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Springfield Public Schools | |
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Location | |
1359 E. St. Louis Street Springfield, Missouri, 65802 | |
District information | |
Type | Public |
Grades | Pre K-12 |
Superintendent | Dr. Grenita Lathan |
Schools | 50 [1] |
Students and staff | |
Students | 24,309 (2020) |
Staff | 3,500 |
Other information | |
Website | www |
Springfield Public Schools (SPS), also known as the Springfield R-12 School District, is a public school district headquartered in Springfield, Missouri, United States. With an official fall 2020 enrollment of 24,309 [2] students attending 35 elementary schools, one intermediate schools, nine middle schools and five high schools, it is the largest public school district in the state of Missouri. [3] Public high schools located in Springfield include Central High School, Kickapoo High School, Hillcrest High School, Parkview High School, and Glendale High School.
It was established in 1868. [4] In 2018, as part of a plan to sell a bond issue to parents, the district hired architects to develop plans for new schools to show to parents. [5] In 2018, twelve of the district's schools had "secure vestibules" controlling entry, and the district was making efforts to establish more. [6]
School Name | Type |
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Central | High |
Hillcrest | High |
Glendale | High |
Kickapoo | High |
Parkview | High |
Carver | Middle |
Cherokee | Middle |
Jarrett | Middle |
Pipkin | Middle |
Reed | Middle |
Hickory Hills | K-8 |
Pershing | K-8 |
Pleasant View | K-8 |
Westport | K-8 |
Wilson's Creek | Intermediate |
Bingham | Elementary |
Bissett | Elementary |
Bowerman | Elementary |
Boyd | Elementary |
Cowden | Elementary |
Delaware | Elementary |
Disney | Elementary |
Field | Elementary |
Fremont | Elementary |
Gray | Elementary |
Harrison | Elementary |
Holland | Elementary |
Jeffries | Elementary |
Mann | Elementary |
McBride | Elementary |
McGregor | Elementary |
Pittman | Elementary |
Robberson | Elementary |
Rountree | Elementary |
Sequiota | Elementary |
Sherwood | Elementary |
Sunshine | Elementary |
Truman | Elementary |
Twain | Elementary |
Watkins | Elementary |
Weaver | Elementary |
Weller | Elementary |
Wilder | Elementary |
Williams | Elementary |
York | Elementary |
Campbell | Early Childhood Center |
Fulbright | Early Childhood Center |
Mallory | Early Childhood Center |
Shady Dell | Early Childhood Center |
The school district has seen a rise in the number of non white students in the past twenty years, in 2000 white enrollment was 90.8%, since that time it has dropped to 75.3%, the number of black and Asian students has doubled, and Latino students have more than tripled. [7]
Race/Ethnicity | Percentage |
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White | 75.3 |
Black/African American | 7.9 |
Hispanic/Latino | 6.8 |
Asian | 3.2 |
Multirace | 5.7 |
Native American/Pacific Islander | Approx. 1 |
Name | Start Date | End Date |
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Willard Graff | 1952 [8] | 1970 [9] |
Joe Kuklenski | 1970 [9] | 1981 [10] |
Paul Hagerty | 1981 [11] | 1992 [12] |
Bud Greve (CEO)/ Conley Weiss(COO) | 1993 [12] | 1996 [12] |
Bud Greve | 1996 [12] | 1999 [12] |
Jack Ernst | 1999 [13] | 2005 [14] |
Norm Ridder | 2005 [14] | 2014 [14] |
John Jungmann | 2014 [15] | 2021 [15] |
Grenita Lathan | 2021 [15] | Present |
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