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What's one thing WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 390 · STATE 315
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLOW SPRINGS R-IV·NCES 293207002249
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.
215 W FOURTH ST, WILLOW SPRINGS, MO 65793 · (417) 469-2474 · Howell County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 39% of Missouri public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Missouri public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.4:1 · STATE 12.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
71%
317 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 36% smaller than its 4th grade class (99).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within WILLOW SPRINGS R-IV. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
MAP 2024-25 . % Proficient + AdvancedEnglish Language Arts
35.8%
MO avg 44.9% . -7.2pp since 2021
Math
35.8%
MO avg 43.8% . -11.7pp since 2021
What this means: On the MAP, Missouri's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 36 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 7 points since 2021, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Advanced | Proficient | Basic | Below Basic |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| English Language Arts | 13.7% | 22.1% | 44.9% | 19.1% |
| Math | 14.3% | 21.5% | 38.9% | 25.1% |
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 | 35.8% | 35.8% |
| 2023-24 | 36.7% | 42.2% |
| 2022-23 | 38.4% | 44.6% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 47.5% |
% 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
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.3%
based on MO schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.'s state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. this school | 446 | 71.1% | 37.6% |
| FORSYTH ELEM. FORSYTH | 470 | 66.6% | 36.4% |
| MOUNTAIN VIEW ELEM. MOUNTAIN VIEW | 396 | 65.7% | 53.4% |
| WOODLAND ELEM. Marble Hill | 367 | 67.0% | 40.6% |
| WHITE ROCK ELEM. PINEVILLE | 347 | 69.7% | 33.2% |
| CLEARWATER ELEMENTARY PIEDMONT | 363 | 76.0% | 35.8% |
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 WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Missouri | In Howell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #592 of 1,002 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #656 of 1,019 ▼ 151 | #8 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.8% | #690 of 1,018 ▼ 19 | #9 of 9 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.5pp | #85 of 943 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #257 of 1,294 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #56 of 950 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.9% | #808 of 953 | #4 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.1% | #315 of 1,165 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #271 of 684 | #3 of 7 |
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
446
-48 (-10%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 446 | 43.8 | 10.2:1 | 71% (317) |
| 2023-24 | 478 | 43.7 | 10.9:1 | 66% (314) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 44.4 | 11.8:1 | 72% (377) |
| 2020-21 | 494 | 44 | 11.2:1 | 67% (329) |
| 2017-18 | 532 | 47.6 | 11.2:1 | 67% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 570 | 46 | 12.4:1 | 64% (363) |
| 2010-11 | 561 | 43 | 13.1:1 | 64% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 504 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 56% (284) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 34 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM..
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (532 to 446); teachers down 8% (47.6 to 43.8).
About WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is one of the public schools in WILLOW SPRINGS, Missouri. It is a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 446 students across pre-K through 4. On average, elementary schools in Missouri enroll around 315, and this school is 42% bigger than that mark.
The district, WILLOW SPRINGS R-IV, has 1,171 students enrolled across 3 schools.
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is 93% White by enrollment. The next largest groups are 3% multiracial and 2% Hispanic. That is in line with Howell County, where about 92% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. scores 13%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is 10.2:1, based on 43.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Missouri is 12.4:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. counts 71% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Howell County report 61%.
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 39% of Missouri public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. lands between the top and bottom 10% of Missouri schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 37.6%; the prediction is 33.3%.
The county, Howell County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $50,993 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and about 15% of people live in poverty. Counting WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM., Howell County has 15 public schools.
WILLOW SPRINGS HIGH is less than a tenth of a mile from WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM., the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is 5th on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Remote: in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment fell by 10% across 4 years, from 494 in 2020-21 to 446 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 11.2:1 in 2020-21 to 10.2:1 in 2024-25.
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Howell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
40,383
Census ACS
Median income
$50,993
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
5,704 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WILLOW SPRINGS R-IV
- WILLOW SPRINGS HIGHHigh · 370 students
- WILLOW SPRINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 355 students
Other schools in WILLOW SPRINGS
- WILLOW SPRINGS HIGHHigh · 370 students
- WILLOW SPRINGS MIDDLEMiddle · 355 students
Other WILLOW SPRINGS Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named WILLOW SPRINGS Elementary. WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Willow Springs ElementaryWillow Spring, NC · 826 students
- Willow Springs ElementaryFairfax, VA · 818 students
- Willow Springs Elementary SchoolKILLEEN, TX · 670 students
- Willow Springs Elementary SchoolWillow Springs, IL · 414 students
Nearby schools
- WILLOW SPRINGS HIGH0.0 mi · 370
- WILLOW SPRINGS MIDDLE0.0 mi · 355
- GENTRY RESIDENTIAL TREAT. FAC.10.7 mi · 22
- CABOOL HIGH11.7 mi · 209
- CABOOL ELEM.11.9 mi · 310
- CABOOL MIDDLE12.0 mi · 206
Frequently asked questions
About WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.How large is WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.?
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. serve?
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM..
How diverse is WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.?
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. reports a student body of 93% White, 2% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. public or private?
WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is a public K-12 school, overseen by WILLOW SPRINGS R-IV.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.