NCES CCD 2024-25 11 schools AK

Best-Resourced Schools in Eagle River, AK

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11 public K-12 schools in Eagle River from NCES Common Core of Data: enrollment, grade span, demographics, and Civil Rights Data Collection statistics for every active campus.

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11
Schools
3,757
Students
36.9/100
Avg Resource Index
24.2:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Middle-of-corpus city profile

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Eagle River has more public-school enrollment than 40% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Eagle River sits in the broad middle of the national city distribution rather than at a single obvious extreme. Its scale, average Resource Investment Index, and staffing position need to be read together: a middle placement on one measure does not cancel a stronger or weaker result on another. The percentile panel makes those dimensions explicit, and the school table shows where the city aggregate breaks into materially different campus profiles.

Combined-grade campuses shape the local portfolio

7 of Eagle River's 11 listed schools use NCES's combined or “other” grade-level classification. Citywide averages therefore blend campuses serving unusually broad or nonstandard grade spans with conventional elementary, middle, and high schools. Grade configuration is a first-order comparison here, not a minor label.

Campus spread matters more than the city mean

The 23-point gap between Eagle Academy Charter School and Gruening Middle School shows the range hidden by Eagle River's average Resource Investment Index. The city figure is useful for national placement, but families ultimately choose among campuses with different grade spans, enrollment, district affiliations, and reported support fields. Start with schools serving the relevant grade level, then compare the index components rather than assuming the city average describes any one classroom.

City enrollment
Top 60%
School count
Top 35%
Resource Index average
33rd percentile
Teacher staffing
3rd percentile

Gruening Middle School accounts for 21.2% of all Eagle River public-school enrollment

That concentration means Eagle River-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: Middle. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how districts allocate programs, capital, or staff. Enrollment-weighted aggregates give this entity more weight than any smaller peer, while an unweighted entity average treats every record equally.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Eagle River school enrollment varies 7.6× across entities

Eagle River school enrollment ranges from 105 students (lowest) to 797 students (highest), a spread of 692 students. That relatively narrow ratio reflects an unusually homogeneous school portfolio for a city this size. Per-school staffing and program breadth can differ sharply at opposite ends of that enrollment range, so the city average should not be treated as a typical campus.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data NCES Common Core of Data

Eagle River student-teacher ratio is 24.2:1 — high (typically associated with larger urban scale or staffing constraints that have widened the headcount gap)

student-teacher ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE classroom teachers against total enrollment, push-in specialists, English-language aides, special-education co-teachers, and counselors are not included in most reporting Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe NCES Common Core of Data, Public School Universe

# School Score
1. Eagle Academy Charter School 51
2. Alpenglow Elementary 40
3. Birchwood Abc Elementary 40
4. Alaska Middle College School 39
5. Eagle River Elementary 39
6. Homestead Elementary 39
7. Eagle River High School 36
8. Ravenwood Elementary 36
9. Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr. 30
10. Gruening Middle School 28
11. Fire Lake Elementary 28

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Eagle River

Ranked by the Simpson student-body diversity index (0-100) from NCES race and ethnicity data, where higher means a more evenly mixed student body. It measures mix, not quality.

  1. 1 Fire Lake Elementary 65.7/100
  2. 2 Eagle River Elementary 65.3/100
  3. 3 Alpenglow Elementary 58.4/100
  4. 4 Alaska Middle College School 58.1/100
  5. 5 Gruening Middle School 56.2/100

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Which Eagle River school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Eagle Academy Charter School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Eagle River schools in this federal-data comparison at 51/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Eagle River, AK? ▼

Eagle River has 11 public schools with a total enrollment of 3,757 students. 1 are charter schools. Average student-teacher ratio: 24.2:1.

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Data from NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 and Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) 2021-22. The Resource Investment Index uses reported student-teacher ratio, counselor access, gifted programs, and attendance; it is not an academic rating. Cities must include at least five schools to be listed. This public-data comparison is for informational purposes: verify current enrollment, attendance boundaries, and programs with the school district before acting. See the guide to understanding NCES data.