Brimley Area Schools
| Brimley Area Schools | |
|---|---|
| Address | |
7134 S M-221[1]
, Chippewa County, Michigan, 49715United States | |
| District information | |
| Grades | PreKindergarten–12[2] |
| Superintendent | Thomas Suggitt[3] |
| Schools | 1[2] |
| Budget | $9,910,000 2022–2023 expenditures[2] |
| NCES District ID | 2606900[2] |
| Students and staff | |
| Students | 463 (2024–2025)[2] |
| Teachers | 36.39 (on an FTE basis) (2024–2025)[2] |
| Staff | 62.09 FTE (2024–2025)[2] |
| Student–teacher ratio | 12.72 (2024–2025)[2] |
| District mascot | Bays[1] |
| Other information | |
| Website | brimley |
Brimley Area Schools is a public school district in Chippewa County, in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. It serves Brimley and the townships of Bay Mills, Chippewa, Superior, and part of Dafter Township.[4]
History
Brimley's former school had become crowded by 1954, when the district proposed a bond issue to build a seven-room elementary school annex.[5] The local newspaper published letters from students on the subject of why a new school was needed as part of a letter-writing contest. The winner in the high school group mentioned cold, dim basement classrooms and the threat of losing accreditation by the University of Michigan due to poor facilities. The winner of the elementary school group said:
When the high school children come down the stairs the stairs just shake and feel as if they are going to fall in. The rooms are stuffy and crowded. They are not healthy either. There is not enough heat in the winter and when it rains the rain comes in through the windows and under the floors.[6]
Voters passed the bond issue.[7] The high school, then called Superior High School, would remain in the old building until about 1960, when a new high school section was built, resolving the problem of the outdated school.[8] A bond issue in 1999 paid for an addition to the building.[9]
The district serves the Bay Mills Indian Community, and more than half of the students are Native American. Ojibwe culture and literature is integrated into the curriculum.[10]
School
Brimley Area Schools operates a single school that serves all grades. It is located at 7134 South M-221 in Brimley.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 "Brimley Area Schools". Brimley Area Schools. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Brimley Area Schools". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences.
- ↑ "Superintendent". Brimley Area Schools. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Chippewa County School Districts (PDF) (Map). Scale not given. Lansing: Michigan Department of Technology, Management and Budget. Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ "Superior-Bay Mills voters asked to OK $114,000 school". Sault News. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. May 20, 1954. p. 13.
- ↑ "Students tell us why new Brimley school is needed". Sault News. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. May 25, 1954. p. 3.
- ↑ "Notice of sale". Sault News. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. July 22, 1954. p. 7.
- ↑ "Michigan Week group group to honor civic leader pair". The Sault News. Sault Ste. Marie, Michigan. May 15, 1973. p. 2.
- ↑ Michigan Department of Treasury. "STATE QUALIFIED SCHOOL BOND ELECTION RESULTS CHIPPEWA COUNTY Brimley Area Schools". Retrieved July 28, 2026.
- ↑ Montemurri, Patricia. "Brimley Story". Building the Hope Schools. Retrieved July 28, 2026.