 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 statewide 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 . 
