School Overview
Armstrong is a twelve-year public high school located in Plymouth, Minnesota and it is one of two public high schools in the district. Armstrong has a student population of 2259 and is 1% Native American, 5% Asian, 8% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 69% white as of the 2007–2008 school year.
The school has a large Advanced Placement program with numerous AP Scholars. It also routinely produces National Merit Scholarship award winners and semifinalists. Over 95% of graduating students go on to post-secondary educational institutions. Commonly attended institutions include: University of Minnesota Duluth, Saint Cloud State University, North Hennepin Community College, University of Minnesota, Augsburg College, Hamline University, North Dakota State University, University of Wisconsin–Madison, University of Kansas, University of North Dakota, and Gustavus Adolphus College .
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