Henry Ford High School (Detroit, Michigan)

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Henry Ford High School
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Henry Ford High School (Detroit, Michigan)
20000 Evergreen Road

Detroit
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates 42°26′20″N83°14′17″W / 42.439°N 83.238°W / 42.439; -83.238
Information
Established1957
PrincipalMichael Mokdad
Enrollment865 [1]
Color(s)Brown and Gold   
Athletics conference Detroit Public School League
Nickname Trojans
Website www.detroitk12.org/ford
Student assessments
2021–22 school
year [2]
Change vs.
prior year [2]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates
(Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %≤5 / ≤5
Proficient %≤5 / ≤5
PR. Proficient %<3 / –
Not Proficient %– / –
Average test scores
SAT Total753.3
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Henry Ford High School is located at 20000 Evergreen Road, on the northwest side of Detroit, Michigan. The facility is staffed and operated by Detroit Public Schools. Ford High opened its doors on September 5, 1957; it was constructed to accommodate an overflow of students from nearby Cooley, Mumford, and Redford high schools. [3] In 2007, DPS closed Redford High School. As a result, Henry Ford now serves the Detroit sub-community of Old Redford. [4] [5] [6] DPS will re-assume control of Ford High in fall 2017. [7]

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School history

Built on Detroit's West side in the late 1950s, the school was completed in Fall 1962. Ford was built to accommodate the student overflow from Mumford, Redford, and Cooley high schools as population increased in this area. When it first opened, Ford's north-side was a bare cinder-block wall. When it was removed a few years later, the school's classroom sections were connected to the auditorium and gym. [8]

Less than three years after the January 1955 ground breaking ceremony, Detroit's Henry Ford High School (located on Evergreen Rd, between Trojan and Fargo) opened its doors to 9th and 10th grade students on September 5, 1957. The school was built on a 23.5-acre (95,000 m2) site (costing $120,000), which was part of a parcel of land known as Southfield Woods. The building cost was $2.275M. At that time Ford consisted mainly of classrooms and a cafeteria – there was no 11th or 12th grade until the fall of 1959. Ford had no gym, auditorium, or laboratory facilities. Its initial capacity was designed for 1,225 people. The initial enrollment was 1,541 students and 64 faculty. Construction of additional facilities were completed by the end of 1962. [3]

Athletics

The Trojans won the school's first state title in 2016 when they captured the boys basketball state championship. [9]

Notable alumni

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