Petoskey High School
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Petoskey High School is a high school
High school
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 located in Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey, Michigan
Petoskey is a city and coastal resort community in the U.S. state of Michigan. As of the 2000 census, the city population was 6,080. It is the county seat of Emmet County....

. The school has 1,077 students. The alternative public high school in Petoskey is Concord Academy, a K-12 public charter School of Excellence focused on integration between the arts and academics.

Student Information

Student Ethnicity for 2006-2007 school year
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  • White, non-Hispanic
    Caucasian race
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    : 93%
  • American Indian
    Native Americans in the United States
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    : 6%
  • Hispanic
    Hispanic
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     <1%
  • Black, non-Hispanic
    Black people
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    : <1%
  • Asian
    Asian people
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    : <1%

Michigan High School Athletic Association Championships

  • 1995, 2008 Boys Soccer
  • 1996 Wrestling
    Scholastic wrestling
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  • 2002 Boys Tennis
    Tennis
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     Co-Champions
  • 2004, 2005, 2006 Boys Skiing
    Skiing
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  • 2008, 2010 Boys and Girls Skiing
    Skiing
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Notable alumni

Ray March (1928) won three events at the 1928 MHSAA
Michigan High School Athletic Association
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 Class-B Track and Field championships; earning gold medals in the javelin throw
Javelin throw
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, long jump
Long jump
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 and high jump
High jump
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 competition.
In a well contested battle for the team championship trophy, Petoskey High finished third; right behind St. Joseph
St. Joseph High School (St. Joseph, Michigan)
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, and first-place Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School
Dearborn High School is a secondary school, founded in 1893, located on Outer Drive in Dearborn, Michigan, United States. Dearborn High is one of the three high schools of the Dearborn City School District. There are over 1800 students currently attending Dearborn High...

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