Berkley School District (also branded as Berkley Schools)is a United States school district serving the entirety of Berkley, Huntington Woods, and the northern portion of Oak Park, in the state of Michigan. The superintendent is Scott Francis. Created in 1840, the district currently serves 4,000 students.^[2]

It operates the following schools:^[3]

• Anderson Middle School (opened 1957)- Gr 6-8
• Angell Elementary School (opened 1921) - Gr K-5
• Berkley Building Blocks (formerly Tyler/Avery Elementary, opened 1951) - Preschool and Child Care
• Berkley High School (opened 1948, expanded since)- Gr 9-12
• Burton Elementary School (opened 1925, sister school to Pattengill)- Gr PreK-5
• Norup International School (formerly Norup Middle School, opened 1957) - Gr K-8
• Pattengill Elementary School (opened 1925, sister school to Burton)- Gr PreK-5
• Rogers Elementary School (formerly Hamilton Elementary, opened 1955)- Gr K-5
• Tyndall Administration Center (formerly Tyndall Elementary, previously housed Building Blocks; converted to administration building in 2018)

Additional programs are offered at these buildings:

• Tri-County Educational Center - Kennedy Center - Alternative High School & Adult Education
• Center for Advanced Studies & the Arts - A special consortium school that draws high school students from 6 six neighboring school districts. CASA also houses the Berkley School District’s Adult Transition Program
• Oakland Schools Technical Campus S.E

Angell is currently the oldest continually operating elementary school in Oakland County. Pattengill was on the list of the 2015 National Blue Ribbon Schools

In addition, some students originally from the Berkley School District attend the International Academy in Bloomfield Hills for high school.

The district formerly operated the following schools:^[4]

• Blackmon School (opened 1840, closed 1901. Sold to a local resident after South School opened)
• South School (Opened 1901, converted to dormitory for teachers in 1920 due to the opening of Angell School)
• Temporary Berkley School (Unknown name. Opened 1918, sold to Berkley Community Church and razed after Berkley School opened)
• Berkley School (later called Berkley Elementary, opened 1922, closed and demolished in 1979. Parts of the school saved from demolition now serve as the district maintenance shop and the headquarters for Berkley Robotics)
• Oxford Elementary (later Oxford Center, opened 1951, closed to students in 1983, served as district administration offices until 2006. Demolished 2007, currently the site of housing and Oxford Park which was purchased by the city in 2014)
• Charles L. Avery Elementary School/Early Childhood Center - Opened 1951 as Tyler Elementary, converted to grades PreK-2 in 2002, became preschool & admin offices in 2006, converted to full childhood center in 2018. Now Berkley Building Blocks
• John C. Norup Middle School - Opened 1957, became grades 3-8 in 2002, converted to K-8 IB school in 2006. Now Norup International School

Due to declining enrollment, Avery and Norup student populations were modified in 2002. Avery became PreK-2 and Norup became grades 3-8. Further decline resulted in the combination of Avery and Norup students of at the Norup building in 2006, making Norup the first K-8 IB school in Oakland County. The former Avery building was modified to house Berkley Building Blocks and BSD administrative offices, and was converted to entirely childcare in 2018.

External links

• Berkley School District Official site.

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