Springfield
Only 29% of Missouri Districts Have Recovered from COVID
Correction (July 21, 2026): Earlier versions used a superseded enrollment source, placed the largest decline in the wrong school year and reported a 31.4% district recovery rate. The current DESE MCDS...
Nearly Four in Ten Missouri Districts Hit All-Time High Graduation Rates
Missouri's graduation surge is not a story confined to a few high-profile districts. In 2025, 179 of the state's 455 districts posted their highest four-year graduation rate on record, a share of 39.3...
Springfield's Six-Year Streak: From 87 Percent to a Record 99 Percent
Springfield R-XII has improved its four-year graduation rate every single year since 2019. Six consecutive years of gains have lifted the state's third-largest district from 87.2 percent to 98.9 perce...
Missouri Public Schools Just Hit Their Lowest Enrollment in at Least 25 Years
The number on the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's enrollment report is one that no superintendent, school board member, or state legislator wanted to see: 855,081 students ...