Alaska school data rankings
Compare regular public school districts by one measure at a time, then inspect the underlying profile. Of 52 regular districts, 52 report 2024–25 enrollment and 52 match the FY 2023 finance file. Charter, service, specialized, and other agencies remain in the directory but are excluded from these unlike comparisons.
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Showing 1–25 of 52 regular districts reporting enrollment. NCES CCD 2024–25.
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Largest school districts in Alaska
Ordered by 2024–25 reported membership. This is a scale comparison, not a quality ranking.
Source: NCES CCD LEA Membership, 2024–25.
Highest spending per pupil in Alaska
Ordered by FY 2023 current expenditure per pupil among districts with at least 200 students. District responsibilities and local costs differ.
| Rank | Name | Location | Per pupil |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lake and Peninsula Borough School District 320 students | King Salmon | $63,470 |
| 2 | Kuspuk School District 309 students | Aniak | $57,469 |
| 3 | Lower Yukon School District 2,027 students | Mountain Village | $48,035 |
| 4 | Bering Strait School District 1,745 students | Unalakleet | $47,252 |
| 5 | Northwest Arctic Borough School District 1,945 students | Kotzebue | $46,368 |
| 6 | Alaska Gateway School District 381 students | Tok | $42,798 |
| 7 | Southwest Region School District 615 students | Dillingham | $42,157 |
| 8 | Lower Kuskokwim School District 3,823 students | Bethel | $41,997 |
| 9 | Yupiit School District 522 students | Akiachak | $41,227 |
| 10 | North Slope Borough School District 1,853 students | Utqiagvik | $41,153 |
| 11 | Annette Island School District 301 students | Metlakatla | $38,994 |
| 12 | Iditarod Area School District 263 students | McGrath | $37,660 |
| 13 | Kashunamiut School District 320 students | Chevak | $36,740 |
| 14 | Dillingham City School District 403 students | Dillingham | $35,076 |
| 15 | Unalaska City School District 337 students | Unalaska | $29,705 |
| 16 | Valdez City School District 605 students | Valdez | $26,093 |
| 17 | Kodiak Island Borough School District 2,122 students | Kodiak | $25,688 |
| 18 | Nome Public Schools 672 students | Nome | $25,174 |
| 19 | Petersburg Borough School District 464 students | Petersburg | $25,075 |
| 20 | Copper River School District 393 students | Glennallen | $24,678 |
| 21 | Sitka School District 1,080 students | Sitka | $23,911 |
| 22 | Haines Borough School District 255 students | Haines | $23,885 |
| 23 | Cordova City School District 361 students | Cordova | $23,176 |
| 24 | Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District 2,043 students | Ketchikan | $23,131 |
| 25 | Wrangell Public School District 264 students | Wrangell | $22,697 |
Source: NCES School District Finance Survey (F-33), FY 2023. Resource measure only.
Alaska high schools with broad reported program access
Counts AP student enrollment, gifted programming, and computer-science classes reported in CRDC. This does not measure course quality, participation rates, or current availability.
| Rank | Name | Location | Positive fields |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Service High School 09–12 · 39 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 2 | Dimond High School 09–12 · 31 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 3 | Eagle River High School 09–12 · 30 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 4 | South Anchorage High School 09–12 · 27 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 5 | Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School 09–12 · 25 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 6 | West Valley High School 09–12 · 23 AP courses | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 7 | West High School 09–12 · 20 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 8 | Lathrop High School 09–12 · 19 AP courses | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 9 | Chugiak High School 09–12 · 18 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 10 | Colony High School 09–12 · 17 AP courses | Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 11 | Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School 09–12 · 16 AP courses | Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 12 | Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale 09–12 · 12 AP courses | Juneau Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 13 | Homer High School 09–12 · 6 AP courses | Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 14 | Kenai Central High School 09–12 · 5 AP courses | Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 15 | Susitna Valley High 06–12 · 5 AP courses | Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 16 | Soldotna High School 09–12 · 4 AP courses | Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 17 | Steller Secondary School 06–12 · 4 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 18 | Sitka High School 09–12 · 4 AP courses | Sitka School District | 3 of 3 |
| 19 | Seward High School 09–12 · 2 AP courses | Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 20 | Hutchison High School 09–12 · 1 AP courses | Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | 3 of 3 |
| 21 | Alaska Middle College School 11–12 · 1 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 22 | Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School 10–12 · 1 AP courses | Anchorage School District | 3 of 3 |
| 23 | Wasilla High School 09–12 · 11 AP courses | Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | 2 of 3 |
| 24 | Kodiak High School 09–12 · 11 AP courses | Kodiak Island Borough School District | 2 of 3 |
| 25 | Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School 06–12 · 8 AP courses | Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | 2 of 3 |
Source: CRDC 2021–22. At least two program fields must be known for inclusion.