List of educational institutions named after presidents of the United States explained

This is a list of educational institutions named after U.S. presidents. Institutions are listed under their respective president's name; presidents are listed alphabetically.

Adams

• Schools are named for John Adams and John Quincy Adams, see Adams High School
• Adams House (Harvard University)
• John Adams Middle School (Kanawha County Schools, Charleston, West Virginia)

Biden

• Biden School of Public Policy and Administration at the University of Delaware

Buchanan

• A public high school and middle school are named for James Buchanan in Mercersburg, Pennsylvania^{[1] [2]}

G. H. W. Bush

• • George Herbert Walker Bush Elementary School in Addison, Texas George Bush High School in Richmond, Texas
• Bush School of Government and Public Service at Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas

G. W. Bush

• George W. Bush Elementary School in St. Paul, Texas
• George W. Bush Elementary School in Stockton, California

Carter

• The Carter Center in Atlanta, Georgia, is an educational institution, among other things.
• Jimmy Carter Early College High School, La Joya, Texas
• Jimmy Carter Middle School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Jimmy and Rosalynn Carter School for Peace and Conflict Resolution, George Mason University

Cleveland

• Cleveland High School (Portland, Oregon)
• Cleveland Elementary School (Cedar Rapids, Iowa)

Clinton

• Clinton School of Public Service of the University of Arkansas
• William Jefferson Clinton Elementary School, Paramount, California
• William Jefferson Clinton Middle School, Historic South Central Los Angeles
• William J. Clinton Elementary School, La Joya, Texas
• William Jefferson Clinton Primary School, Hope, Arkansas

Coolidge

• New England Law Boston, initially named Calvin Coolidge Law School
• Coolidge Senior High School (Washington, D.C.)
• Coolidge High School, Coolidge, Arizona
• Coolidge Middle School (disambiguation)

Eisenhower

• Eisenhower College, Seneca Falls, New York, closed in 1982
• The Eisenhower Institute, part of Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania
• Eisenhower High School (Blue island, Illinois)
• Eisenhower Middle School (disambiguation)
• Nova Dwight D. Eisenhower Elementary School, Davie, Florida
• Eisenhower Elementary School, Independence, Kansas

Fillmore

• Millard Fillmore College (permanently closed)

Ford

• Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy, part of the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan

Garfield

• Garfield High School (disambiguation)

Grant

• Grant High School (Portland, Oregon)
• Grant Community School, Salem, Oregon
• U.S. Grant High School (Oklahoma)
• U.S. Grant Middle School, Springfield, Illinois

Harding

• Marion Harding High School, Marion, Ohio
• Warren Harding High School, Bridgeport, Connecticut
• Warren G. Harding High School (Warren, Ohio)
• Warren G. Harding Middle School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

W. Harrison

• William Henry Harrison High School (Evansville, Indiana)
• William Henry Harrison High School (West Lafayette, Indiana)
• William Henry Harrison High School (Ohio), Harrison, Ohio

Hayes

• Hayes Middle School (Saint Albans, West Virginia)
• Rutherford B. Hayes High School (Delaware, Ohio)

Hoover

• Herbert Hoover High School (disambiguation)
• Herbert Hoover Senior High School, San Diego, California
• Herbert Hoover Junior High School, San Francisco, California
• Herbert Hoover Middle School, Potomac, Maryland
• Hoover Math And Science Academy, Schaumburg, Illinois
• Hoover Middle School, Waterloo, Iowa
• Hoover Elementary, Medford, Oregon
• Hoover Elementary, Salem, Oregon
• Herbert Hoover Elementary, Langhorne, Pennsylvania
• Hoover Institution, a public policy think tank and research institution formally a part of Stanford University

Jackson

• Jackson Middle School, Portland, Oregon
• Jackson Elementary, Medford, Oregon
• Jackson High School (disambiguation)
• Andrew Jackson Fundamental Magnet High School, St. Bernard Parish, Louisiana, later Andrew Jackson Elementary School, now Andrew Jackson Middle School
• Andrew Jackson Middle School (Kanawha County Schools), Cross Lanes, West Virginia

Jefferson

See main article: List of schools named after Thomas Jefferson.

