Springfield Public Schools (Missouri)

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.

Springfield Public Schools
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.sps.org

The district includes the majority of the Springfield city limits and a portion of Battlefield.^[4]

History

It was established in 1868.^[5] 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.^[6] In 2018, twelve of the district's schools had "secure vestibules" controlling entry, and the district was making efforts to establish more.^[7]

Accomplishments

• SPS 4-year graduation rate for 2020 was 93.6%.
• SPS has the state's only K-12 International Baccalaureate program.
• The Springfield community has recently invested more than $168 million to improve its education facilities.
• They average teaching experience of their teachers about 12.1 years, and more than 62.9% of teachers have advanced degrees.^[1]

Schools

Springfield Schools

School Name	Type
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

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/Ethnicity	Percentage
White	75.3
Black/African American	7.9
Hispanic/Latino	6.8
Asian	3.2
Multirace	5.7
Native American/Pacific Islander	Approx. 1

Superintendent

District Superintendents

Name	Start Date	End Date
Willard Graff	1952[9]	1970[10]
Joe Kuklenski	1970[10]	1981[11]
Paul Hagerty	1981[12]	1992[13]
Bud Greve (CEO)/ Conley Weiss(COO)	1993[13]	1996[13]
Bud Greve	1996[13]	1999[13]
Jack Ernst	1999[14]	2005[15]
Norm Ridder	2005[15]	2014[15]
John Jungmann	2014[16]	2021[16]
Grenita Lathan	2021[16]	Present