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Best Elementary Schools in Springfield, MO

At a glance

Schools

11,816

Students

Districts

5-star schools

Top rankedDavid Harrison Elementary77^th of 900 Missouri elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Mark Twain Elementary up 186 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Bingham Elementary 5.6 students per teacher

SchoolDigger ratings

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Summary:

The city of Springfield, Missouri is home to 41 elementary schools that are part of the Springfield R-XII school district. These schools serve students from pre-K through 5th grade and vary significantly in their academic performance and student demographics.

The top-performing elementary schools in the area include Willard Central Elementary, David Harrison Elementary, Gray Elementary, McBride Elementary, and Sequiota Elementary. These schools have strong test scores, with 50-70% of students proficient in math and English Language Arts. In contrast, several schools struggle with low proficiency rates, often below 30%.

The data also reveals significant disparities in student demographics and socioeconomic status across the district. Schools with the highest rates of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, such as Weller Elementary and York Elementary, tend to have the lowest academic performance. Overall, the Springfield R-XII district is ranked 177 out of 367 school districts in Missouri and has a 3-star rating, indicating room for improvement in supporting its diverse student population.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				MAP Mathematics (2025)			MAP Science (2025)	MAP English Language Arts (2025)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	MAP Mathematics 3rd Grade	MAP Mathematics 4th Grade	MAP Mathematics 5th Grade	MAP Science 5th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 3rd Grade	MAP English Language Arts 4th Grade	MAP English Language Arts 5th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
Bingham Elementary	Public	K-5	2126 E. Cherry	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-3400	429	76	5.6	73.4%	267 (62.2%)	52 (12.1%)	50 (11.7%)	4 (0.9%)	4 (0.9%)	1 (0.2%)	51 (11.9%)	48.4	484^th of 900 public elementary schools	46.2%		33	633^rd of 906 public elementary schools	30.1%	149	35.2	36.1	39.2	44.6	29.7	43.3	57.0	$12,702	$1,210	$11,492
Bissett Elementary	Public	K-5	3014 W Calhoun	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-2800	187	17	11.3	87.2%	109 (58.3%)	31 (16.6%)	25 (13.4%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (10.2%)	33.6	633^rd of 900 public elementary schools	29.7%		30.5	652^nd of 906 public elementary schools	28.0%	19	20.0	23.8	29.0	21.1	28.3	45.9	49.9	$15,756	$1,561	$14,196
Bowerman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2148 N Douglas	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-1400	275	23	11.9	88.7%	170 (61.8%)	49 (17.8%)	25 (9.1%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.4%)	30 (10.9%)	19.7	738^th of 900 public elementary schools	18.0%		17.9	748^th of 906 public elementary schools	17.4%	10	23.7	21.2	16.3	27.1	23.7		29.0	$14,497	$1,788	$12,709
Boyd Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1409 Washington	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-1500	347	21	16.5	85.3%	183 (52.7%)	86 (24.8%)	46 (13.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	31 (8.9%)	18.6	747^th of 900 public elementary schools	17.0%		15.6	777^th of 906 public elementary schools	14.2%	30	20.5		20.5	16.8	21.2		31.4	$13,695	$1,304	$12,391
Cowden Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2927 S Kimbrough	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-3500	273	20	14.0	60.1%	170 (62.3%)	16 (5.9%)	38 (13.9%)	19 (7.0%)	3 (1.1%)	1 (0.4%)	26 (9.5%)	46.5	503^rd of 900 public elementary schools	44.1%		50.7	446^th of 906 public elementary schools	50.8%	57	20.6	45.5	31.7	41.8	32.4	43.1	52.3	$15,085	$1,100	$13,984
