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Best Public Schools in Alpena County, MI

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At a glance

Schools

3,598

Students

Districts

Top rankedHinks Elementary588^th of 1,492 Michigan elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Lincoln Elementary up 273 spots statewide this year

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Smallest classes

Lincoln Elementary 14.5 students per teacher

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Newly ranked this year

ACES Academy

SchoolDigger ratings

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1 school without a SchoolDigger rating (too few tested students)

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				PSAT English Language Arts (2026)			PSAT Mathematics (2026)			SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing (2026)	SAT Mathematics (2026)	M-Step English Language Arts (2026)					M-Step Math (2026)					M-Step Science (2026)			M-Step Social Studies (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2025)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients (2025)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	PSAT English Language Arts 8th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 9th Grade	PSAT English Language Arts 10th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 8th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 9th Grade	PSAT Mathematics 10th Grade	SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing 11th Grade	SAT Mathematics 11th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 3rd Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 4th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 5th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 6th Grade	M-Step English Language Arts 7th Grade	M-Step Math 3rd Grade	M-Step Math 4th Grade	M-Step Math 5th Grade	M-Step Math 6th Grade	M-Step Math 7th Grade	M-Step Science 5th Grade	M-Step Science 8th Grade	M-Step Science 11th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 5th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 8th Grade	M-Step Social Studies 11th Grade	Per Pupil Expenditures Total	Sub-total from Federal Funds	Sub-total from State/Local Funds
ACES Academy	Public	7-12	3303 S Third Ave	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 358-5170	57	7	8.0	75.4%	53 (93.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (7.0%)	5.1	764^th of 800 public high schools	4.5%					(n/a)		25.0	19.1		312.5	324.8	415.3	347.4													2075.6			2079.2	$16,539	$754	$15,785
Alpena High School	Public	8-12	3303 S Third Ave	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 358-5200	1,091	60	18.0	58.3%	1,005 (92.1%)	5 (0.5%)	35 (3.2%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	39 (3.6%)	56.3	301^st of 800 public high schools	62.4%		61.9	257^th of 739 public high schools	65.2%	44		63.9	50.8		26.2	19.6	61.0	22.4													45.3			58.0	$17,188	$1,469	$15,719
Ella M White Elementary	Public	K-5	201 N Ripley Blvd	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 358-5950	440	25	17.7	68.6%	396 (90.0%)	1 (0.2%)	21 (4.8%)	6 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (3.6%)	44.2	792^nd of 1492 public elementary schools	46.9%		39	880^th of 1488 public elementary schools	40.9%	88									23.9	45.8	40.5			40.0	31.9	21.6			48.6			27.0			$12,889	$1,501	$11,388
Hinks Elementary	Public	K-5	7667 Us Highway 23 N	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 358-5560	132	8	16.3	56.1%	125 (94.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.3%)	57.5	588^th of 1492 public elementary schools	60.6%		55.4	641^st of 1488 public elementary schools	56.9%	53									30.8	55.0	58.8			30.8	50.0	35.3			52.9			1487.0			$15,921	$2,064	$13,856
Lincoln Elementary	Public	K-5	309 W Lake St	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 358-5900	146	10	14.5	78.8%	131 (89.7%)	2 (1.4%)	3 (2.1%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (6.2%)	37.4	894^th of 1492 public elementary schools	40.1%		19.7	1167^th of 1488 public elementary schools	21.6%	273									1270.8	38.1	35.3			1269.0	1374.1	1468.1			29.4			1473.3			$16,275	$1,860	$14,415
Sanborn Elementary	Public	K-5	12170 Us Highway 23 S	Ossineke	49766	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 358-5800	201	10	20.2	55.7%	182 (90.5%)	1 (0.5%)	11 (5.5%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.0%)	40.8	844^th of 1492 public elementary schools	43.4%		41.7	836^th of 1488 public elementary schools	43.8%	8									30.6	29.0	46.2			41.7	22.6	28.2			41.0			23.1			$12,143	$1,497	$10,647
Wilson Elementary	Public	K-5	4999 S Herron Rd	Herron	49744	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 358-5700	220	15	14.7	55.0%	196 (89.1%)	2 (0.9%)	12 (5.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (4.5%)	41.4	834^th of 1492 public elementary schools	44.1%		53.6	668^th of 1488 public elementary schools	55.1%	166									45.0	37.2	16.7			65.0	30.2	22.2			30.6			19.4			$13,934	$1,279	$12,655
Thunder Bay Junior High School	Public	6-8	3500 S Third Ave	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(989) 358-5400	796	51	15.5	63.9%	736 (92.5%)	4 (0.5%)	21 (2.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	32 (4.0%)	41.3	503^rd of 896 public middle schools	43.9%		44.7	478^th of 890 public middle schools	46.3%	25	60.0			23.0								31.9	30.6				17.9	23.2		37.8			48.3		$12,838	$684	$12,154
Besser Elementary School	Public	PK, KG-5	375 Wilson St	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena Public Schools	No	No	No	Yes	(989) 358-5100	470	26	18.3	59.4%	416 (88.5%)	1 (0.2%)	20 (4.3%)	2 (0.4%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	29 (6.2%)	40.9	843^rd of 1492 public elementary schools	43.5%		59.4	568^th of 1488 public elementary schools	61.8%	275									20.2	26.0	53.8			23.8	19.5	30.8			59.0			29.5			$12,601	$1,240	$11,361
Pied Piper School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	444 Wilson St	Alpena	49707	Alpena County	Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona Education Service District	No	No	No	No	(989) 356-1414	45	7	6.4	60.0%	43 (95.6%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Michigan Department of Education.

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