Springfield Elementary School

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educational institution in fiction fictional school

Springfield Elementary School is the fictional, chronically underfunded grade school in The Simpsons where characters like Lisa and Bart Simpson attend classes under the inept leadership of Principal Skinner and teacher Edna Krabappel.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
"Springfield Elementary School" name sign 1
Springfield Elementary teachers 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf educational institution in fiction ⓘ
fictional school ⓘ
appearsIn The Simpsons NERFINISHED ⓘ
countryInUniverse United States NERFINISHED ⓘ
creatorUniverse Matt Groening NERFINISHED ⓘ
educationLevel elementary school ⓘ
fictionalStatus nonexistent in real world ⓘ
firstAppearanceWork The Simpsons (TV series) NERFINISHED ⓘ
fundingSourceInUniverse Springfield municipal budget ⓘ
genreContext animated sitcom ⓘ
governingBodyInUniverse Springfield School Board NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasFacility auditorium ⓘ
cafeteria ⓘ
classrooms ⓘ
gymnasium ⓘ
music room ⓘ
playground ⓘ
school bus parking area ⓘ
knownFor chronic underfunding ⓘ
dilapidated facilities ⓘ
poor educational standards ⓘ
languageOfInstructionInUniverse English ⓘ
locatedInFictionalCity Springfield NERFINISHED ⓘ
medium television ⓘ
notableEvent school inspections by Superintendent Chalmers ⓘ
standardized test scandals ⓘ
teacher strikes ⓘ
principal Seymour Skinner NERFINISHED ⓘ
recurringTheme budget cuts ⓘ
bureaucratic incompetence ⓘ
standardized testing satire ⓘ
teacher dissatisfaction ⓘ
staffMember Groundskeeper Willie NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lunchlady Doris NERFINISHED ⓘ
Otto Mann NERFINISHED ⓘ
Superintendent Chalmers NERFINISHED ⓘ
student Bart Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Database ⓘ
Janey Powell NERFINISHED ⓘ
Lisa Simpson NERFINISHED ⓘ
Martin Prince NERFINISHED ⓘ
Milhouse Van Houten NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nelson Muntz NERFINISHED ⓘ
Ralph Wiggum NERFINISHED ⓘ
Sherri and Terri NERFINISHED ⓘ
teacher Dewey Largo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Edna Krabappel NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elizabeth Hoover NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalGrades kindergarten to grade 6 ⓘ

Referenced by (11)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Milhouse Van Houten → attendsSchool → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
Lisa Simpson → education → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
Principal Skinner → employer → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
The Simpsons episode "Lisa the Simpson" → featuresLocation → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
subject surface form: Lisa the Simpson
Michigan City Area Schools → hasElementarySchool → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
Springfield → hasLandmark → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
Springfield Elementary School façade → hasSignage → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
this entity surface form: "Springfield Elementary School" name sign
Springfield Elementary School façade → partOf → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
Bart Simpson → school → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
Principal Skinner → setting → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
Principal Skinner → supervises → Springfield Elementary School ⓘ
this entity surface form: Springfield Elementary teachers