[7] The district was seeing fast population growth and by 1920, Lincoln High School was built at the northeast corner of Livernois and Nine Mile Rd.

Designed by Modernist architect Eberle M. Smith,[9] the school's classrooms were essentially open to the corridors, contained tables rather than desks, and were connected directly to single-stall bathrooms that were not gendered by signage.

[15] The district had built Grant in 1926 in Royal Oak Township, a majority-Black area outside of the majority-white city of Ferndale where, even as late as 1944, there was no sewer system and inadequate police protection.

[17][18] In 2015, the district began an extensive restructuring process, led by the Board of Education and deeply dependent on community involvement.

Changes to curriculum, expansion of academic opportunities for students and site transitions[19] were all based on the district's strategic plan.