History of Hutchison Elementary School

Built in 1916 and becoming a part of the Detroit School District after Detroit annexed the neighborhood in 1919. A early addition would be made to the school in 1923 as overflow problems had been formed inside the school this extension would add capacity to 680 students with a additional 10 classrooms added from the original 16. The 9th grade student population of the school was also removed with the addition. In 1930 1064 students were enrolled at Hutchison mostly white European. Various additions were made to the school between the World War II era of the school and beyond including many additions in 1961 including a new health room and kindergarten room. Along with this a education office was established with the 1961 addition for the teachers. In 1976 a desegregation order was to make the now 98.5% black school due to white flight in between the 1950s and 60s a 45.5% black school. As boundaries changed for neighborhoods a additional 400 white children were to be added to the school but only 144 ever showed up to the school. The final addition of note would be in 1997 when new windows were added to the school. In 2011 Detroit Public Schools closed Hutchison and many other schools as the downsizing of Detroit Public Schools was still in effect between 2007 to around 2012. In 2015 39 schools were sold to the city under the Detroit Lank Bank including Hutchison and remains one of the better condition schools of the 39 that the Detroit Lank Bank owns.