Auburn High School

Auburn High School is a public high school in Auburn Alabama that serves students in grades 10th through 12th. We offer technical academic and International Baccalaureate programs as well as joint enrollment with Southern Union State Community College and Auburn University. Founded in 1837 as Auburn Academy Auburn High School is the oldest public secondary school in Alabama. Auburn High became Lee County' s flagship high school in 1914 as Lee County High School and gained its present name Auburn High School in 1956. The school moved to its current campus in 1965. Auburn High was ranked the 28th best non-magnet public high school and 77th best public high school in the United States by Newsweek in May 2006 and the second best educational value in the Southeastern United States by SchoolMatch as reported in the Wall Street Journal. Auburn High School averages seven National Merit Finalists a year and has scored among the top five percent of Alabama high schools on state-wide standardized tests each year since testing began in 1995. Auburn High' s varsity sporting teams have won 40 team state championships and the Auburn High School Band has been rated one of the top high school concert band programs in the United States winning the John Philip Sousa Foundation' s Sudler Flag of Honor in 1987.