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Royal Oak Schools

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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]

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

List of Schools[3]
Name of the School Year Constructed Notes
Royal Oak High School 1957 High school.
Royal Oak Middle School 1927 Middle school.
Jane Addams Elementary School 1952 Primary school. Also Addams Early Childhood Center.
Helen Keller Elementary School 1961 Primary school.
Northwood Elementary School 1923, rebuilt 2007[4] Primary school.
Oakland Elementary School 1924 Primary school. Oldest in the school district.
Oak Ridge Elementary School 1951 Primary school.
Upton Elementary School 1952 Primary school.
Winston Churchill Community Education Center 1964 Alternative school. Formerly Winston Churchill Elementary (later middle school).

Former schools

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Name of the School Year Constructed Notes
Union School 1902 All grades; razed. Subsequently the site of Washington Elementary School.
Longfellow School 1919 Razed in 2008
Grant Elementary 1924 Razed 1980
Abraham Lincoln Elementary 1953 Razed in 2008. Also known as Lincoln Early Childhood Center.
U. S. Grant Elementary 1924 Razed 1980.
Thomas Jefferson Elementary 1957 Sold and converted for use as a Comcast cable TV download station.
George Washington Elementary 1924 Sold to Oakland Community College and later razed in 1975.
Benjamin Franklin Elementary 1927 Razed in 2004.
Edwin Starr Elementary 1919 Razed in 2008.
Ezra Parker Elementary 1919 Razed in 2004.
Edmund Lockman Elementary 1949 Razed in 2015. Used as storage due to being connected to Keller.
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow Elementary 1919 Razed in 2008.
Mark Twain Elementary 1954 Razed in 2008.
Ralph Waldo Emerson Elementary 1959 Razed in 2016. Used as administrative offices.
John Greenleaf Whittier Elementary 1922 Razed in 2008.
Jane Addams Junior High 1952 Consolidated, now Addams Elementary/Addams Early Childhood Center.
Clara Barton Junior High 1913 Razed 1979.
Helen Keller Junior High 1961 Consolidated, now Keller Elementary.
Mary Lyon Junior High 1916 Razed 1982.
George A. Dondero High School 1927 Consolidated.
Clarence M. Kimball High School 1957 Consolidated.
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

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

References

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  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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