WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.

WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in WILLOW SPRINGS, Missouri, run under WILLOW SPRINGS R-IV, serveing 446 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 42% above the typical public school in Missouri, which averages around 315 students.

WILLOW SPRINGS R-IV runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,171 students. WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. shows that 93% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest comes out to 3% multiracial, 2% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Howell County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 12.4:1, putting WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Howell County (around 61%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is in the bottom 10% of Missouri public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 50.0%; WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. posts 13.8%, -36.2 points below that line.

Around the school, Howell County reports that median household income runs about $50,993, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Howell County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,704 students), of which WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. is one.

Nearest neighbor: WILLOW SPRINGS MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM. at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 16%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 446 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.