Henry Ford High School
Address
20000 Evergreen Road

Detroit
,
Michigan

United States
Coordinates42°26′20″N 83°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 conferenceDetroit Public School League
NicknameTrojans
Websitewww.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
(Increase +47.8)

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]

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]

  • The school was featured in the 2011 Dan Rather report, "A National Disgrace." In the fall of 2010 there were 826 students appearing for the first day of school at Ford, while the previous year it had 1,300 students.[10]

Notable alumni

References

  1. ↑ "MHSAA > Schools".
  2. 1 2 "MI School Data Annual Education Report". MI School Data. Retrieved 2023-01-10.
  3. 1 2 3 "Henry Ford High School Alumni Association".
  4. ↑ "Inside Closed Schools." Detroit Free Press. 1. Retrieved on April 19, 2009.
  5. ↑ "High School Attendance Areas 7/10/2003." Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on November 13, 2009.
  6. ↑ "High School Boundary Map." Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on October 20, 2009.
  7. ↑ "Welcome EAA Community Archived 2017-04-29 at the Wayback Machine." Detroit Public Schools. Retrieved on May 2, 2017.
  8. ↑ "Henry Ford High School Alumni Association".
  9. ↑ "Ford's Drive Ends with School's 1st Title".
  10. ↑ Transcript of "A National Disgrace" (Archive). AXS TV. p. 72. Retrieved on August 11, 2015.
  11. ↑ "Individual Champions | Girls Track & Field | MHSAA Sports".
  12. ↑ "Reggie Brown Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com". Archived from the original on 2014-01-03. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
  13. ↑ Patton, Naomi R. "Conyers to launch initiative to curb school violence in DPS" (). Detroit Free Press. October 17, 2008. Retrieved on January 9, 2013. "“Now, more than ever, it needs to be institutionalized,” Conyers, a Henry Ford alum, said this morning about the school violence response plan."
  14. ↑ "BRUCE HOLMES". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on September 9, 2015. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
  15. ↑ "Individual Champions | Boys Track & Field | MHSAA Sports".
  16. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-03-01. Retrieved 2013-08-11.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  17. 1 2 3 "Henry Ford High School Alumni Association".
  18. ↑ "The Sunliners". Archived from the original on 2010-01-06. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  19. ↑ "Home". miscaonline.net.
  20. ↑ "Meet Results - the 1970's". Archived from the original on 2010-09-14. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  21. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-09-12. Retrieved 2010-12-02.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  22. ↑ "Individual Champions | Girls Track & Field | MHSAA Sports".
  23. ↑ "Henry Ford High School Alumni Association".
  24. ↑ "Individual Champions | Boys Track & Field | MHSAA Sports".
  25. ↑ "Individual Champions | Girls Track & Field | MHSAA Sports".
  26. ↑ "Charlie Williams Past Stats, Statistics, History, and Awards - databaseFootball.com". Archived from the original on 2013-12-16. Retrieved 2013-08-11.
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