 On average , seven Auburn High students earn National Merit Finalist status each year , and , in 2006 , 92 students were named AP Scholars by the College Board . Three Auburn High alumni have been named Fulbright Scholars , two Truman Scholars , one alumnus a Marshall Scholar and one a Rotary Scholar . In 2007 , ninety @-@ five seniors received 190 scholarships worth US $ 5 @.@ 54 million to 69 different colleges in 24 states . ( $ 6 million , $ 7 @.@ 5 million , $ 14 @.@ 18 million in scholarship moneys in 2011 , 2010 , and 2012 , respectively . ) Graduates of the class of 2007 attend the University of Chicago , Columbia , Duke , Harvard , and Princeton . Strong academic and admission trend of Auburn High School continues , as graduates of the class of 2011 attend the University of Chicago , Cornell , Emory , Northwestern , North Carolina , Oberlin , Tulane , UC Berkeley , USC , Vanderbilt , Virginia , Wake Forest , and Yale , with vast majority of student body who attends Auburn University , Southern Union , Alabama , and UAB . 
