Editing Oak Park, Michigan (section)

==Education==
Oak Park's educational history began with the Clinton School, a one-room schoolhouse on property donated by Barney Clinton in the early 20th century. As the population grew rapidly, Clinton School was expanded and more elementary schools were built, particularly beginning in the 1950s.

Clinton School was made a junior high school and another was built in the mid-1960s, then named for the poet [[Robert Frost]]. At that time, one school in Oak Park had a special education department for children with learning disabilities: Lessenger Elementary School on Albany St. at Sunset St. Consequently, many families with such special children gravitated to the neighborhood surrounding Lessenger, creating a "cluster" of such families rarely found elsewhere.

Educational achievement was the long consistent pattern in Oak Park. Over 85% of Oak Park High School graduates continued their education immediately after high school, whether in college, or in trade or vocational schools. In the 1950s and 1960s the school system was renowned statewide due to the efforts of progressive and dedicated teachers and community support which liberally allocated tax dollars to fund education through voter approved bond issues.

The high school had an average score of 3.8 <!-- not a typo that's three point eight--> on the state's [[Michigan Educational Assessment Program|MEAP]] test in 2011. This was one of the lowest scores in Oakland County.<ref name="2011MEAP">{{cite web |url=http://www.detroitnews.com/article/20120215/SPECIAL01/120214001/Database-Check-your-school-s-2011-MEAP-scores?appSession=39928709224116&RecordID=&PageID=2&PrevPageID=2&cpipage=13&CPISortType=desc&CPIorderBy=x9__2011 |title=DATABASE: Check your school's 2011 MEAP score |access-date=February 20, 2012 |date=2012-02-20 |publisher=Detroit News }}</ref>

Students residing between 10 Mile Rd. and 11 Mile Rd. are in the [[Berkley School District]]. A square mile on the east end of Oak Park is in the neighboring [[Ferndale Public Schools]]; the majority of the city is in [[Oak Park Schools]].