Best High Schools in Alaska for Low Socio Economic Status Students

Check out our new feature available only on SchoolDigger: rankings for different groups of students in Alaska!

Every year, the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr shares test results for various student groups in each school. We use these results to find out which schools do best for each group and list them from the best to the worst.

Additionally, we also compare the performance of the subgroup to the performance of the school as a whole. This makes it easy to see if, for example, Low Socio Economic Status students are overperforming or underperforming their peers in each school.

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 (Low Socio Economic Status vs All Students - 2025)					ID
Rank (of 39)	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	Statewide Rank Percentile (Low Socio Economic Status)	Statewide Rank Percentile (All Students)	Rank Percentile Difference from All Students	SchoolDigger Rating (Low Socio Economic Status)	SchoolDigger Rating (All Students)	ID
1	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%)								97.4%	96.7%	0.77%			020039000158
2	Family Partnership Correspondence School	Public, Alternative	K-12	4400 Business Park Blvd # B22	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-3700	1,008	13	80.1		677 (67.2%)	10 (1.0%)	100 (9.9%)	29 (2.9%)	49 (4.9%)	31 (3.1%)	112 (11.1%)	$9,640			$317			$9,322	94.9%	81.7%	13.21%			020018000178
3	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	92.3%	90.0%	2.31%			020010000630
4	Steller Secondary School	Public, Magnet	6-12	2508 Blueberry Ln	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-4950	305	15	20.7		207 (67.9%)	8 (2.6%)	29 (9.5%)	9 (3.0%)	15 (4.9%)	4 (1.3%)	33 (10.8%)	$13,262			$369			$12,892	89.7%	78.3%	11.41%			020018000115
5	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%)								87.2%	86.7%	0.51%			020024000143
6	Petersburg High School	Public	9-12	109 Charles W St	Petersburg	99833	Petersburg Borough	Petersburg Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 526-7656	144	12	12	60.4%	97 (67.4%)	3 (2.1%)	4 (2.8%)	10 (6.9%)	28 (19.4%)	1 (0.7%)	1 (0.7%)	$25,993			$2,049			$23,944	84.6%	58.3%	26.28%			020066000570
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%)								82.1%	88.3%	6.28%			020013000253
8	Cordova Junior/Senior High School	Public	7-12	100 Fisherman Ave	Cordova	99574	Chugach Census Area	Cordova City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 424-3266	126	11	12	65.9%	61 (48.4%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.4%)	29 (23.0%)	29 (23.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (3.2%)	$23,091			$2,489			$20,602	79.5%	63.3%	16.15%			020006000029
9	Valdez High School	Public	9-12	319 Robe River Dr	Valdez	99686	Chugach Census Area	Valdez City School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 835-4767	175	13	13.1	33.1%	108 (61.7%)	2 (1.1%)	7 (4.0%)	1 (0.6%)	17 (9.7%)	3 (1.7%)	37 (21.1%)	$21,909			$881			$21,028	76.9%	80.0%	3.08%			020078000370
10	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	483	22	22.1		289 (59.8%)	5 (1.0%)	62 (12.8%)	21 (4.3%)	20 (4.1%)	4 (0.8%)	82 (17.0%)	$12,651			$699			$11,951	74.4%	70.0%	4.36%			020018000101

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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.

Educational resources:

Charter Schools vs Regular Public Schools: Understanding the Key Differences

Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA): Transforming Education in America

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.