Best High Schools in Alaska for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Alaska!

Every year, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2024)
ID	Rank (of 41)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)
020066000570	1	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	97.6%	92.1%	5.50%
020018000101	2	Polaris K-12 School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	6200 Ashwood St	Anchorage	99507	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-8700	495	26	19.3	26.3%	301 (60.8%)	8 (1.6%)	60 (12.1%)	26 (5.3%)	22 (4.4%)	3 (0.6%)	75 (15.2%)	$12,651			$699			$11,951	95.1%	69.8%	25.28%
020018000115	3	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	92.7%	96.8%	4.14%
020013000253	4	Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2157 Van Horn Rd	Fairbanks	99701	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Galena City School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 374-2200	6,899	55	125.8	0.0%	5,118 (74.2%)	90 (1.3%)	275 (4.0%)	80 (1.2%)	657 (9.5%)	54 (0.8%)	625 (9.1%)								90.2%	65.1%	25.16%
020018000458	5	Eagle River High School	Public	9-12	8701 Yosemite Dr	Eagle River	99577	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-2700	791	40	20	10.6%	504 (63.7%)	30 (3.8%)	112 (14.2%)	22 (2.8%)	33 (4.2%)	10 (1.3%)	80 (10.1%)	$13,759			$753			$13,006	87.8%	77.8%	10.03%
020006000029	6	Cordova Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	100 Fisherman Ave	Cordova	99574	Chugach Census Area	Cordova City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 424-3266	124	12	10.6	78.2%	61 (49.2%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	30 (24.2%)	30 (24.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	$23,091			$2,489			$20,602	85.4%	82.5%	2.83%
020039000158	7	Homer High School	Public	9-12	600 E Fairview Ave	Homer	99603	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 235-4600	368	23	16.1	23.6%	287 (78.0%)	1 (0.3%)	14 (3.8%)	8 (2.2%)	19 (5.2%)	3 (0.8%)	36 (9.8%)								82.9%	74.6%	8.32%
020018000555	8	Highland Academy Charter	Public, Magnet, Charter	6-12	5530 E Northern Lights Ste 1	Anchorage	99504	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	Yes	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-1700	169	11	15.3	1.8%	86 (50.9%)	8 (4.7%)	14 (8.3%)	2 (1.2%)	16 (9.5%)	15 (8.9%)	28 (16.6%)	$15,386			$442			$14,944	80.5%	63.5%	17.00%
020051000731	9	Mat-Su Career & Technical Educational High School	Public	9-12	2472 N Seward Meridian Pkwy	Wasilla	99654	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 352-0400	743	42	17.5	23.8%	557 (75.0%)	4 (0.5%)	53 (7.1%)	8 (1.1%)	42 (5.7%)	5 (0.7%)	74 (10.0%)	$12,208			$273			$11,935	78.0%	81.0%	2.90%
020078000370	10	Valdez High School	Public	9-12	319 Robe River Dr	Valdez	99686	Chugach Census Area	Valdez City School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 835-4767	157	13	11.8	30.6%	99 (63.1%)	1 (0.6%)	7 (4.5%)	5 (3.2%)	8 (5.1%)	2 (1.3%)	35 (22.3%)	$21,909			$881			$21,028	75.6%	42.9%	32.75%

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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.

Educational resources:

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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.