Alaska City Rankings

Updated Wednesday, September 5, 2018, based on the 2017-18 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 45)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2018)	Rank (2017)	Rank change from 2017
1^st	Girdwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.963	1
2^nd	Homer	4	1	2	3	0	0.851	6	4
3^rd	Haines	1	0	1	2	0	0.844	3
4^th	Petersburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.829	10	6
5^th	Willow	1	0	0	0	0	0.806	13	8
6^th	Eagle River	8	1	2	1	3	0.795	7	1
7^th	Elmendorf Afb	5	0	0	0	0	0.788	4	3
8^th	Unalaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.768	8
9^th	Chugiak	1	1	1	0	1	0.75	20	11
10^th	Eielson Afb	2	0	1	0	0	0.72	16	6
11^th	Naknek	1	0	1	1	0	0.707	2	9
12^th	Kasilof	1	0	0	0	0	0.699	17	5
13^th	Delta Junction	1	1	1	3	1	0.648	11	2
14^th	Anchor Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.645	5	9
15^th	Kenai	3	1	3	0	2	0.63	14	1
16^th	Seward	1	1	1	0	0	0.628	21	5
17^th	Cordova	1	0	1	1	0	0.613	9	8
18^th	Wrangell	1	1	1	0	0	0.612	15	3
19^th	Palmer	6	2	3	2	1	0.608	18	1
20^th	Sutton	1	0	0	1	0	0.608	27	7
21^st	Wasilla	14	2	3	5	4	0.604	19	2
22^nd	Juneau	8	2	3	2	2	0.567	23	1
23^rd	Sitka	2	1	3	1	1	0.56	24	1
24^th	Valdez	1	1	1	1	0	0.54	22	2
25^th	Craig	1	1	1	1	1	0.509	28	3
26^th	Soldotna	4	1	2	2	1	0.507	25	1
27^th	Fairbanks	16	3	4	5	7	0.502	29	2
28^th	Kodiak	4	1	1	2	1	0.497	32	4
29^th	Ketchikan	5	1	2	6	2	0.495	30	1
30^th	Talkeetna	1	0	0	1	0	0.473	26	4
31^st	Hoonah	1	0	0	1	0	0.441	41	10
32^nd	Anchorage	51	10	12	10	11	0.419	31	1
33^rd	Galena	1	0	2	0	0	0.333		(n/a)
34^th	Glennallen	1	0	1	1	0	0.325	12	22
35^th	North Pole	2	1	2	0	1	0.318	36	1
36^th	Fort Wainwright	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	39	3
37^th	Nikiski	1	0	0	1	0	0.287	33	4
38^th	Nome	1	1	1	2	0	0.284	34	4
39^th	Dillingham	1	0	0	2	1	0.26	35	4
40^th	Big Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.202	37	3
41^st	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.151	38	3
42^nd	Metlakatla	2	1	1	0	0	0.111	40	2
43^rd	Kotzebue	1	0	0	2	0	0.093	44	1
44^th	Bethel	3	0	2	3	0	0.09	43	1
45^th	Barrow	1	1	2	0	0	0.082	42	3

Rank (of 45)

City

# Elementary Schools

# Middle Schools

# High Schools

# Alt. Schools

# Private Schools*

Rank score (2018)

Rank (2017)

Rank change from 2017

SchoolDigger Rating (2018)

1^st

Girdwood

0.963

2^nd

Homer

0.851

3^rd

Haines

0.844

4^th

Petersburg

0.829

5^th

Willow

0.806

6^th

Eagle River

0.795

7^th

Elmendorf Afb

0.788

8^th

Unalaska

0.768

9^th

Chugiak

0.75

10^th

Eielson Afb

0.72

11^th

Naknek

0.707

12^th

Kasilof

0.699

13^th

Delta Junction

0.648

14^th

Anchor Point

0.645

15^th

Kenai

0.63

16^th

Seward

0.628

17^th

Cordova

0.613

18^th

Wrangell

0.612

19^th

Palmer

0.608

20^th

Sutton

0.608

21^st

Wasilla

0.604

22^nd

Juneau

0.567

23^rd

Sitka

0.56

24^th

Valdez

0.54

25^th

Craig

0.509

26^th

Soldotna

0.507

27^th

Fairbanks

0.502

28^th

Kodiak

0.497

29^th

Ketchikan

0.495

30^th

Talkeetna

0.473

31^st

Hoonah

0.441

32^nd

Anchorage

0.419

33^rd

Galena

0.333

(n/a)

34^th

Glennallen

0.325

35^th

North Pole

0.318

36^th

Fort Wainwright

0.312

37^th

Nikiski

0.287

38^th

Nome

0.284

39^th

Dillingham

0.26

40^th

Big Lake

0.202

41^st

Sterling

0.151

42^nd

Metlakatla

0.111

43^rd

Kotzebue

0.093

44^th

Bethel

0.09

45^th

Barrow

0.082

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