Kodiak High School

Kodiak High School serves 579 students in grades 9–12 in Kodiak, AK, and is part of the Kodiak Island Borough School District, which ranks near the middle of Alaska districts. The high school itself earned a 1-star rating for the 2025–2026 school year, ranking 49th out of 62 Alaska high schools. That continues a difficult stretch: the school ranked in the 72nd percentile with 4 stars in 2020–2021 but has landed in the bottom quarter of the state for four consecutive years since.

The biggest academic concern is math. Just 15.1% of Kodiak High School students were proficient in math in 2025–2026, compared with roughly 32% across both the district and the state. The 2024–2025 result was even more severe, with only 5.3% proficient — meaning almost no students met grade-level math standards that year. Science scores are also consistently below district and state averages, with about one in four students proficient in recent years. English Language Arts is the relative bright spot, with scores hovering near or above the state average in several recent years. The school's clearest strength, though, is graduation: rates have ranged from about 82% to 92% and have edged above the district average in every reported year.

Several trends add context. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch has climbed sharply, from 58.9% in 2022–2023 to 68.6% in 2024–2025, meaning most students now come from low-income households. At the same time, the student-teacher ratio has risen from 14.0 to 16.7, giving students fewer teachers per capita. Low performance appears schoolwide rather than concentrated in one group, though there are pockets of success — military-connected students, for example, earned a 4-star rating in 2024–2025. In short, Kodiak High School graduates most of its students, but the data suggest many leave without the math and science skills needed for college or careers.