Huntington High School (New York)

Huntington High School (HHS) is a public high school in Huntington, New York, United States. It is part of the Huntington Union Free School District.

Huntington High School
Facade of the school building, photographed in August 2012.
Address
188 Oakwood Road

Huntington
,
New York
11743

United States
Coordinates40°51′24″N 73°25′28″W
Information
Other nameHHS
TypePublic high school
Established1958
School districtHuntington Union Free School District
NCES School ID361509001263[1]
PrincipalBrenden Cusack
Teaching staff105.84 (on an FTE basis)[1]
Grades9–12
Enrollment1,486 (2017-2018)[1]
Student to teacher ratio14.04[1]
Color(s)Blue and White   
MascotBlue Devil
NicknameBlue Devils
NewspaperThe Dispatch
YearbookHuntingtonian
Websitewww.hufsd.edu/schools/hhs_index.html

Controversy

In 2018, Huntington High School was at the center of a controversy surrounding the deportation of a Honduran student seeking asylum. Documented in the New York Times, Alex was wrongly accused by Huntington High School of being part of a gang. "Despite all these warning signs, when the ICE agents came to Alex's house on June 14, 2017, he was shocked into silence. It was only when they were far from Huntington, passing through unfamiliar, rundown Long Island towns, that he was able to get out the words to ask why he was being arrested. Alex says the agent first asked him to guess, and then told him, "We received a report a while ago from the school that you were a gang member, and that's why."[2]

Despite only comprising 9% of the students of the school, black students represent 33% of the school's out-of-school suspensions and 21% of expulsions. Furthermore, black students are 7.2 times more likely to see disciplinary action than white students are.[3]

Notable alumni

References
  1. "Search for Public Schools - HUNTINGTON HIGH SCHOOL (361509001263)". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved March 19, 2020.
  2. Dreier, Hannah (December 27, 2018). "How a Crackdown on MS-13 Caught Up Innocent High School Students". The New York Times Magazine. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  3. "Miseducation - Huntington Union Free School District". propublica.org. Retrieved 20 February 2021.
  4. Cox, Erin (October 18, 2014). "Brown on a deliberate march toward goal years in the making". The Baltimore Sun. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  5. Grimaldi, Paul (2008-05-20). "In charge at Hasbro". The Providence Journal. Archived from the original on 2011-06-28. Retrieved 2008-05-20.
  6. Rao, Ankita (June 30, 2012). "Amputee transforms herself into an athlete". Newsday. Retrieved October 13, 2019.
  7. Eskenazi, Gerald (August 2, 1981). "Sports; A LONG SHOT AIMS FOR JETS". The New York Times. Retrieved October 13, 2019.


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