Springfield Public Schools (Missouri)

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Springfield Public Schools
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Location
1359 E. St. Louis Street Springfield, Missouri, 65802
District information
Type Public
GradesPre K-12
SuperintendentDr. Grenita Lathan
Schools50 [1]
Students and staff
Students24,309 (2020)
Staff3,500
Other information
Website www.sps.org

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.

Contents

History

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]

Accomplishments

Schools

Springfield Schools
School NameType
Central High
Hillcrest High
Glendale High
Kickapoo High
Parkview High
CarverMiddle
CherokeeMiddle
JarrettMiddle
PipkinMiddle
ReedMiddle
Hickory HillsK-8
PershingK-8
Pleasant ViewK-8
WestpointK-8
Wilson's CreekIntermediate
BinghamElementary
BissettElementary
BowermanElementary
BoydElementary
CowdenElementary
DelawareElementary
DisneyElementary
FieldElementary
FremontElementary
GrayElementary
HarrisonElementary
HollandElementary
JeffriesElementary
MannElementary
McBrideElementary
McGregorElementary
PittmanElementary
RobbersonElementary
RountreeElementary
SequiotaElementary
SherwoodElementary
SunshineElementary
TrumanElementary
TwainElementary
WatkinsElementary
WeaverElementary
WellerElementary
WilderElementary
WilliamsElementary
YorkElementary
CampbellEarly Childhood Center
FulbrightEarly Childhood Center
MalloryEarly Childhood Center
Shady DellEarly Childhood Center

Demographics

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. [8]

District Demographics (2019)
Race/EthnicityPercentage
White75.3
Black/African American7.9
Hispanic/Latino6.8
Asian3.2
Multirace5.7
Native American/Pacific IslanderApprox. 1

Superintendent

District Superintendents
NameStart DateEnd Date
Willard Graff1952 [9] 1970 [10]
Joe Kuklenski1970 [10] 1981 [11]
Paul Hagerty1981 [12] 1992 [13]
Bud Greve (CEO)/ Conley Weiss(COO)1993 [13] 1996 [13]
Bud Greve1996 [13] 1999 [13]
Jack Ernst1999 [14] 2005 [15]
Norm Ridder2005 [15] 2014 [15]
John Jungmann2014 [16] 2021 [16]
Grenita Lathan2021 [16] Present


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