Farmington Public Schools (Michigan)

Farmington Public Schools is a public school district in Metro Detroit in the U.S. state of Michigan, serving Farmington, most of Farmington Hills, and a small portion of West Bloomfield. As of the 2020–2021 school year, the district served 8,995 students.

During the 2013–14 school year, the district had a total staff of 1,380, making it the second-largest employer in the Farmington-Farmington Hills area.

History
In 2008, as part of the Mackinac Center for Public Policy "Show Michigan the Money" project, the district began publicly posting its check registers on the internet.

Robert Herrera became superintendent in May 2019. In December 2020 he announced he would resign effective January 22, 2021. Shelby Tankersley of Hometownlife.com (printed by Detroit Free Press) wrote that "early every board member lamented the loss of Herrera's leadership, saying he has been a strong superintendent in his short time in the role."

High schools

 * Farmington High School
 * North Farmington High School
 * Farmington Central High School (alternative high school)Harrison High School.jpg, closed 2019]]

Middle schools

 * East Middle School
 * Power Middle School
 * Warner Middle School

K-8 schools

 * Farmington STEAM Academy

Elementary schools

 * Beechview Elementary School
 * Forest Elementary School
 * Gill Elementary School
 * Hillside Elementary School
 * Kenbrook Elementary School
 * Lanigan Elementary School (formerly Larkshire Elementary)
 * Longacre Elementary School
 * Wood Creek Elementary School

Preschools

 * Farmington Early Childhood Center

Academic Performance
Academic performance in the Farmington Public School system has generally matched or exceeded the state average.

High school standardized test scores
Michigan provides data on the historical ACT testing performance for the district, as well as the individual high schools. Scores from North Farmington and Farmington compare favorably against the national ACT composite average, and scores from Harrison compare roughly to the composite average for the state. The full data set appears below:

Accreditation
Farmington Public Schools are all accredited by the North Central Association Commission on Accreditation and School Improvement. Farmington Early Childhood Center is 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.

Athletic honors
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.