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: In addition, 51.2% of the students were eligible for free or reduced-cost lunch.
 * 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%

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