Taylor School District

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Taylor School District
Address
13500 Pine Street [1]
Taylor
, Wayne , Michigan, 48180
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPreK–12 [2]
SuperintendentMichael Wegher [3]
Budget$91,905,000 2021-2022 expenditures [2]
NCES District ID 2633540 [2]
Students and staff
Students5,614 (2023-2024) [2]
Teachers338.67 FTE (2023=2024) [2]
Staff851.5 FTE (2023-2024) [2]
Student–teacher ratio16.58 [2]
Other information
Website www.taylorschools.net
Taylor Board of Education Building Taylor Michigan Board of Education building.JPG
Taylor Board of Education Building

The Taylor School District is a public school district in the city of Taylor in Metro Detroit, Michigan. The district serves Taylor and portions of Brownstown, Dearborn Heights, Inkster, and Westland. [4]

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History

Taylor Center High School opened in fall 1953, closed in 1997 and was demolished in 2011. [5]

John F. Kennedy High School opened in February 1965. [6]

In 1974, Truman High School (site of the current Taylor High School) was built as a junior/senior high school using an open classroom concept. [7]

As of Summer 2013, the Inkster Public Schools District was entirely dissolved. [8] The Taylor school district absorbed some of the Inkster boundary. [9] Students south of Michigan and east of Middlebelt were rezoned to Taylor. [10]

Truman High School and Kennedy High School merged in 2018, forming Taylor High School within the Truman building. [11]

In 2021, a $130 million bond issue passed to improve school facilities and replace the high school. [12] In November 2023, Kennedy High School was torn down to accommodate the new high school. [13] In September 2024, the district announced that it would not be proceeding with building the new high school due to increasing construction costs. [14]

A cost-reduction plan was announced in 2024. As part of the plan, Eureka Heights Elementary closed in 2025, and in 2026, Clarence Randall and Taylor Parks Elementaries will be demolished. Clarence Randall Elementary will move to the Hoover Middle School building, while Hoover Middle School will move in with West Middle School. [15]

Schools

Taylor High School Harry Truman High School Taylor.JPG
Taylor High School
John F. Kennedy High School John F. Kennedy High School Taylor Michigan.JPG
John F. Kennedy High School
Schools in Taylor School District [2] [16]
SchoolAddressNotes
Johnson Early Childhood Center20701 Wohlfeil, TaylorPreschool. Formerly Johnson Early Elementary[ citation needed ]
Holland Elementary10201 Holland Road, TrentonGrades K-5
Kinyon Elementary School10455 Monroe, TaylorGrades K-5
Berniece McDowell Elementary School22929 Brest, TaylorGrades K-5
Blair Moody Elementary8280 Hipp, TaylorGrades K-5
Myers Elementary School16201 Lauren Drive, TaylorGrades K-5
Clarence Randall Elementary8699 Robert, TaylorGrades K-5
Taylor Parks Elementary School20614 Pinecrest, TaylorGrades K-5
Hoover Middle School27101 Beverly Street, TaylorGrades 6-8
Robert J. West Middle School10575 Williams, TaylorGrades 6-8
Taylor High School 11211 Beech Daly, TaylorGrades 9-12. Built 1974. [17]
Taylor Career Center9601 Westlake Rd, Taylor


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References

  1. ↑ Taylor School District. "Taylor School District" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Taylor School District". National Center for Education Statistics . Institute of Education Sciences.
  3. ↑ Taylor School District. "Office of the Superintendent" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  4. ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. "Wayne County School Districts" (PDF). Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  5. ↑ Taylor Alumni Association. "Taylor Center High School" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  6. ↑ Taylor Alumni Association. "John F. Kennedy High School" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  7. ↑ Taylor High School. "About Our School" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  8. ↑ "Dissolution of Inkster Public Schools." (Archive) Wayne County RESA Board of Education. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
  9. ↑ "Home (Archive) Inkster Public Schools. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
  10. ↑ Smith, Brian. "Inkster schools first to be dissolved; students split across 4 districts." Mlive . July 26, 2013. Retrieved on November 2, 2013.
  11. ↑ Taylor High School. "About Our School" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  12. ↑ Kasuba, Jim (November 4, 2021). "$130M school bond approval in Taylor, write-in candidate win in Gibraltar among Downriver election highlights". News-Herald.
  13. ↑ Taylor School District. "TAYLOR KENNEDY DEMOLITION BEGINS - BOND PROGRESS MOVING FORWARD" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  14. ↑ Taylor School District. "High School Construction Update" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  15. ↑ Francis, Jacqueline (January 10, 2024). "Taylor school board's money-saving plans include demolition, eliminating jobs".
  16. ↑ Taylor School District. "Schools menu" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  17. ↑ Taylor High School. "About Our School" . Retrieved April 11, 2025.
  18. ↑ Francis, Jacqueline (January 10, 2024). "Taylor school board's money-saving plans include demolition, eliminating jobs".
  19. ↑ "Taylor school board votes to close Kennedy High School". wxyz.com. Retrieved June 30, 2018.
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