Romulus Senior High School

Romulus Senior High School or Romulus High School is the public high school in the city of Romulus, Michigan in Metro Detroit.

Romulus Senior High School
Location
9650 South Wayne Road Romulus , Michigan 48174 United States
Coordinates	42°13′59″N 83°23′17″W
Information
Type	Public secondary
Motto	"Making Our Best Even Better"
Established	1916
School district	Romulus Community School District
Superintendent	Benjamin P. Edmondson
Principal	Seth Petty
Teaching staff	28.30 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades	9–12[1]
Enrollment	576 (2023–2024)[1]
Student to teacher ratio	20.35[1]
Color(s)	Maroon and White   [2]
Athletics conference	Western Wayne Athletic Conference[2]
Nickname	Eagles[2]
Rival	Belleville High School[citation needed]
Accreditation	North Central Association of Colleges and Schools[3]
Newspaper	The Wingspan
Website	rhs.romulusk12.org

Student assessments
2021–22 school year[4] Change vs. prior year[4]
M-STEP 11th grade proficiency rates (Science / Social Studies)
Advanced %	6.3 / ≤5
Proficient %	11.0 / –
PR. Proficient %	11.0 / 59.5
Not Proficient %	71.7 / 21.4
Average test scores
SAT Total	827.6 ( −15.9)

History

Romulus High seen from Wayne Road, 2011

In 2013 Inkster High School closed due to the closure of the Inkster School District. Students in the Inkster zone south of Michigan Avenue and west of Middlebelt were rezoned to Romulus High School.^[5] This area includes portions of Inkster and Westland.^[6][7]

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 892 students enrolled in 2016-2017 was:

• Male - 54.1%
• Female - 45.9%
• Black - 77.3%
• Hispanic - 4.0%
• White - 17.6%
• Multiracial - 1.1%

70.3% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.^[1]

Athletics

The following sports are offered at RHS. Unless noted there are teams for both sexes:^[2]

• Baseball (boys)
• Basketball
  • Boys state champion - 1986, 2013^[8]
• Bowling
• Cross Country
• Competitive Cheerleading (girls)
• Football (boys)
• Golf (boys)
• Soccer
• Softball (girls)
• Tennis (girls)
• Track & Field
  • Boys state champion - 2000^[9]
  • Girls state champion - 2009^[10]
• Volleyball (girls)
• Wrestling (boys)

The Romulus High School Eagles has a longtime rivalry with the Belleville High School Tigers.^{[citation needed]}

Notable people

• Wes Clark, professional basketball player^[11]
• Kris Clyburn, professional basketball player, Israeli Premier League^[12]
• Will Clyburn, professional basketball player, 2016 top scorer in the Israel Basketball Premier League, 2019 EuroLeague Final Four MVP^[13]
• Shaler Halimon, professional basketball player^[14]
• Charlie Henry, former assistant basketball coach at Romulus, college and professional basketball coach.^[15]
• John Holifield, professional football player^[16]
• Jaren Holmes, professional basketball player^[17]
• Robert Lambert, Daytime Emmy Award-winning casting director for Days of Our Lives.^[18]
• Charley Lau, professional baseball player and coach
• Grant Long, professional basketball player^[19]
• John Long, professional basketball player^[20]
• Terry Mills, professional basketball player^[21]
• Nate Oats, former head basketball coach and teacher at Romulus, current head basketball coach at University of Alabama.^[22]
• Devin Searcy, basketball player^[23]