Best High Schools in Alaska

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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)
020077000357	1	Tri-Valley School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	400 Suntrana St	Healy	99743	Denali Borough	Denali Borough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 683-2267	151	15	9.8	2.0%	137 (90.7%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.6%)	0 (0.0%)	8 (5.3%)	$24,256			$805			$23,452	97.3			(n/a)
020018000115	2	Steller Secondary School	Public, Magnet	7-12	2508 Blueberry Ln	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-4950	240	14	16.5	1.3%	157 (65.4%)	5 (2.1%)	19 (7.9%)	14 (5.8%)	9 (3.8%)	3 (1.3%)	33 (13.8%)	$13,262			$369			$12,892	96.7	96.4	2
020077000447	3	Denali PEAK	Public, Virtual, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1 Suntrana St	Healy	99743	Denali Borough	Denali Borough School District	No	No	Yes	No	(907) 683-2278	735	6	118.1	0.4%	432 (58.8%)	42 (5.7%)	60 (8.2%)	21 (2.9%)	62 (8.4%)	19 (2.6%)	99 (13.5%)	$5,122			$44			$5,079	86.4			(n/a)
020018000178	4	Family Partnership Correspondence School	Public, Alternative	K-12	4400 Business Park Blvd # B22	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-3700	1,740	20	87	0.2%	1,232 (70.8%)	39 (2.2%)	145 (8.3%)	42 (2.4%)	77 (4.4%)	19 (1.1%)	186 (10.7%)	$9,640			$317			$9,322	84.7	93.1	3	1
020066000570	5	Petersburg High School	Public	9-12	109 Charles W St	Petersburg	99833	Wrangell-Petersburg	Petersburg Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 526-7656	123	12	10.5	2.4%	79 (64.2%)	6 (4.9%)	4 (3.3%)	10 (8.1%)	22 (17.9%)	1 (0.8%)	1 (0.8%)	$25,993			$2,049			$23,944	83.2	91.6	4	1
020080000496	6	FOCUS Homeschool	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	9312 Vanguard Dr	Anchorage	99507	Anchorage Municipality	Chugach School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 522-7400	564	9	60.9	0.5%	433 (76.8%)	3 (0.5%)	23 (4.1%)	6 (1.1%)	46 (8.2%)	1 (0.2%)	52 (9.2%)	$14,607			$3,415			$11,193	81.9			(n/a)
020060000260	7	Ben Eielson Junior/Senior High School	Public	6-12	675 Raven's Way	Eielson AFB	99702	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 372-3110	411	21	19.5	22.9%	289 (70.3%)	8 (1.9%)	54 (13.1%)	10 (2.4%)	7 (1.7%)	6 (1.5%)	37 (9.0%)	$22,537			$1,092			$21,444	81.6	79.9	9	2
020072000661	8	Unalaska Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	55 E Broadway	Unalaska	99685	Aleutians West Census Area	Unalaska City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 581-1222	162	13	12.6	18.5%	26 (16.0%)	0 (0.0%)	21 (13.0%)	81 (50.0%)	13 (8.0%)	8 (4.9%)	13 (8.0%)	$23,495			$662			$22,833	77	72.9	13	5
020069000310	9	Skagway School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1563 Main St	Skagway	99840	Skagway Municipality	Skagway School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 983-2960	152	14	10.8	2.0%	125 (82.2%)	1 (0.7%)	3 (2.0%)	6 (3.9%)	6 (3.9%)	1 (0.7%)	10 (6.6%)	$26,630			$00			$26,630	76.4			(n/a)
020039000735	10	River City Academy	Public	7-12	46188 Sterling Hwy	Soldotna	99669	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 714-6400	91	7	12.5	28.6%	71 (78.0%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	1 (1.1%)	4 (4.4%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (14.3%)								76.4	48.4	28	18

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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.