Apple Valley High School (AVHS) is a four-year public secondary high school in the U.S. city of Apple Valley, Minnesota. It is one of the five high schools serving Independent School District 196 (Rosemount-Apple Valley-Eagan School District). The school was completed in 1976 as the district's second high school. It competes in the South Suburban Conference of the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL).
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Curriculum
The school has numerous AP, Honors, and On-level classes. In addition, through the Minnesota state Post Secondary Enrollment Options (PSEO) program, students may take classes at local community colleges, state colleges, and universities.
Awards
Apple Valley High School received an award from the National Blue Ribbon Schools Program, which is considered the highest accolade a U.S. school can receive. It has also been selected as one of the "140 best high schools" in the U.S. and has gained recognition from the National Endowment for the Arts, the Scholastic Coach and Athletic Journal, and the National Academy of Recording Arts and Science.
Athletics
Apple Valley High School competes in the South Suburban Conference of the Minnesota State High School League (MSHSL). It has won 68 state championships, the second-most of any high school in Minnesota.
Forensics
Apple Valley's speech and debate team is one of the country's best and most successful. It has developed hundreds of state finalists and many more national qualifiers. Apple Valley High School hosts the annual MinneApple annual debate tournament and speech tournament, which draws teams from across the world.
In 2019, the school won the Minnesota High School Mock Trial Championship.
Again in 2025, the school won the Minnesota High School Mock Trial Championship.
Fab lab
In 2015, Apple Valley High School opened a fab lab, the third in Minnesota, to individuals and businesses as part of its STEM program. It was built with a $3 million grant from the Minnesota Department of Labor and donations from companies such as Uponor and UTC Aerospace Systems.
Notable alumni
Brady Beeson, former placekicker for the Portland Thunder of the Arena Football League (AFL), currently plays for the Spokane Empire of the Indoor Football League (IFL), played collegiately at St. John's University and the University of St. Thomas.
Rebekah Bradford, speed skater, competed for the United States in the 2010 Winter Olympics
Brianna Brown, class of 1998, actress
Arden Cho, model and actress
Brad DeFauw, former ice hockey winger for the Carolina Hurricanes of the National Hockey League (NHL)
Breanne Duren, touring member of the electronica project Owl City
Hudson Fasching, ice hockey winger playing for New York Islanders
David Fischer, hockey player, first-round pick by the Montreal Canadiens in 2006
Karl Goehring, goaltender for the Nashville Predators
Mark Hall, 6-time State Champion wrestler, Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award winner (2016), and 2017 NCAA Wrestling Champion at Penn State
John Harvatine IV, co-owner of Stoopid Buddy Stoodios and executive producer on Robot Chicken
Doug Hutchison, an actor, most notable role as Percy Wetmore in The Green Mile
Erik Jensen, film and television actor
Tre Jones, class of 2018, point guard for the Chicago Bulls, played collegiately for the Duke Blue Devils, younger brother of Tyus Jones.