WILLIAMS ELEM.

Located at 2205 W KEARNEY, in SPRINGFIELD, Missouri, WILLIAMS ELEM. is a middle-of-the-pack primary school that educates 412 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by SPRINGFIELD R-XII. Enrollment runs roughly 31% above the state mean of about 315.

Across the 54 schools in SPRINGFIELD R-XII (24,450 students total), WILLIAMS ELEM. accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, WILLIAMS ELEM. lists that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 15% Black, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 86% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 12.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 85% of students at WILLIAMS ELEM. qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Greene County's rate of about 47%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WILLIAMS ELEM. tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.5%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Greene County put median household earnings sit near $61,479, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Greene County's 97 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,423 students), WILLIAMS ELEM. is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WATKINS ELEM., around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLIAMS ELEM.. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAMS ELEM. ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 32%: 313 students in 2018 compared to 412 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 15% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, members of the WILLIAMS ELEM. community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.