Hamtramck High School Explained
| Hamtramck High School |
| Established: | 1930 |
| Grades: | 9–12 |
| Principal: | Lawrence Stroughter |
| Teaching Staff: | 50.40 |
| Enrollment: | 1,038 (2022-2023)[1] |
| Ratio: | 20.60 |
| Conference: | Michigan Metro Athletic Conference[2] |
| Colors: | Maroon and white |
| Nickname: | Cosmos |
| Streetaddress: | 11410 Charest Street |
| Zipcode: | 48212 |
| Country: | USA |
| Year: | 2021–22 |
| M-Step Advanced: | ≤5 / ≤5 |
| M-Step Proficient: | ≤5 / – |
| M-Step Pr Proficient: | ≤5 / 49.4 |
| M-Step Not Proficient: | – / 32.6 |
| Sat Total: | 836.8 |
| Sat Total Change: | -52.0 |
| Ref: | [3] |
Hamtramck High School is a public high school in Hamtramck, Michigan, United States in Metro Detroit. It is a part of Hamtramck Public Schools.
History
Hamtramck High School was originally located on Wyandotte and Hewitt Streets.
In 1925 655 students attended Hamtramck High School. JoEllen McNergney Vinyard, author of , wrote that Hamtramck High had "substantially more students than were in all of Detroit's Polish Catholic high schools combined."[4]
In 1970 the school moved to the former Copernicus Junior Middle School's former building.
Demographics
The demographic breakdown of the 999 students enrolled in 2016-17 was:
- Male - 82.0%
- Female - 34.0%
- Native American/Alaskan - >0.1%
- Asian - 3%
- Black - 20%
- Hispanic - 0.4%
- White - 2%
- Multiracial - 1.6%
- Arabs - 40%
97.9% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch. For 2016-17, Hamtramck was a Title I school.
Note that Arab Americans are racially classified as "White".[5]
Notable alumni
- Abraham Aiyash, politician[6]
- Ike Blessitt, former MLB player (Detroit Tigers)
- John Brisker, former NBA player declared legally dead after going missing in Uganda.[7]
- Willie Fleming, former professional Canadian Football League player and member of the Canadian Football Hall of Fame, University of Iowa football player.
- Julius Franks, former American football player, first African-American All-American at Michigan
- Amer Ghalib, politician[8]
- Mike Kostiuk, former American football player
- Art Macioszczyk, former American football player[9]
- Cass Michaels, former MLB player (Chicago White Sox, Washington Senators, St. Louis Cardinals, Philadelphia Athletics)
- Bill Nahorodny. MLB former player Chicago White Sox, Seattle Mariners
- Rudy Tomjanovich, former player and coach for the Houston Rockets of the NBA[10]
References
Notes and References
- Web site: Hamtramck High School. National Center for Education Statistics. October 20, 2024.
- Web site: MHSAA > Schools.
- Web site: MI School Data Annual Education Report. Mi School Data. 2023-01-10.
- Vinyard, p. 183.
- Web site: Alsharif. Mirna. Tensley. Brandon. Why Arabs and Arab Americans feel being counted as White in the US doesn't reflect their reality. CNN. 2022-04-28. 2023-06-18.
- Web site: About Aiyash . 2020-12-18 . Abraham Aiyash for State Representative District 4 . en-US.
- News: Ex-Cager Brisker Missing . 21 June 2024 . Indiana Gazette . 9 June 1980.
- Web site: Making history: HFC alumnus is Hamtramck’s first Muslim mayor. January 5, 2022. www.hfcc.edu. https://web.archive.org/web/20241201135325/https://www.hfcc.edu/news/2022/making-history-hfc-alumnus-hamtramcks-first-muslim-mayor. 1 December 2024. December 1, 2024. live.
- Web site: Art Macioszczcyk . ProFootballArchives.com . September 19, 2019.
- Taylor, Phil. "'hey, Call Anytime'." Sports Illustrated. July 4, 1994. Retrieved on April 11, 2009.
