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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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 33 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (61) is 26% smaller than its 4th grade class (82).
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
62.5%
MO avg 44.9% . +6.0pp since 2021
Math
65.7%
MO avg 43.8% . +17.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 66 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 6 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 25.1% | 37.4% | 29.0% | 8.3% |
| Math | 31.6% | 34.1% | 19.3% | 14.8% |
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 | 62.5% | 65.7% |
| 2023-24 | 63.7% | 60.3% |
| 2022-23 | 56.5% | 54.5% |
| 2021-22 | 56.5% | 48.0% |
% Proficient + Advanced, all students and all tested grades.
Source: MAP. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of MO schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
62.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Missouri schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Missouri's top 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 WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.'s state test result (62.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. this school | 404 | 41.3% | 62.5% |
| Washington West Elementary Washington | 399 | 41.4% | 46.1% |
| FOX ELEM. ARNOLD | 355 | 43.4% | 45.7% |
| WEST LANE ELEM. JACKSON | 389 | 36.5% | 52.7% |
| CENTRAL ELEM. PIERCE CITY | 341 | 41.6% | 44.5% |
| ODESSA UPPER ELEMENTARY ODESSA | 429 | 37.8% | 35.5% |
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 WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Greene County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #105 of 1,002 | #6 of 49 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #94 of 1,019 ▲ 54 | #7 of 49 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.5% | #120 of 1,018 ▼ 23 | #8 of 49 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.9pp | #71 of 943 | #5 of 48 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 404 | #377 of 1,294 | #12 of 56 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.5:1 | #404 of 950 | #13 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #757 of 953 | #40 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 41.3% | #796 of 1,165 | #42 of 56 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.4% | #135 of 251 | #9 of 15 |
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
404
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
+5% since 2000-01, when it was 385
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 404 | 32.3 | 12.5:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 31.6 | 12.7:1 | 42% (168) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 33.9 | 12.2:1 | 40% (164) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 33 | 12.0:1 | 46% (180) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 28.3 | 13.3:1 | 48% (179) |
| 2015-16 | 343 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 51% (176) |
| 2010-11 | 341 | 22 | 15.5:1 | 52% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 385 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 36% (140) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (376 to 404); teachers up 14% (28.3 to 32.3).
About WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. operates as a mid-sized elementary school in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri. It teaches 404 students in pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Missouri have about 315 students on average; enrollment here is 28% higher.
Besides WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM., WILLARD R-II runs 8 other schools. The district enrolls 4,578 students.
White students are 92% of those enrolled at WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.. The remaining shares are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
The school has 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.5 students per teacher. The average ratio among elementary schools in Missouri is similar, at 12.4:1. Of all students at WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM., 41% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. outperforms its prediction by 18.1 points. The model expects 44.4% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Missouri; the school's rate is 62.5%.
For Greene County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $61,479, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 97 public schools in the county, enrolling about 42,423, WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. among them.
About 3.2 miles separate WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. from the closest public school, WILLARD SOUTH ELEM.. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. ranks 5th of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Rural: Fringe, means it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show 395 students in 2020-21 and 404 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
On allk12, people connected to WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM. can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.