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Does WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. have enough mental health and stress support?
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Enrollment
404
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLARD R-II·NCES 293201001700
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.
2625 N FARM RD 101, SPRINGFIELD, MO 65802 · (417) 831-4440 · Greene County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL404 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
41%
167 students
DISTRICT 42% · STATE 54%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
MO DVT (Growth) 2024-25 . Growth Percentile vs PeersEnglish Language Arts
17.0%
MO avg 49.5% . -15.0pp since 2023
Math
39.0%
MO avg 48.7% . +29.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 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 15 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-26.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 51% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
404
+28 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 13.3:1
% White
92%
was 92%
% Hispanic
2%
was 4%
% Black
1%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, overseen by WILLARD R-II. Current enrollment sits at 404 students spanning grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Missouri's public schools average about 315 students each, so WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. sits 28% above that benchmark.
Within WILLARD R-II, which oversees 9 schools and 4,578 students, WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. shows that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic.
On the resource side, On paper, WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 50.5%; actual is 24.5%, a gap of -26.0 points.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Greene County put the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WILLARD SOUTH ELEM., around 3.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 65.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a rural area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 7%: 376 students in 2018 compared to 404 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 WILLARD R-II
- WILLARD HIGHHigh · 1,379 students
- WILLARD MIDDLEMiddle · 704 students
- WILLARD SOUTH ELEM.Elementary · 395 students
- WILLARD ORCHARD HILLS ELEMElementary · 394 students
- WILLARD INTERMEDIATE NORTHMiddle · 356 students
- WILLARD NORTH ELEM.Elementary · 340 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
Nearby schools
- WILLARD SOUTH ELEM.3.2 mi · 395
- WILLARD INTERMEDIATE-SOUTH3.8 mi · 284
- WILLARD NORTH ELEM.3.9 mi · 340
- WILLARD HIGH3.9 mi · 1,379
- WILLARD INTERMEDIATE NORTH4.0 mi · 356
- WILLARD ORCHARD HILLS ELEM4.1 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.?
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. enrolls approximately 404 students in grades PK-04.
Is WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. an elementary, middle, or high school?
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. have?
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. employs 32 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.?
At WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM., the student body is approximately 92% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.?
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. is overseen by WILLARD R-II in Greene County.
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