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The Buena Vista School District closed in 2013. The Saginaw School District acquired the Buena Vista headquarters building, all five school buildings and the majority of the school district territory. This territory included areas north of Hess Avenue except for the parcels located between Airport Road and Townline Road that are south of Holland. 261 new students from Buena Vista were expected to attend Saginaw schools. Ultimately 109 former Buena Vista students began attending Saginaw schools.
Schools
The Saginaw Public School District includes nine elementary schools, one PK-8 schools, one middle school, three high schools.
Created from Arthur Hill High School and Saginaw High School
Stone Elementary School
PK
05
298
232
12.5
14.88
Willie E. Thompson Middle School
06
08
800
526
30
19.07
Zilwaukee School
PK
08
310
359
21.6
17.5
*Note: Based on 2003-2004 student count data
**Note: Based on 2013-2014 student count data
***Note: Based on 2012-2013 school year data
Key: K=Kindergarten; PK=Pre-kindergarten; UG=No grade levels ("ungraded"); n/a=Not applicable (typically an independent charter school); {blank}=Data not available
Former schools
The district has closed, consolidated, or replaced several schools, including:
Magnet school; merged into Saginaw United High School
C.C. Coulter Elementary School
PK
05
151 (2012)
2012
Offered all day Pre-Kindergarten, all day kindergarten, Accelerated Reading, structured tutorial, Foster Grandparents, Youth First, H.O.S.T, Title I and 31A Support, and 21st Century
Central Middle school was renamed Ruben Daniel's in the 2009–2010 school year due to the fact that Webber Middle school was shutting down and was combined with Central Middle school.
Webber Middle school was combined with Central Middle School, which was renamed Ruben Daniels Middle School.
*Note: Based student count data
Key: K=Kindergarten; PK=Pre-kindergarten; UG=No grade levels ("ungraded"); n/a=Not applicable (typically an independent charter school); {blank}=Data not available
^ "Student Count". MI School Data. Retrieved March 16, 2015.
^U.S. Department of Education - Institute of Education Sciences. "Schools and Colleges". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved March 16, 2015.