Trenton Public Schools (Michigan)

Prior to 1900, Trenton's school district did not include a high school. That fall, a new multi-room school opened at the intersection of 3rd Street and St. Joseph Avenue. High school students could attend the school instead of having to go to Wyandotte.^[5]

Slocum-Truax High School opened in fall 1924, replacing the former high school, which became an elementary/junior high.^[5] The Slocum and Truax families had donated the land for the high school.^[6]

$4.5 million (about $54.4 million in 2025 dollars) in construction bonds were approved in 1954 to build and remodel facilities, including the high school.^[7]

West Road Elementary, which had opened in fall 1953, was the first section of what became the present Trenton High School,^[8] which replaced Slocum-Truax as the district's high school around 1958. The architect of Trenton High School was the Dearborn firm Bennett & Straight.^[9] The Slocum-Truax building became a junior high^[8] and closed in 1979 and was demolished in 1980.^[6]

In 1970, an addition was built at Trenton High School, including a media center.^[10]