Ferndale Schools & Ferndale Educational Foundation Email Format
Primary and Secondary EducationMichigan, United States51-200 Employees
The Ferndale Public School district operates as a primary and secondary education system serving the cities of Ferndale, Pleasant Ridge, Oak Park, and Royal Oak Township in Michigan. Its mission emphasizes delivering an education that prepares students for college, careers, and success within a diverse society, while maintaining athletics at the state level and supporting regionally recognized fine arts programs. The district is based in Ferndale, in the Detroit metropolitan area. Through the Ferndale Education Foundation, learning opportunities across Ferndale Public Schools are funded by mini-grants, equipment, and programs that broaden exposure to the arts, history, and literature, and that aim to improve standardized test performance. The Foundation also supports an after-school tutoring program to strengthen reading and math skills and fosters initiatives designed to help students from diverse backgrounds better understand one another. In a recent development, the district partnered with the University of Michigan-Dearborn to offer a dual enrollment class in-district starting Fall 2025, expanding higher education access for students.