Wyandot Families
Welcome to Wyandot Elementary
Wyandot Elementary empowers students to become innovative thinkers in a nurturing environment. Our focus on creativity and critical thinking prepares students for future success through a diverse and engaging curriculum.
The Story Behind the Name
Original Cost: $4,732,163
Opened: 1988
Wyandot Elementary was named after the Wyandot Native American tribe that originally lived in southern Ontario. Tribe members came to live in northern Ohio after they were attacked by the Iroquois Confederacy and driven from their homeland. The Wyandots were fierce warriors. Colonel William Crawford and his army were defeated in an expedition against them at Upper Sandusky in 1782. Captain William Wells once replied to a general’s order that he “could bring in a prisoner, but not from Sandusky, because there were none but Wyandots at Sandusky, and they would not be taken alive.” General Anthony Wayne finally defeated the Wyandots at the Battle of Fallen Timbers in 1784. In 1842, the Wyandots gave up their claim to their reservation at Upper Sandusky and were sent off to a reservation in Oklahoma the following year, making them the last Native American tribe to leave Ohio. Tarhe or “the Crane” and Leatherlips were the most famous chiefs of the Wyandot Indians. Wyandot Elementary was honored as a Blue Ribbon School in 2017 by the U.S. Department of Education.
District enrollment when the building opened was 6,564 students.
Wyandot is 66,018 square feet in size.