Beardsley School History Beardsley Elementary School was built
in 1903. It began as a ten-room brick structure which cost
$60,000 dollars and housed 229 boys and 182 girls. Originally
named the Huntington Road School, the PTA successfully
petitioned in 1922 to have the school renamed in honor of James
Beardsley who had donated much land to the city. A three-alarm
fire destroyed the school in 1938. Rebuilt and enlarged through
a WPA grant, the school even served as the area bomb shelter
during the second world war. During the 1960s, lunch facilities
were added to the school, and Beardsley became a Pre-K through
Grade 6 school. By the mid-1990s, Beardsley School had over 30
teachers and a student population of over 650. Today Beardsley
School has over 400 students from various ethnic backgrounds.
Along with their teachers and families, they make Beardsley
School a wonderful place to come and learn!