Unalaska City School District

Unalaska City School District is a small, two-school district in Unalaska, AK, serving roughly 337 students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12. It includes Eagle’s View Elementary School for grades PK–5 and Unalaska Junior/Senior High School for grades 6–12; there is no separate middle school or alternative school. The two schools have similar enrollments, with 163 at the elementary and 174 at the combined junior/senior high, and the district overall is rated 4 stars and ranked 9th out of 23 Alaska districts.

Eagle’s View Elementary School is a standout in 5th-grade science, math, and ELA. Its 5th graders posted 60.9% science proficiency, 73.9% math proficiency, and 65.2% ELA proficiency, all well above Alaska state averages. In all-grades science, Eagle’s View also leads at 60.9% versus 37.8% statewide. However, the same school has clear early-grade weak spots: 3rd and 4th grade math proficiency is around 23%, roughly 11 points below state averages. Unalaska Junior/Senior High School stands out in math and ELA, with all-grades math at 43.6% and ELA at 39.4%, above state numbers. Its 9th-grade math proficiency of 47.8% is far above the statewide rate of 17.9%, and its 8th-grade science rate is 57.1%. That same school shows a large science drop by 10th grade, where only 29.6% of students are proficient, compared with 33.0% statewide.

Both schools have low poverty measures and small class sizes. Free/reduced lunch eligibility is 15.95% at Eagle’s View and 10.34% at the high school, and student-teacher ratios are near 13:1. Per-student spending is high for a remote district—about $21,300 at the elementary and $23,500 at the high school—yet school ratings are moderate. In 2025–2026, the high school ranks at the 65th percentile of Alaska high schools, while the elementary ranks at the 49th percentile of Alaska elementary schools, and both currently carry 3 stars. The high school’s rank has been volatile, moving from the 87th percentile in 2023–2024 to the 48th in 2024–2025 and then to 65th in 2025–2026. Since this is a combined 6–12 school with small grade-level cohorts, large year-to-year swings in scores and rankings are common. Parents should interpret single-year changes cautiously, but the overall picture is a small, well-funded district with clear strengths in upper elementary science and middle/high school math.