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Alpena Public Schools

Alpena, Michigan · Public School District · Open

Key statistics

3,553
Students enrolled
9
Public schools
212
Classroom teachers (FTE)
16.7:1
Students per teacher

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data. School year: 2024-25.

Students

By grade

  • Kindergarten 242
  • Grade 1 262
  • Grade 2 278
  • Grade 3 279
  • Grade 4 273
  • Grade 5 275
  • Grade 6 271
  • Grade 7 251
  • Grade 8 276
  • Grade 9 359
  • Grade 10 289
  • Grade 11 234
  • Grade 12 264

By race/ethnicity

  • White 91%
  • Two or more races 4%
  • Hispanic/Latino 4%
  • Asian <1%
  • Black or African American <1%
  • American Indian or Alaska Native <1%
  • Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander <1%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data (fall membership), school year 2024-25. Race/ethnicity as reported by the state.

Free and reduced-price lunch

62% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch 2,191 of 3,553 students in the district's schools
  • Free lunch 57%
  • Reduced-price lunch 5%

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, Common Core of Data, school year 2024-25. Eligibility as reported by the state. Schools that serve free meals to every student may count all of them as eligible, so figures are not comparable from state to state.

Spending and revenue

$14,914 spent per student on day-to-day operations Michigan median: $14,724 per student

Spending per student

  • Instruction $8,428
  • Support services $5,656
  • Other (food service, etc.) $830

Where the money comes from

  • Local 25%
  • State 63%
  • Federal 12%

Total revenue $63.2 milliontotal spending $64.3 million

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, School District Finance Survey (F-33), school year 2023-24. Day-to-day spending is NCES's current expenditures: it leaves out construction, equipment, debt and payments to charter or private schools. Per student is per fall enrollment of that year.

District details

Grades served

KG to 12

Locale (NCES)

Town: RemoteStudents: 84% town, 16% rural

Total staff (FTE)

517

District office

2373 GORDON RD, Alpena MI 49707

County

Alpena County

Official website

NCES District ID

2602730

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About Alpena Public Schools

Description provided by the district or community — not part of the NCES dataset.

Alpena Public Schools, located in the cultural, economic, and educational hub of northeast Michigan, is a Class A district. We serve a population of some 4,300 students in 6 elementary schools for grades K-5, a junior high for grades 6-8, and a high school for grades 9-12. We also operate preschool programs and an alternative high school/adult education center. One of the largest geographic districts in the State of Michigan, Alpena Public Schools covers more than 620 square miles, encompassing all of Alpena County and, in Presque Isle County, all of Presque Isle Township and a part of Krakow Township. Our well-organized fleet of buses transports 80 percent of the student body each day, safely traveling some 825,000 miles per year. Officially established as Michigan's first county-wide school district in 1963, Alpena Public Schools represents an aggregation of business people, farmers, professionals, service employees, children, parents, retirees, and clergy, all proud of their beautiful, bay-side community.Our mission as a school district reflects our close connection with the people we serve: "Alpena Public Schools, in partnership with our community, teaches and challenges all students to become life-long learners and productive citizens."
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