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Hamtramck High School

Coordinates: 42°24′09″N 83°03′29″W / 42.4025°N 83.058°W / 42.4025; -83.058
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Hamtramck High School
Address
Map
11410 Charest Street

Hamtramck
,
Michigan
48212

United States
Coordinates42°24′09″N 83°03′29″W / 42.4025°N 83.058°W / 42.4025; -83.058
Information
TypePublic school
Established1930
School districtHamtramck Public Schools
PrincipalLawrence Stroughter
Teaching staff50.40 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12[1]
Enrollment1,038 (2022-2023)[1]
Student to teacher ratio20.60[1]
Color(s)Maroon and white   [2]
Athletics conferenceMichigan Metro Athletic Conference[2]
NicknameCosmos[2]
Websitewww.hamtramckschools.org/hhs
Student assessments
2021–22 school
year[3]
Change vs.
prior year[3]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates
(Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %≤5 / ≤5
Proficient %≤5 / –
PR. Proficient %≤5 / 49.4
Not Proficient %– / 32.6
Average test scores
SAT Total836.8
(Decrease −52)

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

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Hamtramck High School was originally located on Wyandotte and Hewitt Streets.[citation needed]

In 1925 655 students attended Hamtramck High School. JoEllen McNergney Vinyard, author of For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925, 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.[citation needed]

Demographics

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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.[1]

Note that Arab Americans are racially classified as "White".[5]

Notable alumni

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References

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  • Vinyard, JoEllen McNergney. For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925. University of Illinois Press, January 1, 1998. ISBN 025206707X, 9780252067075.

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Hamtramck High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c "MHSAA > Schools".
  3. ^ a b "MI School Data Annual Education Report". Mi School Data. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  4. ^ Vinyard, p. 183.
  5. ^ Alsharif, Mirna; Tensley, Brandon (2022-04-28). "Why Arabs and Arab Americans feel being counted as White in the US doesn't reflect their reality". CNN. Retrieved 2023-06-18.
  6. ^ "About Aiyash". Abraham Aiyash for State Representative District 4. Retrieved 2020-12-18.
  7. ^ "Ex-Cager Brisker Missing". Indiana Gazette. 9 June 1980. Retrieved 21 June 2024.
  8. ^ "Making history: HFC alumnus is Hamtramck's first Muslim mayor". www.hfcc.edu. January 5, 2022. Archived from the original on 1 December 2024. Retrieved December 1, 2024.
  9. ^ "Art Macioszczcyk". ProFootballArchives.com. Retrieved September 19, 2019.
  10. ^ Taylor, Phil. "'hey, Call Anytime'." Sports Illustrated. July 4, 1994. Retrieved on April 11, 2009.
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