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Royal Oak Schools (formerly Royal Oak Neighborhood Schools) is a school district in Greater Detroit, Michigan. The district provides public school services for the municipality of Royal Oak and the easternmost portion of Berkley. [1]

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The district adopted the "Royal Oak Schools" branding in the early 2010s. [note 1] [2]

List of Schools [3]
Name of the SchoolYear ConstructedNotes
Royal Oak High School 1957High school.
Royal Oak Middle School1927Middle school.
Jane Addams Elementary School1952Primary school. Also Addams Early Childhood Center.
Helen Keller Elementary School1961Primary school.
Northwood Elementary School1923, rebuilt 2007 [4] Primary school.
Oakland Elementary School1924Primary school. Oldest in the school district.
Oak Ridge Elementary School1951Primary school.
Upton Elementary School1952Primary school.
Winston Churchill Community Education Center1964Alternative school. Formerly Winston Churchill Elementary (later middle school).

Former schools

Name of the SchoolYear ConstructedNotes
Union School1902All grades; razed. Subsequently the site of Washington Elementary School.
Longfellow School1919Razed in 2008
Grant Elementary1924Razed 1980
Abraham Lincoln Elementary1953Razed in 2008. Also known as Lincoln Early Childhood Center.
U. S. Grant Elementary1924Razed 1980.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary1957Sold and converted for use as a Comcast cable TV download station.
George Washington Elementary1924Sold to Oakland Community College and later razed in 1975.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary1927Razed in 2004.
Edwin Starr Elementary1919Razed in 2008.
Ezra Parker Elementary1919Razed in 2004.
Edmund Lockman Elementary1949Razed in 2015. Used as storage due to being connected to Keller.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary1919Razed in 2008.
Mark Twain Elementary1954Razed in 2008.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary1959Razed in 2016. Used as administrative offices.
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary1922Razed in 2008.
Jane Addams Junior High1952Consolidated, now Addams Elementary/Addams Early Childhood Center.
Clara Barton Junior High1913Razed 1979.
Helen Keller Junior High1961Consolidated, now Keller Elementary.
Mary Lyon Junior High1916Razed 1982.
George A. Dondero High School 1927Consolidated.
Clarence M. Kimball High School 1957Consolidated.
Student populations from Dondero High and Kimball High were consolidated as Royal Oak High School in the former Kimball High School. The former Dondero High became Royal Oak Middle School.

Notes

  1. ↑ The earliest available instance of branding of "Royal Oak Schools" was first referenced in a spring 2013 newsletter.

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References

  1. ↑ "Pupil Enrollment Projection Study Report 2010-2014" (PDF). Royal Oak Schools. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 20, 2011. Retrieved April 30, 2011. See Map on Page 4
  2. ↑ "Royal Oak Schools Spring 2013 Newsletter" (PDF). Retrieved January 25, 2025.
  3. ↑ Royal Oak Schools Through the Years
  4. ↑ Kavanaugh, Catherine (July 15, 2007). "Developers eye closed schools". Daily Tribune (Royal Oak, Mich.). p. 1.



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