Best High Schools in Alaska

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2022 vs 2021)
ID	Rank (of 62)	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 (2022)	Average Standard Score (2021)	Rank (2021)	Rank Change from 2021	SchoolDigger Rating (2022)
020018000115	1	Steller Secondary School	Public, Magnet	7-12	2508 Blueberry Ln	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-4950	260	14	19.1		176 (67.7%)	8 (3.1%)	18 (6.9%)	15 (5.8%)	5 (1.9%)	3 (1.2%)	35 (13.5%)	$13,262			$369			$12,892	97.4	95	4	3
020077000357	2	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	126	17	7.3		115 (91.3%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (5.6%)	$24,256			$805			$23,452	95.9			(n/a)
020007000398	3	Upstream Learning Correspondence	Public, Virtual, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1976 Aurora Dr	Glennallen	99588	Copper River Census Area	Copper River School District	No	No	Yes	No	(907) 822-8526	140	2	82.3		122 (87.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.7%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (10.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.1%)	$9,883			$428			$9,455	91.2	98.8	2	1
020013000253	4	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	7,321	55	133.3		5,377 (73.4%)	111 (1.5%)	325 (4.4%)	83 (1.1%)	763 (10.4%)	41 (0.6%)	621 (8.5%)								89.2			(n/a)
020018000530	5	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	470	6	82.4		284 (60.4%)	18 (3.8%)	31 (6.6%)	21 (4.5%)	46 (9.8%)	12 (2.6%)	58 (12.3%)	$10,604			$358			$10,246	86.9			(n/a)
020077000447	6	Denali PEAK	Public, Virtual, Alternative	PK, KG-12	1 Suntrana St	Healy	99743	Denali Borough	Denali Borough School District	No	No	Yes	No	(907) 683-2278	879	6	141.7		513 (58.4%)	36 (4.1%)	83 (9.4%)	18 (2.0%)	65 (7.4%)	22 (2.5%)	142 (16.2%)	$5,122			$44			$5,079	86.8			(n/a)
020018000178	7	Family Partnership Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	4400 Business Park Blvd # B22	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 742-3700	1,234	16	75.6		862 (69.9%)	34 (2.8%)	99 (8.0%)	39 (3.2%)	56 (4.5%)	20 (1.6%)	124 (10.0%)	$9,640			$317			$9,322	86.7	80.5	10	3
020018000101	8	Polaris K-12 School	Public, Magnet, Alternative	K-12	6200 Ashwood St	Anchorage	99507	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-8700	486	25	19.5		308 (63.4%)	7 (1.4%)	57 (11.7%)	26 (5.3%)	18 (3.7%)	4 (0.8%)	66 (13.6%)	$12,651			$699			$11,951	83.3	57	25	17
020039000397	9	Connections	Public, Alternative	K-12	143 E. Park Avenue	Soldotna	99669	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 714-8880	1,157	17	68.2		962 (83.1%)	7 (0.6%)	42 (3.6%)	3 (0.3%)	32 (2.8%)	0 (0.0%)	111 (9.6%)								81.6			(n/a)
020027000639	10	Haines High School	Public	9-12	604 Haines Hwy	Haines	99827	Haines Borough	Haines Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 766-6700	72	7	10		51 (70.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (5.6%)	3 (4.2%)	13 (18.1%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (1.4%)	$23,605			$2,278			$21,327	81.1	60.2	22	12

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on ASA Science, PEAKS English Language Arts, PEAKS Mathematics test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Development.
These rankings were last updated on November 10, 2022, 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 Development, 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 Development.
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 Development. School Attendance Areas provided by ATTOM.