| Springfield Public Schools | |
| Grades: | Pre K-12 |
| Superintendent: | Dr. Grenita Lathan |
| Staff: | 3,500 |
| Students: | 24,309 (2020) |
| Schools: | 50 [1] |
| Location: | 1359 E. St. Louis Street Springfield, Missouri, 65802 |
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]
| 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.[8]
| White | 75.3 | |
| Black/African American | 7.9 | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 6.8 | |
| Asian | 3.2 | |
| Multirace | 5.7 | |
| Native American/Pacific Islander | Approx. 1 |
| Willard Graff | 1952[9] | 1970[10] | |
| Joe Kuklenski | 1970 | 1981[11] | |
| Paul Hagerty | 1981[12] | 1992[13] | |
| Bud Greve (CEO)/ Conley Weiss(COO) | 1993 | 1996 | |
| Bud Greve | 1996 | 1999 | |
| Jack Ernst | 1999[14] | 2005[15] | |
| Norm Ridder | 2005 | 2014 | |
| John Jungmann | 2014[16] | 2021 | |
| Grenita Lathan | 2021 | Present |