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Alpharetta High School & Nearby Homes

By The Mary Ellen Vanaken Team

Real Estate Agent with Keller Williams Realty North Atlanta Real Estate Lis. # 272855

September 10, 2015 03:41 AM

Alpharetta High School & Nearby Homes

Alpharetta, Georgia provides a growing business community, mixed with a small town ambiance within thirty minutes to the city of Atlanta. Alpharetta offers its residents a thriving culinary scene, luxury accommodations, exciting recreation, trendy entertainment and endless shopping opportunities. Here, businesses and residents alike, enjoy a friendly community complete with a thriving economy and a school system known for its excellence.

One specific school of excellence is Alpharetta High School. This high school, located in Fulton County Georgia, is ranked 10th in the state. Here students have the opportunity to take Advanced Placement courses with the AP participation rate at 66 percent. The student body makeup is 50 percent male and 50 percent female, and the total minority enrollment is 46 percent. Alpharetta High School is 1 of 19 high schools in Fulton County and The Atlanta Magazine named Alpharetta High School one of the metro Atlanta area's best all-around high schools. Competitive sports at Alpharetta High School include football, basketball, baseball, ice hockey, lacrosse, soccer, wrestling, tennis, track and field, cross country, volleyball, swimming, diving, cheerleading, and golf. Not officially recognized by Georgia High School Association, additional athletic activities however do include rugby, fencing, cricket, ice hockey, and ping pong.