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<strong>City</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Auburn</strong>, Alabamaand numerous recreation facilities,including three recreation centers, twopools, 14 tennis courts, two youthbaseball complex, two soccer fields, a 1.6mile bike path, an award-winning five-fieldcompetition class s<strong>of</strong>tball complex, acommunity arts center, a skateboardpark, and more. Parks and Recreationprovides programs ranging fromorganized team sports leagues forsoccer, baseball, and s<strong>of</strong>tball to musicand dancing lessons to summer daycamps and swimming teams.Education Services. The <strong>Auburn</strong><strong>City</strong> Schools provide services to morethan 4,400 students. The <strong>City</strong> Schools’facilities include an early educationcenter, five elementary schools, twomiddle schools, and one high school.Teacher to student ratios range from 1:18in the early education center to 1:23 inthe middle and high schools. Of itsteachers and administrators, 71% haveadvanced degrees and their averageemployment within the <strong>Auburn</strong> <strong>City</strong>system is twelve years. The <strong>City</strong> Schoolsexpend an average <strong>of</strong> $7,170 annuallyper pupil.The <strong>City</strong> school system isaccredited by the State Department <strong>of</strong>Education and the Southern Association<strong>of</strong> Colleges and Schools. The <strong>Auburn</strong> <strong>City</strong>Schools system has been rated amongthe top 100 school systems in the nationby Offspring Parenting magazine (asubsidiary <strong>of</strong> The Wall Street Journal).The system consistently produces agraduating class <strong>of</strong> which on average 3%are National Merit Scholarship finalistsand seven are National Merit Scholars.<strong>Auburn</strong> High School <strong>of</strong>fers anInternational Baccalaureate Program, arigorous program based on the syllabi for11 th and 12 th grades used by outstandingeducation systems throughout the world.Enrichment classes and programsfor gifted students are <strong>of</strong>fered in allCommunity Pr<strong>of</strong>ilegrades. <strong>Auburn</strong> High School’s AdvancedPlacement Program <strong>of</strong>fers dual enrollmentin <strong>Auburn</strong> University or Southern UnionState Community College for exceptionalstudents who wish to take courses notavailable at <strong>Auburn</strong> High School. Thequality <strong>of</strong> the school system is a significantfactor in the <strong>City</strong>’s recent residential andindustrial growth.There are numerous colleges andtechnical schools within a 50-mile radius <strong>of</strong><strong>Auburn</strong>:• <strong>Auburn</strong> University, in <strong>Auburn</strong>• Columbus State University, Columbus,GA• Tuskegee University, Tuskegee, AL• Southern Union State CommunityCollege, Opelika, AL• Chattahoochee Valley CommunityCollege, Phenix <strong>City</strong>, AL• LaGrange College, LaGrange, GA• Central Alabama Community College,Alexander <strong>City</strong>, AL• <strong>Auburn</strong> University at Montgomery,Montgomery, AL• Huntingdon College, Montgomery, AL• Alabama State University, Montgomery,AL• Troy State University at Montgomery,Montgomery, AL• Faulkner University, Montgomery, AL• Patterson State Technical College,Montgomery, AL<strong>Auburn</strong> University has been rankedamong the top 50 public institutions in thenation for providing a quality education atan exceptional value by US News & WorldReport for ten consecutive years. Fall 2002enrollment at <strong>Auburn</strong> University was23,276.<strong>Auburn</strong> University’s student body istaught by 1,115 full-time and 115 part-timefaculty members. Approximately 96% <strong>of</strong><strong>Auburn</strong> students receiving their degreesare employed full-time after graduation.The University is nationally known for the3

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