Birmingham Public Schools is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving Birmingham, Bingham Farms, Beverly Hills, Franklin, and portions of Bloomfield Hills, Bloomfield Township, Southfield, Troy, and West Bloomfield.. The district is free to students who live within the district, and tuition-based programs are available to students outside of the district.
History In 1834, the first "district" school in Birmingham opened. This school was housed in John Hamilton's old log house at Hamilton Road and Old Woodward Ave. Rev. Lemuel M. Partridge served as the teacher. In 1856, the brick "Old Red Schoolhouse" was built at Maple and Southfield roads and served as a school until 1869. The Allen House, part of the Birmingham Historical Museum, now stands where the school was. A new school was built in 1869 and became the site of Birmingham's first high school. That first high school later became known as Baldwin High School, then in 1951, Birmingham High School, and in 1959, Seaholm High School. The former Baldwin High School later became Birmingham's first middle school.
Through the 1930s other districts had their own elementary schools and sent paid tuition students to Baldwin High School in the Birmingham district. Throughout the 1940s, other school districts in the area were encouraged by the state to join Birmingham's school district. Southfield joined in 1943, Bloomfield Village in 1946, Franklin in 1945 and Walnut Lake in 1947.
Schools Sources: + Secondary Schools School Address Notes Birmingham Covington School 1525 Covington Road Bloomfield Hills Serves grades 3-8. Lottery-based enrollment open to students living within the district. Built 1967. Berkshire Middle School 21707 W. 14 Mile Road, Beverly Hills Built 1963. Derby Middle School 1300 Derby Road, Birmingham Built 1958. Groves High School 20500 W. 13 Mile Rd., Beverly Hills Built 1959 Seaholm High School 2436 W. Lincoln, Birmingham Built 1951 Lincoln Street Alternative High School 2436 W. Lincoln, Birmingham Alternative high school, within Seaholm High School
+ Elementary Schools School Address Notes Early Childhood Center 2121 Midvale, Birmingham Built 1957 Beverly Elementary 18305 Beverly, Beverly Hills Built 1955 Bingham Farms Elementary 23400 13 Mile Road, Bingham Farms Built 1968 Greenfield Elementary 31200 Fairfax Ave., Beverly Hills New building opened 2006, replacing original 1957 building Harlan Elementary 3595 North Adams Road, Bloomfield Hills New building opened 2007, replacing original 1957 building Pembroke Elementary 955 North Eton Road, Troy Built 1955 Pierce Elementary 1829 Pierce, Birmingham Built 1924 Quarton Elementary 771 Chesterfield, Birmingham Built 1927 West Maple Elementary 6275 Inkster Road, Bloomfield Hills Built 1968
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External links Birmingham Public Schools website http://www.bhamgov.org/history/museum/early_school_history.php http://www.bhamgov.org/history/museum/birmingham_schools_the_modern_era.php https://web.archive.org/web/20120218030520/http://beverly.birmingham.k12.mi.us/?