Alaska City Rankings

Updated Saturday, September 7, 2019, based on the 2018-19 school year test scores.

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Rank (of 45)	City	# Elementary Schools	# Middle Schools	# High Schools	# Alt. Schools	# Private Schools*	Rank score (2019)	Rank (2018)	Rank change from 2018
1^st	Petersburg	1	1	1	0	0	0.912	4	3
2^nd	Girdwood	1	0	0	0	0	0.849	1	1
3^rd	Haines	1	0	1	2	0	0.823	3
4^th	Eagle River	8	1	2	1	2	0.806	6	2
5^th	Kasilof	1	0	0	0	0	0.795	12	7
6^th	Elmendorf Afb	5	0	0	0	0	0.783	7	1
7^th	Willow	1	0	0	0	0	0.741	5	2
8^th	Unalaska	1	0	1	0	0	0.714	8
9^th	Wrangell	1	1	1	0	0	0.705	18	9
10^th	Delta Junction	1	1	1	2	3	0.694	13	3
11^th	Chugiak	1	1	1	0	1	0.689	9	2
12^th	Naknek	1	0	1	1	0	0.688	11	1
13^th	Seward	1	1	1	0	0	0.681	16	3
14^th	Fort Wainwright	1	0	0	0	0	0.667	36	22
15^th	Valdez	1	1	1	1	0	0.662	24	9
16^th	Homer	4	1	2	3	0	0.661	2	14
17^th	Kenai	4	1	3	0	1	0.607	15	2
18^th	Palmer	6	2	5	1	1	0.604	19	1
19^th	Eielson Afb	2	0	1	0	0	0.597	10	9
20^th	Talkeetna	1	0	1	0	0	0.597	30	10
21^st	Sitka	2	1	3	1	1	0.588	23	2
22^nd	Cordova	1	0	1	1	0	0.579	17	5
23^rd	Soldotna	4	1	2	2	1	0.563	26	3
24^th	Juneau	8	2	4	1	2	0.561	22	2
25^th	Anchor Point	1	0	0	0	0	0.54	14	11
26^th	Ketchikan	5	1	2	4	3	0.534	29	3
27^th	Wasilla	14	2	4	4	4	0.527	21	6
28^th	Kodiak	4	1	1	1	2	0.508	28
29^th	Glennallen	1	0	1	1	0	0.498	34	5
30^th	Fairbanks	17	3	5	4	8	0.467	27	3
31^st	Anchorage	51	10	15	7	11	0.437	32	1
32^nd	Craig	1	1	1	1	0	0.407	25	7
33^rd	Sterling	1	0	0	0	0	0.335	41	8
34^th	Nikiski	0	0	1	0	0	0.323	37	3
35^th	North Pole	2	1	2	0	1	0.302	35
36^th	Dillingham	1	0	1	1	1	0.298	39	3
37^th	Nome	1	1	2	1	0	0.284	38	1
38^th	Galena	1	0	2	0	0	0.269	33	5
39^th	Sutton	1	0	0	1	0	0.254	20	19
40^th	Big Lake	1	1	1	0	0	0.212	40
41^st	Metlakatla	2	1	1	0	0	0.163	42	1
42^nd	Aniak	1	0	1	0	0	0.162		(n/a)
43^rd	Kotzebue	1	0	1	1	1	0.107	43
44^th	Bethel	3	0	3	2	0	0.051	44
45^th	Barrow	1	1	2	0	0	0.046	45

Rank (of 45)

City

# Elementary Schools

# Middle Schools

# High Schools

# Alt. Schools

# Private Schools*

Rank score (2019)

Rank (2018)

Rank change from 2018

SchoolDigger Rating (2019)

1^st

Petersburg

0.912

2^nd

Girdwood

0.849

3^rd

Haines

0.823

4^th

Eagle River

0.806

5^th

Kasilof

0.795

6^th

Elmendorf Afb

0.783

7^th

Willow

0.741

8^th

Unalaska

0.714

9^th

Wrangell

0.705

10^th

Delta Junction

0.694

11^th

Chugiak

0.689

12^th

Naknek

0.688

13^th

Seward

0.681

14^th

Fort Wainwright

0.667

15^th

Valdez

0.662

16^th

Homer

0.661

17^th

Kenai

0.607

18^th

Palmer

0.604

19^th

Eielson Afb

0.597

20^th

Talkeetna

0.597

21^st

Sitka

0.588

22^nd

Cordova

0.579

23^rd

Soldotna

0.563

24^th

Juneau

0.561

25^th

Anchor Point

0.54

26^th

Ketchikan

0.534

27^th

Wasilla

0.527

28^th

Kodiak

0.508

29^th

Glennallen

0.498

30^th

Fairbanks

0.467

31^st

Anchorage

0.437

32^nd

Craig

0.407

33^rd

Sterling

0.335

34^th

Nikiski

0.323

35^th

North Pole

0.302

36^th

Dillingham

0.298

37^th

Nome

0.284

38^th

Galena

0.269

39^th

Sutton

0.254

40^th

Big Lake

0.212

41^st

Metlakatla

0.163

42^nd

Aniak

0.162

(n/a)

43^rd

Kotzebue

0.107

44^th

Bethel

0.051

45^th

Barrow

0.046

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