Delaware Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1505 S Delaware	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-3700	347	28	12.3	62.0%	247 (71.2%)	34 (9.8%)	36 (10.4%)	6 (1.7%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	21 (6.1%)	25.5	694^th of 900 public elementary schools	22.9%		34.4	613^th of 906 public elementary schools	32.3%	81	27.8	39.9	10.6	18.5	27.8	35.5	23.7	$16,071	$1,485	$14,586
Field Elementary	Public	K-5	2120 Barataria	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-4800	401	25	16.0	32.4%	312 (77.8%)	21 (5.2%)	25 (6.2%)	19 (4.7%)	4 (1.0%)	3 (0.7%)	17 (4.2%)	59.9	360^th of 900 public elementary schools	60.0%		51.6	435^th of 906 public elementary schools	52.0%	75	34.2	41.6	45.6	49.9	42.8	44.4	58.5	$13,408	$1,221	$12,187
Fremont Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2814 N Fremont	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-1700	360	28	13.0	82.5%	213 (59.2%)	56 (15.6%)	36 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.8%)	2 (0.6%)	50 (13.9%)	32.1	647^th of 900 public elementary schools	28.1%		30.7	649^th of 906 public elementary schools	28.4%	2	35.1	34.8	19.3	17.4	38.8	40.9	24.9	$13,052	$1,213	$11,840
Hickory Hills Elementary	Public	K-5	4650 E. State Hwy Yy	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-7100	340	19	17.8	25.9%	276 (81.2%)	7 (2.1%)	19 (5.6%)	17 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	1 (0.3%)	19 (5.6%)	63.3	327^th of 900 public elementary schools	63.7%		81.4	142^nd of 906 public elementary schools	84.3%	185	47.2	44.7	36.9	38.8	55.4	49.9	55.5	$12,355	$1,075	$11,280
Holland Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2403 S Holland	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-4100	218	20	11.1	70.6%	142 (65.1%)	14 (6.4%)	31 (14.2%)	8 (3.7%)	2 (0.9%)	1 (0.5%)	20 (9.2%)	43.9	529^th of 900 public elementary schools	41.2%		60.6	345^th of 906 public elementary schools	61.9%	184	37.7	28.3		32.3	41.2	44.6	40.7	$16,941	$1,165	$15,776
Horace Mann Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3745 S Broadway	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-4400	378	27	14.2	61.1%	250 (66.1%)	18 (4.8%)	50 (13.2%)	22 (5.8%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	34 (9.0%)	44.4	521^st of 900 public elementary schools	42.1%		55.9	388^th of 906 public elementary schools	57.2%	133	29.3	35.6	27.8		42.1	41.0	47.7	$14,577	$1,234	$13,342
Mark Twain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2352 S Weaver	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-4300	356	24	14.5	68.8%	193 (54.2%)	45 (12.6%)	60 (16.9%)	8 (2.2%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.6%)	47 (13.2%)	47.6	491^st of 900 public elementary schools	45.4%		27.8	677^th of 906 public elementary schools	25.3%	186	48.4	39.0	30.2	27.2	45.3		40.8	$13,358	$1,068	$12,290
McGregor Elementary	Public	K-5	1221 W Madison	Springfield	65806	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-5700	286	27	10.7	86.0%	155 (54.2%)	52 (18.2%)	42 (14.7%)	6 (2.1%)	4 (1.4%)	2 (0.7%)	25 (8.7%)	13.3	788^th of 900 public elementary schools	12.4%		15.9	771^st of 906 public elementary schools	14.9%	17	7.4	30.1	9.4	13.1	7.8	36.3	17.1	$14,975	$1,280	$13,695
Pershing Elementary	Public	K-5	2120 Ventura	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-2400	142	10	14.2	53.5%	111 (78.2%)	5 (3.5%)	11 (7.7%)	5 (3.5%)	2 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.6%)	43.7	531^st of 900 public elementary schools	41.0%		54.6	400^th of 906 public elementary schools	55.8%	131	24.3	72.3	28.7		30.4			$14,040	$1,258	$12,783
Pittman Elementary	Public	K-5	2934 E Bennett	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-4700	235	18	13.4	60.9%	146 (62.1%)	21 (8.9%)	29 (12.3%)	2 (0.9%)	6 (2.6%)	3 (1.3%)	28 (11.9%)	51.2	449^th of 900 public elementary schools	50.1%		52.1	430^th of 906 public elementary schools	52.5%	19	15.9	39.4	30.3	47.7		52.5	52.0	$15,737	$1,031	$14,706
Pleasant View Elementary	Public	K-5	2210 E State Hwy Aa	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-2100	189	12	15.7	62.4%	163 (86.2%)	4 (2.1%)	10 (5.3%)	1 (0.5%)	1 (0.5%)	2 (1.1%)	8 (4.2%)	48.5	481^st of 900 public elementary schools	46.6%		36.8	590^th of 906 public elementary schools	34.9%	109	25.1	57.0			25.1	42.8		$13,041	$1,692	$11,349
