHING MIDDLE0.9 mi · 702
- PERSHING ELEM.0.9 mi · 142
- SEQUIOTA ELEM.1.1 mi · 319
- FIELD ELEM.1.4 mi · 401
- PITTMAN ELEM.1.5 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About WILDER ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WILDER ELEM.?
WILDER ELEM. enrolls approximately 326 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does WILDER ELEM. serve?
WILDER ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at WILDER ELEM.?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at WILDER ELEM..
How diverse is WILDER ELEM.?
WILDER ELEM. reports a student body of 74% White, 6% Hispanic, 6% Black, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is WILDER ELEM. public or private?
WILDER ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by SPRINGFIELD R-XII.
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