Romulus Senior High School or Romulus High School is the public

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in the city of

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History

In 2013

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closed due to the closure of the

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. Students in the Inkster zone south of Michigan Avenue and west of Middlebelt were rezoned to Romulus High School. This area includes portions of Inkster and Westland.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 892 students enrolled in 2016-2017 was: *Male - 54.1% *Female - 45.9% *Black - 77.3% *Hispanic - 4.0% *White - 17.6% *Multiracial - 1.1% 70.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.

Athletics

The following sports are offered at RHS. Unless noted there are teams for both sexes: *Baseball (boys) *Basketball **Boys state champion - 1986, 2013 *Bowling *Cross Country *Competitive Cheerleading (girls) *Football (boys) *Golf (boys) *Soccer *Softball (girls) *Tennis (girls) *Track & Field **Boys state champion - 2000 **Girls state champion - 2009 *Volleyball (girls) *Wrestling (boys) The Romulus High School Eagles has a longtime rivalry with the Belleville High School Tigers.

Notable people

* Wes Clark, professional basketball player *

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* Shaler Halimon, professional basketball player * Charlie Henry, former assistant basketball coach at Romulus, college and professional basketball coach. * John Holifield, professional football player * Jaren Holmes, professional basketball player * Robert Lambert, Daytime Emmy Award-winning casting director for ''

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''. * Charley Lau, professional baseball player and coach * Grant Long, professional basketball player * John Long, professional basketball player * Terry Mills, professional basketball player *

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, former head basketball coach and teacher at Romulus, current head basketball coach at

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. * Devin Searcy, basketball player

References

External links

Romulus H.S. Website

School district website
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