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.[1][3]
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.[4]
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."[5]
established as Highmeadow Elementary; became Lutheran school in 1980; returned to FPS in 1987; became Common Campus in 1988;[6] moved to Farmington STEAM Academy in 2017;
building repurposed as relocated Farmington Central High School
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.[13] 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:
Composite ACT scores of for the three major high schools in the Farmington Public Schools District in Farmington, Michigan (also Farmington Hills). Includes the nationwide, state, and district average composite scores for each year from 2006 to 2014, as well as the composite averages for North Farmington, Farmington, and Harrison high schools.
Year
National
State
District
North Farmington
Farmington
Harrison
2006-2007
21.2
21.5
20.4
21.9
20.5
19.1
2007-2008
21.1
19.6
20.5
22.1
20.8
19.3
2008-2009
21.1
19.6
20.8
22.4
20.8
19.3
2009-2010
21.0
19.7
21.1
22.0
21.3
20.2
2010-2011
21.1
20.0
20.9
21.7
21.0
20.0
2011-2012
21.1
20.1
21.1
22.4
21.2
20.0
2012-2013
20.9
19.9
21.1
22.5
21.3
19.7
2013-2014
21.0
20.1
21.2
22.4
21.5
20.5
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.[citation needed]
^Finley, Erica J. In 2016 the district stopped the use of upper-elementary schools (schools teaching fifth and sixth grade) and reverted to using traditional elementary and middle schools, in the process it made Power and Warner Upper-elementaries into middle schools. Also in 2016, Highmeadow Common Campus was closed, and the students and teachers were transferred to the new Farmington STEAM Academy, housed in the building formerly used by E.O Dunckel Middle school. Farmington schools move toward more financial transparency with 'Show Michigan the Money'. Mlive. December 10, 2008. Retrieved on November 6, 2013.
