Oak Park High School (Michigan)
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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]
Oak Park High School | |
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Location | |
United States | |
Coordinates | 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 |
Faculty | 49.30 (FTE)[1] |
Grades | 9 to 12 |
Enrollment | 993 (2022-23)[1] |
Student to teacher ratio | 20.14[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 | |
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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) |
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]