Henry Ford Ii High School - Sterling Heights, Michigan/MI

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Henry Ford Ii High School

11911 Clinton River Road, Sterling Heights, MI, 48313-2420 -

tel: (586)797-1600
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Definition of Terms

Henry Ford Ii High School

School Level

High school

Grades Offered

Grades 9 - 12

County

Macomb County, MI

Students & Faculty

Total Students

2001 students

% Male / % Female

50% / 50%

Total Classroom Teachers

98 teachers

Students by Grade

Grade 9 - 538 students

Grade 10 - 549 students

Grade 11 - 506 students

Grade 12 - 408 students

This School

(MI) School Average

Teacher : Student Ratio

1:20

1:18

Students by Ethnicity

This School

(MI) School Average

% American Indian	n/a	n/a
% Asian	2%	2%
% Hispanic	1%	5%
% Black	3%	23%
% White	94%	67%

Additional Student Information

This School

(MI) School Average

% Eligible for Free Lunch

35%

% Eligible for Reduced Lunch

% Migrant Students Enrolled

n/a

n/a

(MI) Statewide Testing Performance

School Statewide Performance

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School District Name

Utica Community s School District

This School's Agency

(MI) District Average

Number of Schools Managed	43	3
Number of Students Managed	30,682 students	1,010 students
District Total Revenue	$272,921,000	$10,348,000
District Expenditure	$308,694,000	$10,395,000
District Revenue / Student	$8,895	$89,610
District Expenditure / Student	$10,061	$93,823
District Graduation Rates	n/a	n/a

Henry Ford II High school is a public school in Sterling Heights, Michigan, a suburb north of Detroit. The school opened in 1973, with it’s first graduating class in 1975. It is the 4th and newest high school in the Utica Community Schools.
The school is located at 11911 Clinton River Road. The mascot is the Falcons. School colors are Maroon and White, formerly Maroon and Gold.
Building and History: The floor plan of the building is a unique shape, resembling a 4 leaf clover. This unique design produces many wedge-shaped classrooms and curved hallways. The 4 main pods of the school house the indoor athletic facilities, the english/social studies/foreign language (also known as “The Forum”), Math and Science, and Industrial Technology. 2 smaller pods house the Main office, the band and music faciliies.
The building was originally designed to be very open, with many half-walls and open classrooms. Over the years, the district realized this was unsufficient to learning, and added many walls and extensions to walls. The result is an uneven and completely unbalanced HVAC system and many noticeable seams in walls.
Many of these same modifications have taken place at the school’s sister school, Dwight D. Eisenhower high school, which was completed in 1970 and has the same floor plan. The buildings are so alike, in fact, that in the early 70s, the same lockers in both buildings had interchangeable combinations.
The school has a large main gym with a balcony, originally intended for an auxiliary gym. The main auxiliary gym is however an addition, and was completed in 1990. As of 2007, a second auxiliary gym is under construction to meet the needs of the MHSAA changing the basketball season regulations. The athletic facility also features a weight room, a fitness room, and a competitive-size pool, an advantage many other area high schools have not, most namely Adlai E. Stevenson High school, which calls Henry Ford II’s pool home.
The outdoor athletic facilities are named after “James P. King”. The school has a regulation track, 2 baseball diamonds, 2 practice football fields, and 2 soccer fields. The football field is sufficient for freshmen and JV football games, but was never converted into a stadium. One of the several reasons for this is because it is near the M53 Van Dyke expressway and that stadium lights would interfere with traffic. Thus, Henry Ford II’s varsity football team calls Phillip E. Runkel Field home, which is located at Adlai E. Stevenson high school.
In the center of Henry Ford II High school is the commons. The commons is a multipurpose room bordered by food facilities, the school store, the counseling career center, and the media center. It is used for gatherings, ceremonies, dances, and daily as the cafeteria. Prior to 2006, the commons was a relatively dark space using high energy lighting and spoked chandeliers. The space featured a room-length brick wall, which bordered the Library/Media center on the other side. The wall however did not reach the ceiling which caused interference to the Media Center from the sounds in the commons during lunch hours. In 2005, this was corrected in a series of 2003 Bond Issue remodelings, first of which was the Media Center. The new media center features a clean, sleek, modern façade with glass windows and alcoves, and an entrance directly into the commons. This created a more personal space, featuring lounge chairs and contemporary seating and furniture. There is also a tiled area with bar-style tables where food and drink is allowed. Along with the media center, a large skylight was installed, reducing the need for artificial lighting.
Previous to 2005, behind the media center was the school’s auditorium, named the David Lathers Little Theatre. The little theatre sat up to 400. It featured a stage and removable seating where the schools’ drama and vocal departments performed. The little theatre was demolished in 2005 along with the media center to make way for the new “Lillian Demas Media Center” and a “Distance Learning Center” renamed the “ECC” or Electronic Collaboration Classroom in 2006. The ECC and the Media Center opened in the 2005-2006 school year. The ECC features state of the art projection and lighting systems and is used for presentations and small to medium size gatherings.
In 2004, the school’s locally-famous circle drive was modified to make way for construction on the new Performing arts center on the Clinton River Road front of the school. The performing arts center, scheduled to open in April 2007, will hold up to 800 patrons and features modern touches and state of the art lighting and sound systems. The performing arts center will debut with the spring one-act "Yellow Boat", the spring play "Romeo and Juliet", and also a Collage concert, which will showcase all of the performing arts departments in the school.
The school has 5 parking lots: a main student lot, athletic lot, auxiliary student lot, limited access industrial tech lot, and staff/visitors lot. Juniors and Seniors are permitted to drive.
Falcon Sports: Ford is in the MAC red (Macomb Area Conferences Highest division) for all its major sports.
Notable Alumni: Former Heisman candidate Craig Krenzel went to the school for four years before graduating.
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About This Zip Code (48313)

School Zip (48313)

(MI) State Average

Population (Approximate)

33,549 people

9,669,191 people

% (age 25+) w/College Degree

32%

24%

Population Average Age

36 years old

34 years old

Average Household size

2.7 persons

2.4 persons

Median Household Income

$63,197

$43,870

Avg. # of Rooms in Household

5.7 rooms

5.5 rooms

Median Age of Housing Structure

33 years old

46 years old

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% Owning / % Renting

78% / 22%

70% / 30%

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Nearby Schools:


1. Adlai Stevenson High School - 1854 students - view location
2. Chippewa Valley High School - 2070 students - view location
3. Macomb Academy - 108 students - view location
4. Sterling Heights Senior High School - 1510 students - view location
5. Utica Learning Academy - 169 students - view location
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