Hamtramck High School

Hamtramck High School
Address
11410 Charest Street

Hamtramck
,
Michigan
48212

United States
Coordinates 42°24′09″N 83°03′29″W
Information
Type Public school
Established 1930
School district Hamtramck Public Schools
Principal Lawrence Stroughter
Teaching staff 55.34 (on an FTE basis)
Grades 9–12
Enrollment 1,004 (2018-19)
Student to teacher ratio 18.14
Color(s) Maroon and white    
Athletics conference Michigan Metro Athletic Conference
Nickname Cosmos
Website www.hamtramckschools.org/hhs
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
(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

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