Best Cities in Alaska for Schools

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the test scores by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr. The most recent update was on Friday, September 5, 2025.

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Rank (of 42)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2025)	Rank (2024)	Rank change from 2024
1^st	Eielson Afb	1	0	1	0	0	0.914	1
2^nd	Homer	4	1	2	1	0	0.857	12	10
3^rd	Wrangell	1	1	1	0	0	0.824	21	18
4^th	Delta Junction	1	1	1	2	3	0.819	7	3
5^th	Eagle River	8	1	2	1	3	0.757	4	1
6^th	Girdwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.735	2	4
7^th	Palmer	7	1	4	2	2	0.709	10	3
8^th	Valdez	1	1	1	0	0	0.703	23	15
9^th	Glennallen	1	0	1	1	0	0.698	24	15
10^th	Sitka	2	1	3	1	1	0.666	18	8
11^th	Cordova	1	0	1	1	0	0.662	13	2
12^th	Kasilof	1	0	0	0	0	0.64	3	9
13^th	Petersburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.636	6	7
14^th	JBER	3	0	0	0	0	0.613		(n/a)
15^th	Chugiak	1	1	1	0	1	0.613	14	1
16^th	Craig	1	1	1	1	0	0.613	16
17^th	Haines	1	0	1	2	0	0.587	19	2
18^th	Unalaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.549	17	1
19^th	Wasilla	15	1	4	6	4	0.548	22	3
20^th	Soldotna	4	1	2	2	1	0.543	20
21^st	Anchor Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.537	15	6
22^nd	Fairbanks	15	3	6	4	9	0.518	25	3
23^rd	Willow	1	0	0	0	0	0.509	5	18
24^th	Kenai	4	1	3	0	2	0.494	27	3
25^th	Kodiak	4	1	1	1	2	0.494	30	5
26^th	Juneau	8	2	4	1	2	0.453	31	5
27^th	Anchorage	50	10	11	8	13	0.438	29	2
28^th	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.429	32	4
29^th	Fort Wainwright	1	0	0	0	0	0.371	37	8
30^th	Talkeetna	1	0	1	0	0	0.358	33	3
31^st	Ketchikan	5	1	2	1	3	0.323	34	3
32^nd	Big Lake	1	0	1	0	0	0.322	36	4
33^rd	Seward	1	1	1	0	0	0.319	28	5
34^th	Nikiski	0	0	1	0	0	0.28	26	8
35^th	North Pole	3	1	1	0	1	0.27	35
36^th	Nome	1	1	1	1	0	0.235	38	2
37^th	Metlakatla	2	1	1	0	0	0.174	40	3
38^th	Dillingham	1	0	1	0	1	0.145	39	1
39^th	Houston	0	1	0	0	0	0.138		(n/a)
40^th	Utqiagvik	1	1	2	0	0	0.062		(n/a)
41^st	Bethel	3	0	3	0	0	0.027	42	1
42^nd	Kotzebue	1	0	1	1	1	0.006	44	2

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About our rankings:

* Private schools are not used in determining city rank.
Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
These rankings were last updated on September 5, 2025, 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.