Hazel Park Schools

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Hazel Park Schools
Address
1620 E. Elza
Hazel Park
, Oakland, Michigan, 48030
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [1]
SuperintendentDr. Amy Kruppe [2]
Schools11 schools [1]
Budget$56,710,000 Operating expenditures 2021-2022 [1]
NCES District ID 2618030 [1]
Students and staff
Students2,910 (2023–2024) [1]
Teachers210.79 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Staff539.59 (on an FTE basis) [1]
Student–teacher ratio13.81:1 [1]
Other information
Website www.hazelparkschools.org

Hazel Park Schools is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving Hazel Park and a portion of Ferndale. [3]

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History

Hazel Park Schools, then known as Royal Oak Township School District No. 8, was founded in 1884. A one-room schoolhouse was located at the corner of John R. Road and Nine Mile Road. [4] It remained the only school in the district in 1920. The district then began to grow rapidly, building five schools by 1925. [5] That year, the Detroit Free Press profiled the district:

That portion of Detroit's environs which lies north of the Eight-Mile road and east of Woodward Avenue has had the most rapid educational growth in point of enrollment and facilities of any school district in the country, with the exception of one Massachusetts district... Enrollment for 1924 reached a total of 1,476, while the total for 1925 is estimated at 2,500... Hazel Park High School, at the intersection of North John R., Stephenson superhighway and the Nine-Mile road, is a four-year school and is on the accredited list of the state universities.

— Detroit Free Press, May 10, 1925 [5]

At the site of Hazel Park Junior High, a high school was built in 1929. It became Beecher Junior High when the current high school opened in March of 1960. [6] [7] In 1961, Michigan Attorney General Paul L. Adams stated that the district could not charge fees to rent textbooks, which the district sought to do to ease a budget crisis. [8]

In January of 2004, Webb and Beecher Junior Highs merged within the new junior high school building. [6] It was built with funds from a 2002 bond issue, which also paid for the replacement of United Oaks Elementary, the demolition of Clark Elementary and Beecher Junior High, the conversion of Webb Junior High into Webb Elementary, and other renovation projects. [9]

As part of that bond issue, the entrance gate of the football stadium was rebuilt using the stone lintel and clock from the 1929 high school, [6] which was designed by the architectural firm Burrowes and Eurich. [10]

Schools

List of Schools [11]
SchoolAddressNotes
Edison School1650 Mapledale, FerndaleCenter-based program for emotional or behavioral disabilities. Renovated 2019
Hazel Park High School 23400 Hughes St., Hazel ParkGrades 9-12. Opened March 1960. [7]
Hazel Park Junior High School22770 Highland Ave., Hazel ParkGrades 6-8. Opened January 2004. [6]
Hoover Elementary School23720 Hoover Ave., Hazel ParkElementary
INVEST Roosevelt Alternative High School24131 S. Chrysler Dr., Hazel ParkAlternative high school
Jardon Vocational School2200 Woodward Heights, FerndalePost-secondary
United Oaks Elementary School1001 East Harry Ave., Hazel ParkElementary. Opened fall 2004. [12]
Webb Elementary School2100 Woodward Heights Ave., FerndaleElementary
Webster Early Childhood Center431 W Jarvis Ave., Hazel ParkPreschool

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Hazel Park School District of the City of". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences . Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  2. ↑ Hazel Park Schools. "Organizational Chart" . Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  3. ↑ "Maps: School Districts: Hazel Park City School District" (PDF). Michigan Department of Technology, Management & Budget . Retrieved July 15, 2024.
  4. ↑ City of Hazel Park. "Community History" . Retrieved July 30, 2025.
  5. 1 2 "Schools are boast of John R. district". Detroit Free Press. May 10, 1925. p. Section 5 page 2.
  6. 1 2 3 4 Snyder, Mark (March 4, 2004). "Out with the old gym, in with the new". Detroit Free Press. p. SE Oakland section 11.
  7. 1 2 Editorial staff of Hazel Park High School yearbook. The Viking 1961 (Hazel Park High School 1961 yearbook). p. 2.
  8. ↑ Associated Press (April 7, 1961). "Can't rent specified free books". Bay City Times (Bay City, Mich.). p. 25.
  9. ↑ "Voters OK $54 million proposal for schools". Detroit Free Press. February 27, 2002. p. 83.
  10. ↑ Editorial staff of Hazel Park High School yearbook. The Viking 1955 (Hazel Park High School 1955 yearbook). p. 8.
  11. ↑ Hazel Park Schools. "Hazel Park School District schools" . Retrieved February 3, 2025.
  12. ↑ Chan, Erin (April 8, 2004). "Rooted in United Oaks". Detroit Free Press. p. 4.


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