The top reported proficiency rate is 50% in Math. The lowest is 46% in English language arts.
Original Research by School Decision on Daniel Webster Elem.
Daniel Webster Elementary is a regular public school within the Marshfield R-I School District, and it serves only second and third graders. It is a transition point for children moving from primary to upper elementary grades, purpose-built for a narrow age band. Located at 650 North Locust Street in Marshfield, the school sits in the county seat of Webster County, a small town along the I-44 corridor roughly a half-hour east of Springfield that grew steadily over recent decades and is part of the Springfield metropolitan area. The town has a historic downtown centered on the courthouse square, and housing values in the area have risen modestly in the past year, remaining slightly below the state benchmark.
The student body at Daniel Webster is not diverse by race or ethnicity. The overwhelming majority of its roughly four hundred and seventy students are white, with a small share of students who identify as Hispanic, two or more races, Black, American Indian or Alaska Native, or Asian. A substantial share of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places the school in a middle-income range for the area. Demographic data for special populations such as students with disabilities or English learners was not available in the source material, so a family with a child in either group would want to discuss support directly with the school.
Academically, the school took Missouri’s state assessments in math and English language arts at the third-grade level, and the results sit above the midpoint among districts in Webster County overall. In math, roughly half of tested third graders scored at the proficient or advanced level. In English language arts, the share was slightly lower, with somewhat less than half reaching that bar. These are single-grade results from one year, so they offer a snapshot rather than a trend. No multi-year trend data was available in the source material. Because the school serves only second and third graders, it has no graduation rate and no data on chronic absenteeism. The school’s overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint relative to other districts in Webster County.
The school environment data was thin. The directory lists Daniel Webster as a regular public school, not a charter or magnet. Information on staffing ratios, discipline, course access beyond the standard elementary curriculum, and attendance rates was not present in the source material. The same is true for Title I status and any special program offerings. A family looking for details on class sizes, art or music programming, or behavioral policies would need to go to the school directly or consult the district.
The Marshfield R-I District did not have any parent-relevant changes such as bond proposals, curriculum shifts, or tax levy referendums captured in the source material from the recent past. The town itself has seen steady population growth, and the local economy is led by retail trade, health care and social assistance, and manufacturing. The city operates under a mayor-council form of government and has a branch of the Webster County Library. On the whole, Daniel Webster Elementary functions as a dedicated early-elementary school for a largely white, middle-income community whose academic results on state tests place it in the stronger half of its county’s districts, with a more pronounced strength in math than in reading at the third-grade level.
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