Best Cities in Alaska for Schools

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr. The most recent update was on Friday, August 30, 2024.

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Rank (of 44)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2024)	Rank (2023)	Rank change from 2023
1^st	Eielson Afb	1	0	1	0	0	0.884	5	4
2^nd	Girdwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.808	1	1
3^rd	Kasilof	1	0	0	0	0	0.763	4	1
4^th	Eagle River	8	1	2	1	3	0.751	3	1
5^th	Willow	1	0	0	0	0	0.734	23	18
6^th	Petersburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.727	6
7^th	Delta Junction	1	1	1	2	3	0.701	13	6
8^th	Elmendorf Afb	3	0	0	0	0	0.696	8
9^th	Sutton	1	0	0	1	0	0.694	2	7
10^th	Palmer	7	1	4	2	2	0.687	10
11^th	Trapper Creek	1	0	0	0	0	0.659		(n/a)
12^th	Homer	4	1	2	3	0	0.657	9	3
13^th	Cordova	1	0	1	1	0	0.654	17	4
14^th	Chugiak	1	1	1	0	1	0.652	7	7
15^th	Anchor Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.629	16	1
16^th	Craig	1	1	1	1	0	0.584	28	12
17^th	Unalaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.582	15	2
18^th	Sitka	2	1	3	1	1	0.575	11	7
19^th	Haines	1	0	1	2	0	0.57	20	1
20^th	Soldotna	4	1	2	2	1	0.559	22	2
21^st	Wrangell	1	1	1	0	0	0.557	12	9
22^nd	Wasilla	15	1	4	6	4	0.551	18	4
23^rd	Valdez	1	1	1	0	0	0.543	14	9
24^th	Glennallen	1	0	1	1	0	0.528	34	10
25^th	Fairbanks	15	3	6	4	9	0.515	21	4
26^th	Nikiski	0	0	1	0	0	0.501	31	5
27^th	Kenai	4	1	3	0	2	0.465	24	3
28^th	Seward	1	1	1	0	0	0.46	27	1
29^th	Anchorage	50	10	11	8	13	0.449	26	3
30^th	Kodiak	4	1	1	1	2	0.439	29	1
31^st	Juneau	8	2	4	1	2	0.42	25	6
32^nd	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.416	37	5
33^rd	Talkeetna	1	0	1	0	0	0.32	19	14
34^th	Ketchikan	5	1	2	4	3	0.309	30	4
35^th	North Pole	3	1	1	0	1	0.292	33	2
36^th	Big Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.28	35	1
37^th	Fort Wainwright	1	0	0	0	0	0.254	32	5
38^th	Nome	1	1	1	1	0	0.225	36	2
39^th	Dillingham	1	0	1	0	1	0.105	38	1
40^th	Metlakatla	2	1	1	0	0	0.1	39	1
41^st	Galena	1	0	2	0	0	0.032		(n/a)
42^nd	Bethel	3	0	3	3	0	0.031	41	1
43^rd	Barrow	1	1	2	0	0	0.019	42	1
44^th	Kotzebue	1	0	1	1	1	0.014	40	4

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About our rankings:

* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
These rankings were last updated on August 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.