Hamtramck High School

Student assessments
Student assessments
2021–22 school ; year Change vs.; prior year
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 Total	836.8 ( −52)

Hamtramck High School
Hamtramck High School
Address
	11410 Charest Street; Hamtramck, Michigan 48212; United States
Coordinates	42°24′09″N 83°03′29″W / 42.4025°N 83.058°W
Information
Type	Public school
Established	1930
School district	Hamtramck Public Schools
Principal	Lawrence Stroughter
Teaching staff	50.40 (on an FTE basis)
Grades	9–12
Enrollment	1,038 (2022-2023)
Student to teacher ratio	20.60
Color(s)	Maroon and white
Athletics conference	Michigan Metro Athletic Conference
Nickname	Cosmos
Website	www.hamtramckschools.org/hhs

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.^{[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]}

The demographic breakdown of the 999 students enrolled in 2016-17 was:

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]

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]

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