Regular local school district · Alpena County
Alpena Public Schools, MI: schools, enrollment and spending
Alpena Public Schools runs 9 public schools with 3,553 students in grades K to 12. Its ratio of 16.8 students per teacher is about the same as the Michigan figure of 16.9.
At a glance
- Schools
- 9
- Students
- 3,553
- Teachers (FTE)
- 212
- Students per teacher
- 16.8
- MI: 16.9 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 2373 Gordon Rd, Alpena, MI 49707
- Phone
- (989)358-5044
- County
- Alpena County
- Locale
- Town: Remote
- Grades offered
- K to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 2602730
- State district ID
- MI-04010
- Total staff (FTE)
- 517
- School counselors (FTE)
- 5.0About 711 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 15.0
Students per teacher compared
This district16.8
Michigan16.9
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (3,513), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $47.0 million
- Federal revenue
- $5.3 million
- State revenue
- $28.6 million
- Local revenue
- $13.1 million
- Total spending
- $51.1 million
- Spending per pupil
- $14,533
- Salaries
- $18.8 million36.8% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $25.4 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.2%
- State: 60.9%
- Local: 27.9%
Michigan overall
- Federal: 12.3%
- State: 53.1%
- Local: 34.6%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$14,533
Michigan$14,795
United States$16,826
Schools in Alpena Public Schools
By level: 2 high, 1 middle, 6 elementary. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| ACES AcademyCEP school | High | 7 to 12 | 57 | 8.1 |
| Alpena High SchoolCEP school | High | 8 to 12 | 1,091 | 18.2 |
| Besser Elementary SchoolCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 470 | 18.8 |
| Ella M White ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 440 | 18.3 |
| Hinks ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 132 | 16.5 |
| Lincoln ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 146 | 14.6 |
| Sanborn ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 201 | 22.3 |
| Thunder Bay Junior High SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 796 | 15.6 |
| Wilson ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | K to 5 | 220 | 15.7 |
Nearby and related
Other districts in Alpena County
- Alpena-Montmorency-Alcona ESD 248 students
More in Michigan
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.