Harper Woods School District

Harper Woods School District
Address
19851 Anita Street [1] Harper Woods , Wayne , Michigan , 48838 United States
District information
Grades	Pre-Kindergarten-12
Superintendent	Steven McGhee [1]
Schools	7 [2]
Budget	$35,458,000 2021-2022 expenditures [2]
NCES District ID	2617760 [2]
Students and staff
Students	2,750 (2023-2024) [2]
Teachers	105.1 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024) [2]
Staff	250.24 FTE (2023-2024) [2]
Student–teacher ratio	26.26 [2]
Other information
Website	www.hwschools.org

Harper Woods School District is a public school district in Metro Detroit. It serves part of Harper Woods, Michigan. ^[3]

History

In 2003 the district twice attempted to pass a $42 million bond that called for replacing all three school buildings. Both attempts failed, with the first failing by 25 votes and the second failing by 700 votes. If either attempted passed, each Harper Woods School District taxpayer would have had to pay an extra amount over $260 per year for 30 years. Daniel Danosky, the superintendent, said that if the district decided to renovate, the cost would be about $32 million. He argued that it would make more sense to instead build new and pay $42 million. ^[4]

As of March 2004, of the 3,600 households within the school district, less than 25% had school-aged children. Not all of them were enrolled in the public school system. As a result, the residents of the Harper Woods School District had a reluctance to pass school bonds. ^[4]

In September 2004, a $34,450,000 ($58 million in 2025 dollars) bond issue passed to build a new high school on the site of the former high school. The designer of the new building was Wold Architects and Engineers. ^[5]

In 2013 board members considered the possibility of a school uniform policy. ^[6] As of 2016 ^[update] all schools now have uniform policies. ^[7]

The National Clearinghouse for Educational Statistics includes Harper Woods Virtual Academy, an online school headquartered at 19872 Kelly Road in Harper Woods, in the school district's enrollment total. The district does not include the school on its website. ^[1] As of the 2023-2024 school year, the online school enrolled 746 students in kindergarten through twelfth grade. ^[2]

Schools

Schools in Harper Woods School District ^{[8] [2]}

School	Address	Notes
Beacon Elementary	19475 Beaconsfield, Harper Woods	Grades PreK-2
Tyrone Elementary	19525 Tyrone, Harper Woods	Grades 3-5
Harper Woods Middle School	19800 Anita, Harper Woods	Grades 6-8. Also known as Triumph Middle School.
Harper Woods High School	20225 Beaconsfield, Harper Woods	Grades 9-12
Harper Woods Virtual Academy	19872 Kelly Rd., Harper Woods
College & Career Institute	20570 Kelly Rd., Harper Woods

References

1. Harper Woods School District. "Harper Woods School District" . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
2. "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Harper Woods School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
3. Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Wayne County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved July 10, 2025.
4. Keenan, Tim. "School system faces quandary." The Detroit News . Wednesday March 10, 2004. Neighborhood News 04L. Retrieved on November 21, 2011.
5. State of Michigan Department of Treasury. "STATE QUALIFIED SCHOOL BOND ELECTION RESULTS (List of school bonds passed in 2004)" . Retrieved July 10, 2025.
6. Lehmbeck, April (February 12, 2013). "Harper Woods School Board discusses dress code issues". C & G News . Retrieved January 9, 2017.
7. "2016-17 District Dress Code Policy Update ^{[ permanent dead link ]}." Harper Woods School District. Retrieved on January 9, 2017.
8. Harper Woods School District. "Schools menu" . Retrieved July 10, 2025.

External links

• Michigan portal
• Schools portal

• Harper Woods School District