Chippewa Valley Schools is a school district with its headquarters located in Clinton Township,

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. The district encompasses over 27 square miles, partially serving students of the Clinton Township and Macomb Township along with other nearby districts. It served 16,226 students during the 2016-2017 school year, making it the 6th-largest school district by enrollment in the state. The school district was formed in 1959 through the consolidation of six existing school districts.

Schools

Chippewa Valley Schools operates 20 schools, including three high schools, four middle schools, twelve elementary schools and one preschool. The district also contains the

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, which offers the

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program for qualifying students in Macomb County. Adult education is offered at Mohegan High School. The two main high schools—Chippewa Valley and Dakota—have designated ninth grade centers, which are buildings only occupied by freshmen. Virtually all of the district's schools are named after Native American tribes or people. Some have been criticized, including

Chippewa Valley High School Chippewa Valley High School is a public school (government funded), public, Magnet school, magnet high school located in Clinton Township, Macomb County, Michigan, Clinton Township, Michigan, United States. It serves grades 9–12 for the Chip ...

and 34 other high schools in Michigan, for their use of Native American symbols in their mascots and nicknames.

Preschool

Little Turtle Center has a maximum capacity of 283 children. It doesn't participate in a subsidized child care program.

Elementary

*Cherokee Elementary School *Cheyenne Elementary School *Clinton Valley Elementary School *Erie Elementary School *Fox Elementary School *Huron Elementary School *Miami Elementary School *Mohawk Elementary School *Ojibwa Elementary School *Ottawa Elementary School *Sequoyah Elementary School *Shawnee Elementary School

Middle

* Algonquin Middle School * Iroquois Middle School * Seneca Middle School * Wyandot Middle School

High

* Dakota High School * Mohegan High School

References

External links

* {{Authority control School districts in Michigan Education in Macomb County, Michigan School districts established in 1959 1959 establishments in Michigan