Best High Schools in Alaska

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Find the best Alaska high schools with SchoolDigger.com! Focused on test scores for accurate rankings, our user-friendly site simplifies your search. Empower your decisions by exploring top-rated schools, only on SchoolDigger.com - the ultimate guide to K-12 schools!

Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Alaska test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAR and ASA 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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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 63)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
020013000252	61	Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA)	Public	9-12	359 Challenger	Galena	99741	Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area	Galena City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 656-2053	186	17	11.2	95.2%	5 (2.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	176 (94.6%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.2%)								8.1			(n/a)
020061000286	62	Barrow High School	Public	9-12	1684 Okpik St	Utqiagvik	99723	North Slope Borough	North Slope Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 852-9601	266	18	14.7	22.9%	3 (1.1%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.8%)	33 (12.4%)	166 (62.4%)	21 (7.9%)	41 (15.4%)	$41,040			$1,496			$39,544	5	4.9	61	1
020057000568	63	Nome-Beltz Middle/High	Public	6-12	Mile 3.5 Nome-Teller Hwy	Nome	99762	Nome Census Area	Nome Public Schools	No	No	No	No	(907) 443-5201	291	20	14.3	98.3%	22 (7.6%)	1 (0.3%)	6 (2.1%)	1 (0.3%)	178 (61.2%)	0 (0.0%)	83 (28.5%)	$20,511			$1,844			$18,667	3.7	3.3	62	1

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ASA Science, STAR English Language Arts, STAR Mathematics 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.