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DESE Issues 2024-2025 Annual Performance Reports

Nov. 6, 2025

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) released the 2024-2025 Annual Performance Report as part of the Missouri School Improvement Plan, known as MSIP 6, on Thursday. For three consecutive years, Springfield Public Schools has improved overall performance as a district and achieved growth in the percent of students scoring advanced and proficient in all subjects.

 

For the 2024-2025 school year, SPS earned 166 points out of a possible 200 or 83 percent, which is up from 78.2 percent in 2024. SPS maintains its status as fully accredited by DESE.

 

SPS continues to celebrate improvement in academic proficiency, graduation rate and attendance, which contributed to the enhanced APR performance.

 

“This year’s continued progress demonstrates the exceptional commitment of Team SPS to ensuring every student is success ready,” said Superintendent Grenita Lathan. “Our focus on outstanding professional learning, utilization of guaranteed and viable curriculum, implementation of proven instructional and engagement strategies, effective use of a universal screener tool, and districtwide deployment of Positive Behavior Interventions and Supports (PBIS) are a few of the intentional practices contributing to these improvements.”

 

SPS showed improvement in the percent of students scoring proficient and advanced in all subjects tested over last year: English Language Arts increased by 1.9 percent, Mathematics increased by 3.3 percent, Science increased by 4.2 percent and Social Studies increased by 3.1 percent.

 

Performance on MAP and End-of-Course assessments by high school students also documented an increase in those scoring proficient and advanced in all subjects, including an 11.9 percent improvement in Algebra 1.

 

Student attendance increased for the third consecutive year with students achieving an annual attendance rate of 92.12 percent in 2025, up from 90.86 percent in 2022.

 

SPS achieved another record year with a graduation rate of 99 percent in 2025, compared with 97.3 percent in 2024.

 

Noteworthy achievement among SPS schools includes the following:

 

  • Harrison Elementary earned 100 percent of APR points possible.
  • Gray Elementary earned 98.1 percent of APR points possible, achieving the highest increase of all schools, improving by 22.5 percent.
  • Boyd Elementary improved by 22.2 percent.
  • Bowerman Elementary improved by 21.6 percent.
  • McGregor Elementary improved by 17 percent.
  • Hillcrest High School improved by 14.5 percent.
  • Bingham Elementary improved by 13.8 percent.
  • Fremont Elementary improved by 13.1 percent.
  • Glendale High School improved by 12.8 percent.
  • Weaver Elementary improved by 12.5 percent.
  • Rountree Elementary improved by 12.4 percent.
  • Pipkin Middle School improved by 10.9 percent.

 

Annual Performance Reports (APRs) are provided for districts statewide and reflect data collected during the 2024-2025 school year. The report summarizes information about key indicators such as academic achievement, academic growth, attendance, school readiness, student readiness for the next academic level and beyond, graduation rates, and local improvement planning.

 

To learn more about the 2024-2025 APR results, visit the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s website here.