Watkins Elementary School

Size

Of the 33 elementary schools in Springfield R-XII School District, Watkins Elementary School is the 26th largest, with 1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.6 miles away and have a median of 304 students, so Watkins Elementary School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 3 with 51 students, and its smallest is grade 5 with 32, against an average of 42 per grade. This year grade 5 has 27% fewer students than kindergarten (32 against 44). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 57.9% of enrollment, a lower share than across Springfield R-XII (68.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 17.9%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

78.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 51.6% across Springfield R-XII and a median of 53.6% for Missouri elementary schools. 49.2% are directly certified for free meals, meaning their families take part in programs such as SNAP or TANF, so no application was needed. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Watkins Elementary School has 19.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.9 students per teacher. At the median Missouri elementary school ratio of 12.3, a school with 252 students would have about 20.5 teachers, so Watkins Elementary School has 1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Missouri elementary schools (12.3).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Bowerman Elementary School, 0.5 miles away in the same district. There are 18 elementary schools within 5 miles and 39 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.