The original school site in the area now known as Millwood was the Deep Fork School, established in 1898. A 168-acre plot of land that comprises the present-day district was donated by J.M. Cramer. The original intent of the land was to develop a cotton mill by a South Carolina firm, but was not fully realized. A one room school building existed on the land that was originally intended for the mill, and due to the surrounding wooded area, the eventual school district was known as Millwood. In 1918, the school board traded the original site for another tract (which is located near the present spot of the Millwood Middle School Building) and a new three-room, two-story rock building was built. In 1935, with
WPA labor, a large two-story rock building was built, complete with a principal's office, classrooms, cafeteria, and auditorium. Kindergarten was started in 1949 on a tuition basis, and in 1951, kindergarten was included in the regular school program. The student body is primarily made up of
African-American students (80%). In 1956 Millwood consisted of Kindergarten through 8th grade with about 25 students in each grade. Like a lot of schools in those days, Millwood was segregated with an all white faculty and students until 1963-64. By 1962 attendance had more than doubled, and the school was an athletic power even back then. From 1960 to 1962 the basketball team was undefeated for three seasons, dominating conference members Pleasant Hill,
Crutcho, Harrison and others and in 1962 defeated
Casady's 8th grade team twice. In 1960 a new building which included 11 classrooms, library, new offices, kitchen, lounge, and cafeteria, was added at a cost of $275,000. Six new 72-passenger buses were purchased in 1963, along with a plan to expand the existing facilities and to add a ninth grade. The curriculum required additional facilities, including a home economics room, drafting and manual arts room, and two classrooms. During the spring of 1971, a special election was held for the purpose of establishing an independent school district with the addition of a new high school for grades 10-12. The high school was accredited the year of operation and held its first graduation in 1972 with 16 students.
Surrounding Community and District Tax Base The
ad-valorem tax base is primarily residential property and the land surrounding
Remington Park, which contains such non-taxable properties as the
National Cowboy and Western Heritage Museum, the
Oklahoma City Zoo, the
Omniplex Science Museum, the
National Softball Hall of Fame, the
Oklahoma State Firefighter Museum, and the land on which
Remington Park is built. ==Recent developments==