Springfield Public Schools (Missouri)
School district in Missouri, U.S.
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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 | |
|---|---|
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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 |
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
| 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]
| 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
| 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 |