Alpena High School is a

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in Alpena,

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, United States. It serves students in grades 9-12 for the

Alpena Public Schools Alpena Public Schools is a Michigan school district encompassing all of Alpena County and, in Presque Isle County, all of Presque Isle Township and part of Krakow Township. APS covers more than and was officially established as Michigan's ...

Academics

Alpena ranked 204th in Michigan and 5,937th nationally in the 2020 '' U.S. News & World Report'' annual survey of US public schools.

Demographics

The demographic breakdown of the 1,147 students enrolled in 2020-21 was: *Male - 50.3% *Female - 49.7% *Native American/Alaskan - 0.2% *Asian - 0.4% *Black - 0.5% *Hispanic - 0.9% *White - 94.3% *Multiracial - 4% In addition, 51.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.

Athletics

Alpena's Wildcats compete in the

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. School colors are green and white. Alpena offers the following

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(MHSAA) sanctioned sports: *Baseball (boys) *Basketball (girls and boys) *Competitive cheerleading (girls) *Cross country (girls and boys) *Football (boys) *Golf (girls and boys) *Ice hockey (boys) **State champion - 1981, 1987, 1993 *Soccer (girls and boys) *Softball (girls) *Tennis (girls and boys) *Track and field (girls and boys) *Volleyball (girls) *Wrestling (boys)

Notable alumni

* Lisa Dietlin, philanthropic consultant *

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, former head basketball coach for the

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* Butch Feher,

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* Fred Grambau,

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*auxiliary bishop of the

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Paul Fitzpatrick Russell graduated from Alpena High School in 1977 *

References

External links

* {{authority control Public high schools in Michigan Schools in Alpena County, Michigan 1967 establishments in Michigan School buildings completed in 1967