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Oak Park High School (Michigan)

High school in Michigan, United States

Summary

High school in Michigan, United States

Field	Value
name	Oak Park High School
location	13701 Oak Park Boulevard
Oak Park, Michigan
country	United States
coordinates
district	Oak Park Schools
principal	Carissa Peterson
teaching_staff	44.60 (FTE)
ratio	19.57
enrollment	973 (2023–2024)
type	Public high school
grades	9 to 12
motto	We enter to learn, we leave to achieve
conference	Oakland Activities Association
mascot	Oak Park Knights
colors	Red, black, and white

established	1954
nobel_laureates	Paul Milgrom
homepage

Oak Park, Michigan

| M-STEP Advanced = ≤5 / ≤5 | M-STEP Proficient = – / – | M-STEP PR Proficient = 7.6 / 57.6 | M-STEP Not Proficient = 83.0 / 30.2

Oak Park High School is a public high school located in Oak Park, Michigan, United States, 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.

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 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.

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

Oak Park High School Athletic Hall of Fame

Coached by Alvin Delidow, Oak Park High School won the Class-A team championship trophy at the 1972 Michigan High School Athletic Association boys' track and field finals. At those same finals, Tony Craighead, Henry Staton, Adolph Mongo, and Mike Rollins brought home gold for the 440-yard relay.
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 30 years.
At the 1982 MHSAA girls' track and field finals, Bernard Wells became the first coach to win a team championship. Team captains Michele "Mimi" Morris and VeronCia "VC" Daffin led the way to this victory.
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
Rayshaun Benny – college football defensive tackle for the Michigan Wolverines
Bass Brothers – music producers who helped Eminem start his career
Vincent Chin – industrial draftsman and murder victim
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
John Kelly – American football running back
Andrew Lippa – composer
D'Wan Mathis – college football wide receiver for the Delaware State
Paul Milgrom – Nobel Prize-winning economist
Justin Rogers – college football defensive tackle for the Auburn Tigers
Jeffrey Sachs – economist and director of the Earth Institute at Columbia University
Bruce Seid – Major League Baseball scout and executive
Jeffrey Seller – producer of Rent
Ron Suresha – author and editor
Don Was – musician, bassist, and record producer – Was (Not Was)

References

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(December 10, 2013). "Cleveland Browns sign Edwin Baker off Texans practice squad, waive quarterback Caleb Hanie". Cleveland Plain Dealer.
(3 February 2021). "Oak Park 4-star DT Rayshaun Benny decommits from MSU, signs with Michigan".
Chi, Tsung. (2005). "East Asian Americans and Political Participation". ABC-CLIO.
"All in the Family" ''[[Hardcore Pawn]]'', [[TruTV]], August 16, 2011
Garcia, Tony. (2017-09-16). "Versatile 4-star D'Wan Mathis helps lead Oak Park to win over Groves".
(27 September 2019). "How Oak Park's Justin Rogers went from 'garbage' to the No. 1 player in Michigan".
(2013). "The Idealist". Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group.
(September 3, 2014). "Brewers official Bruce Seid dies". ESPN.
(July 13, 2014). "Don Was, friends pay diverse tribute to Bob Seger at Concert of Colors". Oakland Press.

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