• Jefferson College (disambiguation)
• Jefferson Community College (disambiguation)
• Jefferson Elementary School (disambiguation)
• Jefferson School (disambiguation)
• Thomas Jefferson Junior High School (disambiguation)
• Thomas Jefferson Junior High School (disambiguation)
• Thomas Jefferson School of Law
• Thomas Jefferson University

A. Johnson

• Andrew Johnson Elementary School, Kingsport City Schools, Kingsport, Tennessee
• Pre-K Center in Johnson, Oklahoma City

L. Johnson

• Lyndon B. Johnson School of Public Affairs of the University of Texas at Austin
• Lyndon B. Johnson High School (Austin, Texas)
• Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Johnson City, Texas
• Lyndon B. Johnson High School, Laredo, Texas
• Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School, Johnson City, Texas
• Lyndon B. Johnson Middle School, Pharr, Texas
• Lyndon B. Johnson Elementary School, Johnson City, Texas

Kennedy

• John F. Kennedy School of Government of Harvard University
• John F. Kennedy University
• John F. Kennedy College, Wahoo, Nebraska
• John F. Kennedy High School (disambiguation)
• President Kennedy School, a coeducational secondary school and sixth form with academy status in Coventry, England
• Kennedy Middle School (disambiguation)
• John F. Kennedy Elementary School, Keizer, Oregon
• Kennedy Elementary, Medford, Oregon
• John F. Kennedy Special Warfare Center and School, Fort Bragg, North Carolina
• John F. Kennedy Middle School, Cupertino, California

Lincoln

• Lincoln University (California), a private university in Oakland
• Lincoln University (Missouri), a public, historically black, land-grant university in Jefferson City
• Lincoln University (Pennsylvania), a public, historically black university near Oxford
• Lincoln Memorial University, a private university in Harrogate, Tennessee
• Lincoln University College, Malaysia
• Lincoln College (Illinois), a private college in Lincoln
• Lincoln Land Community College, a public community college in Springfield, Illinois
• Abraham Lincoln High School (disambiguation)
• Lincoln High School (disambiguation), includes some schools that may not be named after the president
• Lincoln Junior High School, Bentonville, Arkansas
• Lincoln Center Institute, the education division of the Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
• Lincoln Law School of Sacramento, a private, for-profit law school
• Lincoln Law School of San Jose, a private, non-profit law school
• Lincoln School (disambiguation)
• Lincoln Elementary School (disambiguation)

Madison

• James Madison Intermediate, Edison, New Jersey
• James Madison Primary, Edison, New Jersey
• James Madison University, Harrisonburg, Virginia
• James Madison College of Michigan State University
• James Madison High School (disambiguation)
• James Madison Middle School
• Madison High School (disambiguation)
• Madison County High School (disambiguation)

McKinley

• McKinley High School (disambiguation)
• McKinley High School (Sebring, Ohio)
• McKinley Middle School (Saint Albans, West Virginia)
• William McKinley Elementary School Salem, Oregon

Monroe

• Monroe College, a private, for-profit college in New York City
• James Monroe High School (disambiguation)

Nixon

• Richard M. Nixon Elementary School, Hiawatha, Iowa
• Nixon Elementary School, Landing, New Jersey

