Oak Park High School (Michigan)

Oak Park High School
Location
13701 Oak Park Boulevard Oak Park, Michigan United States
Coordinates	42°27′54″N83°11′02″W / 42.4649°N 83.1838°W / 42.4649; -83.1838
Information
Type	Public high school
Motto	We enter to learn, we leave to achieve
Established	1954
School district	Oak Park Schools
Principal	Carissa Peterson
Teaching staff	44.60 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9 to 12
Enrollment	973 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	19.57 [1]
Color(s)	Red, Black and White
Athletics conference	Oakland Activities Association [2]
Mascot	Oak Park Knights [2]
Nobel laureates	Paul Milgrom
Website	Oak Park High School website

Student assessments
2021–22 school year [3] Change vs. prior year [3]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates (Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %	≤5 / ≤5
Proficient %	– / –
PR. Proficient %	7.6 / 57.6
Not Proficient %	83.0 / 30.2
Average test scores
SAT Total	778.2 ( −27.8)

Oak Park High School is a public high school located in Oak Park, Michigan, an inner suburb of Detroit. The school is part of the Oak Park School district. It serves about 1,130 students in grades 9 to 12 from Oak Park and surrounding communities around Detroit. ^[4]

In 2010, as a part of the Federal School Improvement Framework, the school was identified by the State of Michigan as one of 92 schools with the lowest achieving, according to performance on Michigan standardized tests. Eligible schools were invited to apply for a grant of up to 6 million dollars over three years to support efforts to raise academic achievement.

Oak Park High School's grant application was awarded $4.2 million. The school was one of 28 schools that were awarded grant funds. ^[4]

The school colors are red, black, and white. The school mascot is the Oak Park Knights. ^[4]

Oak Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame

• Oak Park High School (coached by Alvin Delidow) won the Class-A team championship trophy at the 1972 Michigan High School Athletic Association Boys' Track and Field Finals. At those same finals, the 440-yard relay team of Tony Craighead, Henry Staton, Adolph Mongo, and Mike Rollins brought home gold for Oak Park. ^{[5] [6]}
• At the 2010 MHSAA Girls' Track and Field Finals, Dissa Swint-Cook won the 200-meter dash; becoming Oak Park High School's first individual state champion in nearly thirty years. ^[7]
• At the 1982 MHSAA Girls' Track and Field, Bernard Wells became the first coach to win a team championship. Team captains Michele (Mimi) Morris and VeronCia VC Daffin lead the way to this victory. ^[8]
• In 1984, Oak Park won the MHSAA Class-B boys' basketball championship with a 62–54 victory over Saginaw-Buena Vista High School.

Notable alumni

• Jamie Arnold – retired American-Israeli professional basketball player
• Edwin Baker – NFL running back ^[9]
• Rayshaun Benny – college football defensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines ^[10]
• Bass Brothers – music producers responsible for helping Eminem start his career.
• Vincent Chin – industrial draftsman and murder victim ^[11]
• Marcella Detroit – vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter – Shakespears Sister
• Larry Downes - author
• Doug Fieger – singer-songwriter-musician – The Knack
• Les Gold – founder of American Jewelry and Loan; star of Hardcore Pawn ^[12]
• John Kelly – American football running back
• Andrew Lippa – composer
• D'Wan Mathis – college football wide receiver for the Delaware State ^[13]
• Paul Milgrom – Nobel Prize-winning economist
• Justin Rogers – college football defensive tackle for the Auburn Tigers ^[14]
• Jeffrey Sachs – economist and Director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University. ^[15]
• Bruce Seid - Major League Baseball scout and executive ^[16]
• Jeffrey Seller – producer, Rent
• Ron Suresha – author and editor
• Don Was – musician, bassist, and record producer – Was (Not Was) ^[17]

References

1. "Oak Park High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved December 10, 2024.
2. "Oakland Activities Association season preview". Detroit Free Press . August 28, 2008. Retrieved September 6, 2008.
3. "MI School Data Annual Education Report". MI School Data. Retrieved January 10, 2023.
4. "Oak Park High School". Oak Park Schools. September 6, 2008.
5. "Team Champions | Boys Track & Field | MHSAA Sports". Archived from the original on June 9, 2013. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
6. "Individual Champions | Boys Track & Field | MHSAA Sports". Archived from the original on May 19, 2015. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
7. "Individual Champions | Girls Track & Field | MHSAA Sports".
8. "Team Champions | Girls Track & Field | MHSAA Sports". Archived from the original on June 18, 2015. Retrieved September 4, 2013.
9. Cabot, Mary Kay (December 10, 2013). "Cleveland Browns sign Edwin Baker off Texans practice squad, waive quarterback Caleb Hanie". Cleveland Plain Dealer.
10. Zuke, Ryan (February 3, 2021). "Oak Park 4-star DT Rayshaun Benny decommits from MSU, signs with Michigan". MLive.com. Retrieved October 6, 2024.
11. Chi, Tsung (2005). East Asian Americans and Political Participation . ABC-CLIO. pp.  49. ISBN   978-1-57607-290-5.
12. "All in the Family" Hardcore Pawn , TruTV, August 16, 2011
13. Garcia, Tony (September 16, 2017). "Versatile 4-star D'Wan Mathis helps lead Oak Park to win over Groves". Michigan Live. Retrieved July 20, 2023.
14. McCabe, Mick (September 27, 2019). "How Oak Park's Justin Rogers went from 'garbage' to the No. 1 player in Michigan". Detroit Free Press. Retrieved February 21, 2024.
15. Munk, Nina (2013). The Idealist. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group. ISBN   9780385537742.
16. Law, Keith (September 3, 2014). "Brewers official Bruce Seid dies". ESPN. Retrieved September 4, 2014.
17. Blitchok, Dustin (July 13, 2014). "Don Was, friends pay diverse tribute to Bob Seger at Concert of Colors". Oakland Press. Retrieved September 4, 2014.

External links

• Oak Park High School website