Rountree Elementary	Public	K-5	1333 E Grand	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-4900	210	14	15.0	51.9%	141 (67.1%)	15 (7.1%)	17 (8.1%)	12 (5.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	24 (11.4%)	50.3	460^th of 900 public elementary schools	48.9%		34.9	608^th of 906 public elementary schools	32.9%	148		25.0	30.0	47.5	52.9	40.0		$15,437	$1,149	$14,288
Sequiota Elementary	Public	K-5	3414 S Mentor Rd	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-5400	319	21	15.5	34.8%	244 (76.5%)	10 (3.1%)	22 (6.9%)	24 (7.5%)	3 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (5.0%)	81.6	144^th of 900 public elementary schools	84.0%		82.2	135^th of 906 public elementary schools	85.1%	9	53.9	56.1	60.7	60.6	49.9	70.7	58.9	$14,096	$1,512	$12,584
Sherwood Elementary	Public	K-5	2524 S. Golden	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-3800	396	29	13.8	58.8%	247 (62.4%)	35 (8.8%)	64 (16.2%)	12 (3.0%)	3 (0.8%)	1 (0.3%)	34 (8.6%)	50.3	461^st of 900 public elementary schools	48.8%		42.9	531^st of 906 public elementary schools	41.4%	70	36.9	35.3	31.7	39.9	51.4	44.3	41.7	$13,773	$1,207	$12,566
Sunshine Elementary	Public	K-5	421 E Sunshine	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-5200	353	27	13.0	73.4%	231 (65.4%)	40 (11.3%)	42 (11.9%)	5 (1.4%)	2 (0.6%)	1 (0.3%)	32 (9.1%)	41.8	546^th of 900 public elementary schools	39.3%		38.4	573^rd of 906 public elementary schools	36.8%	27	41.4	26.8	14.2		45.1	44.9	41.0	$13,419	$1,266	$12,152
Walt Disney Elementary	Public	K-5	4100 S Fremont	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-3600	514	29	17.7	27.4%	392 (76.3%)	19 (3.7%)	32 (6.2%)	41 (8.0%)	4 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.1%)	82.4	143^rd of 900 public elementary schools	84.1%		84.9	106^th of 906 public elementary schools	88.3%	37	53.1	53.2	53.8	64.0	55.3	63.6	69.6	$13,134	$1,143	$11,991
Watkins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	732 W Talmage	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-5000	252	20	12.9	78.2%	146 (57.9%)	26 (10.3%)	45 (17.9%)	2 (0.8%)	3 (1.2%)	0 (0.0%)	30 (11.9%)	31.7	651^st of 900 public elementary schools	27.7%		44.8	509^th of 906 public elementary schools	43.8%	142	12.6	51.4	33.2	27.3	20.9	42.3		$13,192	$1,172	$12,020
Weaver Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1461 N Douglas	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-1200	264	18	14.6	89.8%	148 (56.1%)	41 (15.5%)	25 (9.5%)	5 (1.9%)	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	42 (15.9%)	22.4	716^th of 900 public elementary schools	20.4%		13.2	800^th of 906 public elementary schools	11.7%	84	12.9		16.8	26.3		25.0	38.0	$12,464	$806	$11,658
Weller Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1630 N Weller	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-1900	292	22	13.5	78.1%	157 (53.8%)	39 (13.4%)	66 (22.6%)	3 (1.0%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.7%)	24 (8.2%)	19.4	740^th of 900 public elementary schools	17.8%		17.3	755^th of 906 public elementary schools	16.7%	15	7.8	14.9	21.2	29.4	16.3	19.3	34.9	$14,152	$1,085	$13,067
Westport Elementary	Public	K-5	415 S Golden	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-3100	351	30	11.7	80.6%	214 (61.0%)	41 (11.7%)	47 (13.4%)	1 (0.3%)	3 (0.9%)	3 (0.9%)	42 (12.0%)	7.5	845^th of 900 public elementary schools	6.1%		12.8	808^th of 906 public elementary schools	10.8%	37	12.0	11.2	8.2	9.8	17.0	11.2	16.5	$14,158	$1,223	$12,935
Wilder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2526 S Hillsboro	Springfield	65804	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-5300	326	22	15.1	39.6%	241 (73.9%)	19 (5.8%)	21 (6.4%)	23 (7.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	20 (6.1%)	68.1	272^nd of 900 public elementary schools	69.8%		70.7	248^th of 906 public elementary schools	72.6%	24	52.5	48.0	41.5	39.9	53.5	62.0	52.2	$13,860	$1,017	$12,843
Williams Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2205 W Kearney	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-2000	412	29	14.0	84.7%	251 (60.9%)	61 (14.8%)	60 (14.6%)	3 (0.7%)	2 (0.5%)	4 (1.0%)	31 (7.5%)	19.8	736^th of 900 public elementary schools	18.2%		24.1	697^th of 906 public elementary schools	23.1%	39	13.8	24.5	16.5	27.9	14.0	30.5	32.1	$12,990	$1,143	$11,847
York Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2100 Nichols	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-3000	225	17	13.6	88.0%	145 (64.4%)	23 (10.2%)	27 (12.0%)	1 (0.4%)	2 (0.9%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (12.0%)	49.8	470^th of 900 public elementary schools	47.8%		32.5	634^th of 906 public elementary schools	30.0%	164	43.5	37.4			40.9			$14,462	$820	$13,642
Jeffries Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	4051 S Scenic	Springfield	65807	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 523-3900	405	28	14.4	64.9%	261 (64.4%)	41 (10.1%)	43 (10.6%)	10 (2.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.7%)	47 (11.6%)	44	525^th of 900 public elementary schools	41.7%		48.5	467^th of 906 public elementary schools	48.5%	58	39.2	49.9	21.5	30.1	37.2	46.2	39.9	$13,437	$1,239	$12,198
McBride Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	5005 S Farm Rd 135	Springfield	65810	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-4500	380	26	14.6	29.2%	291 (76.6%)	14 (3.7%)	25 (6.6%)	17 (4.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	30 (7.9%)	77.4	185^th of 900 public elementary schools	79.4%		78	165^th of 906 public elementary schools	81.8%	20	54.6	56.5			53.2	59.0		$14,703	$1,184	$13,519
Gray Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2102 W Farm Rd 182	Springfield	65810	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-4000	474	27	17.5	26.4%	366 (77.2%)	19 (4.0%)	28 (5.9%)	27 (5.7%)	5 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29 (6.1%)	86.6	105^th of 900 public elementary schools	88.3%		86.1	89^th of 906 public elementary schools	90.2%	16	63.4	66.9			56.9			$13,365	$1,389	$11,975
Truman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3850 N Farm Rd 159	Springfield	65803	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-5100	316	21	14.8	50.9%	249 (78.8%)	17 (5.4%)	17 (5.4%)	3 (0.9%)	1 (0.3%)	7 (2.2%)	22 (7.0%)	55.5	406^th of 900 public elementary schools	54.9%		59.6	352^nd of 906 public elementary schools	61.1%	54	34.0	36.7	47.5	45.1	31.7	52.0	57.1	$15,087	$996	$14,092
David Harrison Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	3055 W Kildee Lane	Springfield	65810	Greene County	Springfield R-Xii	No	No	No	No	(417) 523-5800	371	22	17.2	44.5%	257 (69.3%)	19 (5.1%)	32 (8.6%)	24 (6.5%)	1 (0.3%)	2 (0.5%)	36 (9.7%)	89.6	77^th of 900 public elementary schools	91.4%		88.2	71^st of 906 public elementary schools	92.2%	6	62.0	66.0			63.5	72.8		$12,851	$1,048	$11,803
Willard Central Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	2625 N Farm Rd 101	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Willard R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 831-4440	404	32	12.4	41.3%	370 (91.6%)	6 (1.5%)	10 (2.5%)	7 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.7%)	88.1	90^th of 900 public elementary schools	90.0%		83.4	121^st of 906 public elementary schools	86.6%	31	64.0	65.0			61.5			$11,181	$795	$10,387
Willard South Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	4151 W Division	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Willard R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 862-6308	395	34	11.7	58.2%	290 (73.4%)	35 (8.9%)	43 (10.9%)	2 (0.5%)	2 (0.5%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (5.6%)	28.9	671^st of 900 public elementary schools	25.4%		37.4	585^th of 906 public elementary schools	35.4%	86	25.7	30.5			34.6			$11,243	$902	$10,341
Willard Orchard Hills Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	4595 Farm Road 140	Springfield	65802	Greene County	Willard R-II	No	No	No	Yes	(417) 869-0600	394	34	11.5	45.7%	299 (75.9%)	32 (8.1%)	38 (9.6%)	2 (0.5%)	3 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	20 (5.1%)	64.2	318^th of 900 public elementary schools	64.7%		57.6	372^nd of 906 public elementary schools	58.9%	54	48.3	43.0			45.1	58.2		$13,182	$933	$12,249

Cities Near Springfield

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Battlefield	3.87 mi	1
Ozark	4.96 mi	8	24^th
Nixa	5.01 mi	11	15^th
Republic	6.55 mi	8	31^st
Rogersville	8.66 mi	5	62^nd

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.

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