Best High Schools in Alaska

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Year after year, SchoolDigger is always the first to publish Alaska test scores and rankings. Other sites use stale test score data that are several years old! Be in the know with the very latest performance metrics.

The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAR and ASA 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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School														Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2025 vs 2024)					ID
Rank (of 60)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Rank (2024)	Rank Change from 2024	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	ID
1	Tri-Valley School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	400 Suntrana St	Healy	99743	Denali Borough	Denali Borough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 683-2267	167	16	10.1		147 (88.0%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (1.8%)	5 (3.0%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (6.6%)	$24,256			$805			$23,452	98.4	97.3	1			020077000357
2	Homer High School	Public	9-12	600 E Fairview Ave	Homer	99603	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 235-4600	357	19	18.6	34.7%	254 (71.1%)	1 (0.3%)	23 (6.4%)	5 (1.4%)	18 (5.0%)	1 (0.3%)	55 (15.4%)								97.2	68.7	16	14		020039000158
3	Upstream Learning Correspondence	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1976 Aurora Dr	Glennallen	99588	Copper River Census Area	Copper River School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 822-8526	115	1	104.5		94 (81.7%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.5%)	0 (0.0%)	15 (13.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.7%)	$9,883			$428			$9,455	93.4			(n/a)		020007000398
4	Frontier Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	400 W Northern Lights Blvd #9	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 742-1180	689	4	175.7		387 (56.2%)	32 (4.6%)	81 (11.8%)	14 (2.0%)	49 (7.1%)	44 (6.4%)	82 (11.9%)	$10,604			$358			$10,246	92.7	65.3	17	13		020018000530
5	Skagway School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1563 Main St	Skagway	99840	Skagway Municipality	Skagway School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 983-2960	138	13	10.6		107 (77.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (2.9%)	6 (4.3%)	5 (3.6%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (11.6%)	$26,630			$00			$26,630	87.8	76.4	9	4		020069000310
6	Delta Junction Senior High School	Public	9-12	1655 N Clearwater Ave	Delta Junction	99737	Southeast Fairbanks Census Area	Delta/Greely School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 895-4460	126	12	10.5	17.5%	87 (69.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (11.1%)	3 (2.4%)	7 (5.6%)	1 (0.8%)	14 (11.1%)	$17,470			$713			$16,757	87.7	58.1	26	20		020010000630
7	Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	2157 Van Horn Rd	Fairbanks	99701	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Galena City School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 374-2200	7,876	66	118.7		5,744 (72.9%)	91 (1.2%)	254 (3.2%)	85 (1.1%)	794 (10.1%)	92 (1.2%)	816 (10.4%)								85.3	63.4	22	15		020013000253
8	Sitka High School	Public	9-12	1000 Lake St	Sitka	99835	Sitka City and Borough	Sitka School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 747-3263	305	21	14.6	25.9%	159 (52.1%)	3 (1.0%)	15 (4.9%)	29 (9.5%)	76 (24.9%)	1 (0.3%)	22 (7.2%)								83.2	62.6	24	16		020024000143
9	AKChoice K-12 Learning	Public, Alternative	K-12	616 W 10th Ave	Anchorage	99501	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-4164	283	19	14.8		146 (51.6%)	9 (3.2%)	37 (13.1%)	5 (1.8%)	21 (7.4%)	23 (8.1%)	42 (14.8%)	$14,634			$525			$14,109	81.9	73.1	13	4		020018000756
10	South Anchorage High School	Public	9-12	13400 Elmore Rd	Anchorage	99516	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-6200	1,239	55	22.5	16.1%	779 (62.9%)	23 (1.9%)	106 (8.6%)	68 (5.5%)	72 (5.8%)	24 (1.9%)	167 (13.5%)	$13,568			$971			$12,597	81.2	72.1	15	5		020018000454

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ASA Science, STAR English Language Arts, STAR Mathematics 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.