Garden City Public Schools

For the Garden City, Kansas district, see Garden City USD 457.

Garden City Public Schools is a public school district serving Garden City, Michigan and a small part of Livonia in the Metro Detroit area.^[4]

Garden City Public Schools
Address
1333 Radcliff[1] Garden City , Wayne, Michigan, 48135 United States
District information
Grades	Pre-Kindergarten-12
Superintendent	Derek Fisher[2]
Schools	8[3]
Budget	$74,649,000 2021-2022 expenditures[3]
NCES District ID	2615540[3]
Students and staff
Students	3,194 (2023-2024)[3]
Teachers	244.6 (on an FTE basis) (2023-2024)[3]
Staff	596.23 FTE (2023-2024)[3]
Student–teacher ratio	13.06[3]
Other information
Website	www.gardencityschools.com

History

It is believed that the first school located on the land that is now Garden City was a log cabin built between 1840-1845. In 1847, a one-room, frame school called the East Nankin School was built. In about 1924, not too long after the formation of Garden City, four two-room frame school buildings were constructed, and just 5 years later a law was passed forming a school district for the village of Garden City. Between 1948 and 1959, nine elementary schools were constructed due to a rapid population growth of students. By 1968, 14,000 students were enrolled in its fifteen schools.

Garden City High School was built in 1950.^[5] In 1965, West High School was established^[6] and the existing high school became East High. In the summer of 1982, West High School closed and became Garden City Middle School,^[7] and all high school classes moved to the former East High building.^[8]

Schools

Schools in Garden City Public Schools district^[9][3]

School	Address	Notes
Garden City High School (Michigan)	6500 Middlebelt Rd., Garden City	Grades 9–12. Built 1950.[10]
Garden City Middle School	1851 Radcliff, Garden City	Grades 7–8. Built 1965.[11]
Lathers Early Childhood and Kindergarten Center	28351 Marquette, Garden City	Preschool and Kindergarten
Memorial 1–2 Campus	30001 Marquette, Garden City	Grades 1–2
Douglas 3–4 Campus	6400 Hartel, Garden City	Grades 3–4
Farmington 5–6 Campus	33411 Marquette, Garden City	Grades 5–6
Burger Transition Center	30300 Maplewood, Garden City	Formerly Henry Ruff Elementary[citation needed]
Cambridge High School	28901 Cambridge, Garden City	Alternative high school, Grades 9–12
Burger Baylor School	28865 Carlysle, Inkster	Focuses on students with autism spectrum

Closed/ Former schools

• Burger Middle School/ Burger School for Students with Autism spectrum - This building was razed in 2015.
• Cambridge School - Now an adult and community education center.
• East High School - Consolidated with West High School in 1982, and the current location of Garden City High School.
• Maplewood Elementary School - Now a community center.
• Marquette Elementary School - This building has been razed.
• Radcliff Middle School - Became a satellite campus for Schoolcraft College, later sold to Garden City to become the new home of the city's Parks and Recreation department.
• Vogel Middle School - This building has been razed.
• West High School - Consolidated with East High School in 1982, and the current location of Garden City Middle School.
• Henry Ruff Elementary- Since 2010. The building was used for educational purposes similar to Cambridge and hosted small events in the Garden City Community. It is now the new site for Burger East/ Burger Transition Center
• Dillon School - This building has been razed.
• Harrison School - Now a satellite campus for Garden City Hospital.