Obama

• Barack & Michelle Obama Elementary School, St Paul, Minnesota
• Barack & Michelle Obama Academy, Atlanta, Georgia
• Barack H. Obama Magnet Elementary, Jackson, Mississippi
• Barack Obama School, Pine Lawn, Missouri
• Barack Obama Global Preparation Academy, Los Angeles, California
• Barack Obama Leadership Academy, Detroit, Michigan
• Barack Obama School of Leadership and STEM, Chicago Heights, Illinois
• Barack Obama School, Maple Heights, Ohio
• Barack Obama School of Career and Technical Education, Milwaukee, Wisconsin
• Barack Obama Learning Academy, Hazel Crest, Illinois
• Barack and Michelle Obama 9th Grade Campus, Lancaster, Texas
• Barack Obama Green Charter High School, Plainfield, New Jersey
• Barack Obama Charter School, Willowbrook, California
• Barack Obama Elementary School, Hempstead, New York
• Barack Obama Elementary School, Richmond, Virginia
• President Barack Obama School - Public School 34, Jersey City, New Jersey
• Barack Obama Elementary School, Upper Marlboro, Maryland
• The Barack Obama Academy of International Studies, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
• Barack Obama Male Leadership Academy, Dallas, Texas.^[3]
• Barack H. Obama Magnet University School, New Haven, Connecticut.^[4]
• Barack H. Obama Elementary Magnet School of Science and Technology, DeKalb County School District, Atlanta, Georgia

Pierce

• Franklin Pierce University, a private university in Rindge, New Hampshire
• University of New Hampshire School of Law (formerly Franklin Pierce Law Center)

Polk

• Polk Middle School, Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Polk Elementary School, Fresno, California

Reagan

• Ronald Reagan High School (disambiguation)
• Ronald Wilson Reagan Middle School, Haymarket, Virginia
• Ronald W. Reagan High School, Pfafftown, North Carolina
• Ronald Reagan Elementary, Omaha (Millard), Nebraska
• Reagan Elementary, Cedar Park, Texas
• Ronald W. Reagan Middle School, Grand Prairie, Texas
• Ronald Reagan Elementary School, Eastvale, California

Roosevelt

• University College Roosevelt, Middelburg, Zeeland
• Roosevelt Institution
• Roosevelt University
• Roosevelt Elementary, Medford, Oregon
• Numerous Roosevelt High Schools in the United States are listed under this wikilink. The list includes high schools named for Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin D. Roosevelt, and Eleanor Roosevelt.

Taft

• William Howard Taft University
• William Howard Taft High School (disambiguation)
• Taft Elementary School, Lincoln City, Oregon
• Taft 7-12 School, Lincoln City, Oregon

Truman

• Harry S Truman School of Public Affairs at the University of Missouri
• Truman State University
• Harry S Truman College
• Truman High School (disambiguation)

Trump

• Trump University (Defunct)

Tyler

• Tyler High School, named John Tyler High School from 1958 to 2020
• Brightpoint Community College, formerly John Tyler Community College

Van Buren

• Martin Van Buren High School

Washington

• Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri
• George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
• Washington and Lee University, Lexington, Virginia
• Washington College, Chestertown, Maryland
• Washington & Jefferson College, Washington, Pennsylvania
• George Washington High School (disambiguation)
• Washington and Lee High School, Montross, Virginia
• Washington Junior High School, Bentonville, Arkansas
• George Washington Elementary School, Salem, Oregon
• Washington Elementary, in Medford, Oregon

Wilson

• Wilson Elementary, Medford, Oregon
• Woodrow Wilson High School (disambiguation)
• Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars
• First College, Princeton University, formerly Wilson College
• Princeton School of Public and International Affairs, formerly the Woodrow Wilson School of Public and International Affairs

See also

• Presidential memorials in the United States

Notes and References

1. Web site: James Buchanan High School. 2020-07-27. jbhs.tus.k12.pa.us.
2. Web site: James Buchanan Middle School. 2020-07-27. jbms.tus.k12.pa.us.
3. Dallas Morning News: DISD opens all-boy magnet school with math and science focus. September 5, 2011. Accessed February 16, 2015.
4. NewsTimes: https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Barack-H-Obama-School-project-breaks-ground-in-12995695.php. June 15, 2018. Accessed June 15, 2018.