Enrollment
322
Elementary
DISTRICT 371 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLARD R-II·NCES 293201002773
WILLARD EAST ELEM.
518 KIME, WILLARD, MO 65781 · (417) 742-4639 · Greene County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL322 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
112 students
DISTRICT 42% · 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
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
85.0%
MO avg 49.5% . +18.0pp since 2023
Math
79.0%
MO avg 48.7% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the MO DVT (Growth), Missouri's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Missouri schools, those numbers are about 50 and 49. Reading and writing scores are up about 18 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Source: MO DVT (Growth). 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
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.6%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+27.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% 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 28 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
322
-32 (-9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 15.7:1
% White
98%
was 94%
% Hispanic
1%
was 3%
% Black
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About WILLARD EAST ELEM.
WILLARD EAST ELEM. operates as an average-sized elementary school in WILLARD, Missouri, run under WILLARD R-II. Current enrollment sits at 322 students spanning grades pre-K through 4.
WILLARD R-II comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,578 students; WILLARD EAST ELEM. is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLARD EAST ELEM. logs that 98% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 35% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Greene County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILLARD EAST ELEM. sits in the top 10% of Missouri schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 50.6%; actual is 78.5%, +27.9 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, census data for Greene County shows the typical household earns roughly $61,479 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), WILLARD EAST ELEM. is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WILLARD MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WILLARD EAST ELEM. comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. WILLARD EAST ELEM.'s enrollment has fell 9% since 2018, when it stood at 354 (now 322). White enrollment moved from 94% to 98% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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 CENTRAL ELEM.Elementary · 404 students
- WILLARD SOUTH ELEM.Elementary · 395 students
- WILLARD ORCHARD HILLS ELEMElementary · 394 students
- WILLARD INTERMEDIATE NORTHMiddle · 356 students
Other schools in WILLARD
- WILLARD HIGHHigh · 1,379 students
- WILLARD MIDDLEMiddle · 704 students
- WILLARD INTERMEDIATE NORTHMiddle · 356 students
- WILLARD NORTH ELEM.Elementary · 340 students
Nearby schools
- WILLARD MIDDLE0.3 mi · 704
- WILLARD HIGH0.3 mi · 1,379
- WILLARD INTERMEDIATE NORTH0.8 mi · 356
- WILLARD NORTH ELEM.0.9 mi · 340
- WILLARD CENTRAL ELEM.4.2 mi · 404
- WILLARD SOUTH ELEM.6.1 mi · 395
Frequently asked questions
About WILLARD EAST ELEM.What is the total enrollment at WILLARD EAST ELEM.?
WILLARD EAST ELEM. enrolls approximately 322 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does WILLARD EAST ELEM. serve?
WILLARD EAST ELEM. serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at WILLARD EAST ELEM.?
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILLARD EAST ELEM. is approximately 13.0:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at WILLARD EAST ELEM.?
At WILLARD EAST ELEM., the student body is approximately 98% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Two or more.
Is WILLARD EAST ELEM. public or private?
WILLARD EAST ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by WILLARD R-II.
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