Alaska City Rankings

Updated Wednesday, September 8, 2021, based on the 2020-21 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 42)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2021)	Rank (2019)	Rank change from 2019
1^st	Petersburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.847	1
2^nd	Willow	1	0	0	0	0	0.815	7	5
3^rd	Eielson Afb	2	0	1	0	0	0.81	19	16
4^th	Eagle River	8	1	2	1	2	0.758	4
5^th	Homer	4	1	2	3	0	0.735	16	11
6^th	Elmendorf Afb	4	0	0	0	0	0.715	6
7^th	Unalaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.706	8	1
8^th	Delta Junction	1	1	1	2	3	0.702	10	2
9^th	Girdwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.698	2	7
10^th	Chugiak	1	1	1	0	1	0.687	11	1
11^th	Wrangell	1	1	1	0	0	0.656	9	2
12^th	Wasilla	14	2	4	4	4	0.639	27	15
13^th	Craig	1	1	1	1	0	0.598	32	19
14^th	Palmer	6	2	5	1	1	0.591	18	4
15^th	Haines	1	0	1	2	0	0.587	3	12
16^th	Cordova	1	0	1	1	0	0.582	22	6
17^th	Glennallen	1	0	1	1	0	0.576	29	12
18^th	Soldotna	4	1	2	2	1	0.559	23	5
19^th	Valdez	1	1	1	1	0	0.558	15	4
20^th	Sitka	2	1	3	1	1	0.55	21	1
21^st	Juneau	8	2	4	1	2	0.507	24	3
22^nd	Fairbanks	17	3	5	4	8	0.505	30	8
23^rd	Anchor Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.503	25	2
24^th	Ketchikan	5	1	2	4	3	0.493	26	2
25^th	Kenai	4	1	3	0	1	0.482	17	8
26^th	Kodiak	4	1	1	1	2	0.462	28	2
27^th	Talkeetna	1	0	1	0	0	0.441	20	7
28^th	Anchorage	51	10	14	7	11	0.435	31	3
29^th	Kasilof	1	0	0	0	0	0.422	5	24
30^th	Seward	1	1	1	0	0	0.418	13	17
31^st	Sutton	1	0	0	1	0	0.393	39	8
32^nd	North Pole	3	1	1	0	1	0.353	35	3
33^rd	Fort Wainwright	1	0	0	0	0	0.312	14	19
34^th	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.237	33	1
35^th	Aniak	1	0	1	0	0	0.22	42	7
36^th	Nikiski	0	0	1	0	0	0.214	34	2
37^th	Big Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.187	40	3
38^th	Dillingham	1	0	1	1	1	0.139	36	2
39^th	Metlakatla	2	1	1	0	0	0.135	41	2
40^th	Nome	1	1	1	1	0	0.133	37	3
41^st	Kotzebue	1	0	1	1	1	0.044	43	2
42^nd	Barrow	1	1	3	0	0	0.012	45	3

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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 September 8, 2021, 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.
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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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