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 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. Public high schools located in Springfield include Central High School, Kickapoo High School, Hillcrest High School, Parkview High School, and Glendale High School.
The district includes the majority of the Springfield city limits and a portion of Battlefield.
It was established in 1868. 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. In 2018, twelve of the district's schools had "secure vestibules" controlling entry, and the district was making efforts to establish more.
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.