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Rank (of 40)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2022)	Rank (2021)	Rank change from 2021
1^st	Girdwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.866	9	8
2^nd	Willow	1	0	0	0	0	0.797	2
3^rd	Eielson Afb	2	0	1	0	0	0.788	3
4^th	Petersburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.767	1	3
5^th	Eagle River	8	1	2	1	3	0.761	4	1
6^th	Haines	1	0	1	2	0	0.742	15	9
7^th	Homer	4	1	2	3	0	0.729	5	2
8^th	Elmendorf Afb	4	0	0	0	0	0.727	6	2
9^th	Cordova	1	0	1	1	0	0.7	16	7
10^th	Chugiak	1	1	1	0	1	0.685	10
11^th	Kasilof	1	0	0	0	0	0.669	29	18
12^th	Unalaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.668	7	5
13^th	Glennallen	1	0	1	1	0	0.639	17	4
14^th	Delta Junction	1	1	1	2	3	0.602	8	6
15^th	Sitka	2	1	3	1	1	0.581	20	5
16^th	Juneau	8	2	4	1	2	0.559	21	5
17^th	Soldotna	4	1	2	2	1	0.556	18	1
18^th	Palmer	6	2	5	1	1	0.552	14	4
19^th	Valdez	1	1	1	1	0	0.521	19
20^th	Wasilla	14	2	4	4	4	0.504	12	8
21^st	Wrangell	1	1	1	0	0	0.496	11	10
22^nd	Kenai	4	1	3	0	1	0.49	25	3
23^rd	Fairbanks	17	3	5	4	8	0.483	22	1
24^th	Anchorage	51	10	13	7	11	0.465	28	4
25^th	Anchor Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.463	23	2
26^th	Craig	1	1	1	1	0	0.461	13	13
27^th	Ketchikan	5	1	2	4	3	0.407	24	3
28^th	Seward	1	1	1	0	0	0.402	30	2
29^th	Talkeetna	1	0	1	0	0	0.368	27	2
30^th	Kodiak	4	1	1	1	2	0.36	26	4
31^st	North Pole	3	1	1	0	1	0.322	32	1
32^nd	Fort Wainwright	1	0	0	0	0	0.289	33	1
33^rd	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.267	34	1
34^th	Nikiski	0	0	1	0	0	0.245	36	2
35^th	Nome	1	1	1	1	0	0.166	40	5
36^th	Dillingham	1	0	1	0	1	0.146	38	2
37^th	Metlakatla	2	1	1	0	0	0.117	39	2
38^th	Big Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.098	37	1
39^th	Kotzebue	1	0	1	1	1	0.041	41	2
40^th	Barrow	1	1	2	0	0	0.034	42	2

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* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education.
These rankings were last updated on November 10, 2022, 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, 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.
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. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.

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