Alpena High School

U.S. News and World Report ranked Alpena High School in the top 18% of high schools in the state and in the top 25% nationally. This occurs despite their ranking system changing to more heavily weighted speculative measures like college readiness scores while ignoring the concrete results that our students earned more than 3,000 college credits last year! “What better measure of college readiness exists than actual college achievement?”, said APS Communications Director Lee Fitzpatrick. You can read more about the rankings and report on Alpena High School here. U.S News has named Alpena High School to the list several times in the past and also awarded AHS for the tremendous volume of opportunities to earn college credit while still in high school. Despite Northeast Michigan’s struggles with the highest child poverty rates in Michigan and Alpena County being ranked in the bottom 10 counties in our state for overall poverty, Alpena Public Schools continues to shine at both the state and national levels for the ability to build pathways for students to overcome these daunting economic hurdles to reach their educational and career goals! “ Alpena High School has amazing opportunities available for students like dual enrollment, Alpena Early College, AP (Advanced Placement) and CTE (Career and Technical Education). We align closely with our partners at Alpena Community College to serve as a pathway toward economic growth and future prosperity for this region of the state”, said Fitzpatrick.