Alpena High School (Michigan)

Alpena High School is a public high school in Alpena, Michigan, United States. It serves students in grades 9–12 for the Alpena Public Schools.

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 Big North Athletic Conference. School colors are green and white. Alpena offers the following Michigan High School Athletic Association (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
• Jim Dutcher, former head basketball coach for the University of Minnesota
• Butch Feher, National Basketball Association (NBA) shooting guard
• Fred Grambau, Canadian Football League (CFL) defensive tackle
• Kenneth Joseph Povish, Roman Catholic bishop
• Paul Fitzpatrick Russell, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Detroit
• Chad Zielinski, Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of New Ulm

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