Hamtramck High School
| Name | Hamtramck High School |
| Logo | .jpg) |
| Image |  |
| Established | 1930 |
| Type | Public school |
| District | Hamtramck Public Schools |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| Principal | Lawrence Stroughter |
| Teaching Staff | 48.75 |
| Enrollment | 965 (2023-2024) |
| Ratio | 19.79 |
| Conference | Michigan Metro Athletic Conference |
| Colors | Maroon and white |
| Nickname | Cosmos |
| Streetaddress | 11410 Charest Street |
| City | Hamtramck |
| State | Michigan |
| Zipcode | 48212 |
| Country | USA |
| Website | https://www.hamtramckschools.org/hhs |
| 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 |
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 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."
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".
Notable alumni
- Abraham Aiyash, politician
- Ike Blessitt, former MLB player (Detroit Tigers)
- John Brisker, former NBA player declared legally dead after going missing in Uganda.
- 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
- Mike Kostiuk, former American football player
- Art Macioszczyk, former American football player
- 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
References
- 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
- Hamtramck High School, National Center for Education Statistics, June 29, 2025
- MHSAA > Schools
- MI School Data Annual Education Report, Mi School Data, 2023-01-10
- 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
- About Aiyash, 2020-12-18, Abraham Aiyash for State Representative District 4, en-US
- Ex-Cager Brisker Missing, 21 June 2024, Indiana Gazette, 9 June 1980
- Making history: HFC alumnus is Hamtramck’s first Muslim mayor, January 5, 2022, www.hfcc.edu, 1 December 2024, December 1, 2024, live
- Art Macioszczcyk, ProFootballArchives.com, September 19, 2019, May 8, 2021, dead
External links
Category:Educational institutions established in 1930
Category:Public high schools in Michigan
Category:Hamtramck, Michigan
Category:Schools in Wayne County, Michigan
Category:1930 establishments in Michigan