| Farmington Public Schools | |
|---|---|
| Type and location | |
| Type | Public School System |
| Grades | Early Childhood - Adult Education |
| Country | United States |
| Location | Farmington Hills, Michigan |
| District Info | |
| Superintendent | Susan Zurvalec |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 12,000 |
| Other information | |
| Website | Farmington Public Schools |
Farmington Public Schools is a public school district located in southeastern Michigan, in southern Oakland County. The school district serves more than 12,000 students from Farmington Hills, Farmington, and a portion of West Bloomfield. The district is led by superintendent Susan Zurvalec, who succeeded longtime superintendent Robert Maxfield in 2005. The district has achieved many awards over the years and is often one of the most acclaimed public school districts in the Metropolitan Detroit Area. The district has over 2,000 employees, making it one of the largest employers in the Farmington-Farmington Hills area.
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There are also two Early Childhood Centers: Alameda Early Childhood Center and Farmington Community School Early Childhood Center. Both centers are NAEYC accredited and are the only early childhood centers in the Farmington/Farmington Hills community that hold this distinction. Satellite preschool programs are located at Eagle, Hillside and Wood Creek elementary schools. William Grace, Wooddale, Flanders and Eagle elementaries were shuttered as of the 2010-2011 school year. The closed schools will be sold to real estate developers who will use the schools and land to their discretion.
Farmington Public Schools are all accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Alameda and Farmington Community School Early Childhood Centers are accredited by the National Association for the Education of Young Children.
Farmington Public Schools students are tested through various approaches to measure student achievement. Standardized test include the MEAP (Michigan Educational Assessment Program) and nationally the ACT.
Farmington Public High Schools ranked among Newsweeks top 1,200 public high schools in the country based on number of advanced placement classes and graduating seniors.
Farmington High School ranked 813. North Farmington High School ranked 1112. Harrison High School ranked 1190.
Sixty-eight percent of teachers in the Farmington Public Schools District hold advanced degrees.
Harrison High School Football Coach John Herrington and the Harrison Hawks football team was honored by Nike for having one of the top 50 football programs in the country, USA.
North Farmington High School was inducted into the Michigan High School Baseball Coaches Hall of Fame.