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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."Vinyard, p
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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

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school. Note that Arab Americans are racially classified as "White".

Notable alumni

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References

* Vinyard, JoEllen McNergney. '' For Faith and Fortune: The Education of Catholic Immigrants in Detroit, 1805-1925''.

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