Juneau School District

Listed by NCES as Juneau Borough School District (district ID 0200210)

Public school district · Juneau City and Borough · Alaska · NCES district ID 0200210

Juneau School District spent $20,767 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 53% of the other Alaska districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $21,949). Its 12 schools enrolled 3,511 students in 2024-25; 47.5% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,595 per student, down 0.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 86% (Alaska: 77.9%).

Spending per student among Alaska's largest districts

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Juneau ranks 4.

Current spending per student, largest Alaska districts, FY23Lower Kuskokwim $41,997; Kodiak Island Borough $25,688; Ketchikan Gateway Borough $23,131; Juneau $20,767; Kenai Peninsula Borough $19,862; Fairbanks North Star Borough $17,616; Anchorage $16,636; Matanuska-Susitna Borough $15,575; Yukon-Koyukuk $12,886; Galena City $6,532; State median, 1,000+ students $21,949.010k20k30k40k50kLower Kuskokwim$41,997Kodiak Island Borough$25,688Ketchikan Gateway Borough$23,131Juneau$20,767Kenai Peninsula Borough$19,862Fairbanks North Star Borough$17,616Anchorage$16,636Matanuska-Susitna Borough$15,575Yukon-Koyukuk$12,886Galena City$6,532State median, 1,000+ students $21,949
Current spending per student, largest Alaska districts, FY23Lower Kuskokwim $41,997; Kodiak Island Borough $25,688; Ketchikan Gateway Borough $23,131; Juneau $20,767; Kenai Peninsula Borough $19,862; Fairbanks North Star Borough $17,616; Anchorage $16,636; Matanuska-Susitna Borough $15,575; Yukon-Koyukuk $12,886; Galena City $6,532; State median, 1,000+ students $21,949.010k20k30k40k50kLower Kuskokwim$41,997Kodiak Island Borough$25,688Ketchikan Gateway Borough$23,131Juneau$20,767Kenai Peninsula Borough$19,862Fairbanks North Star Borough$17,616Anchorage$16,636Matanuska-Susitna Borough$15,575Yukon-Koyukuk$12,886Galena City$6,532State median, 1,000+ students $21,949
Current spending per student, largest Alaska districts, FY23Lower Kuskokwim $41,997; Kodiak Island Borough $25,688; Ketchikan Gateway Borough $23,131; Juneau $20,767; Kenai Peninsula Borough $19,862; Fairbanks North Star Borough $17,616; Anchorage $16,636; Matanuska-Susitna Borough $15,575; Yukon-Koyukuk $12,886; Galena City $6,532; State median, 1,000+ students $21,949.020k40k50kLower Kuskokwim$41,997Kodiak Island Borough$25,688Ketchikan Gateway Borough$23,131Juneau$20,767Kenai Peninsula Borough$19,862Fairbanks North Star Borough$17,616Anchorage$16,636Matanuska-Susitna Borough$15,575Yukon-Koyukuk$12,886Galena City$6,532State median, 1,000+ students $21,949
Current spending per student, largest Alaska districts, FY23Lower Kuskokwim $41,997; Kodiak Island Borough $25,688; Ketchikan Gateway Borough $23,131; Juneau $20,767; Kenai Peninsula Borough $19,862; Fairbanks North Star Borough $17,616; Anchorage $16,636; Matanuska-Susitna Borough $15,575; Yukon-Koyukuk $12,886; Galena City $6,532; State median, 1,000+ students $21,949.020k40k50kLower Kuskokwim$41,997Kodiak Island Borough$25,688Ketchikan Gateway Borough$23,131Juneau$20,767Kenai Peninsula Borough$19,862Fairbanks North Star Borough$17,616Anchorage$16,636Matanuska-Susitna Borough$15,575Yukon-Koyukuk$12,886Galena City$6,532State median, 1,000+ students $21,949

Where the money came from

$95,896,000 in revenue: 47.5% state, 41.4% local and 11.0% federal. Total spending including $3,016,000 of capital outlay was $94,804,000, or $21,854 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Juneau School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $45,591,000; Local $39,709,000; Federal $10,596,000; total $95,896,000.
  • State$45,591,000 48%
  • Local$39,709,000 41%
  • Federal$10,596,000 11%

Source: NCES F-33 school district finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23: current expenditures for elementary and secondary education divided by fall membership; the state median covers 16 districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022. Revenue by source (TOTALREV, TFEDREV, TSTREV, TLOCREV).

Enrollment fell from 2022-23 to 2024-25

4,338 students in 2022-23, 4,265 students in 2023-24, 3,511 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Juneau School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,338, 2023-24: 4,265, 2024-25: 3,51102k4k6k2022-234,3382023-244,2652024-253,511
Juneau School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,338, 2023-24: 4,265, 2024-25: 3,51102k4k6k2022-234,3382023-244,2652024-253,511
Juneau School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,338, 2023-24: 4,265, 2024-25: 3,51102k4k6k2022-234,3382023-244,2652024-253,511
Juneau School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 4,338, 2023-24: 4,265, 2024-25: 3,51102k4k6k2022-234,3382023-244,2652024-253,511

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-234,338271.116.0
2023-244,265259.116.5
2024-253,511197.217.8

Source: NCES Common Core of Data membership and staff files, 2022-23, 2023-24, 2024-25; sums over the schools reporting each year.

State test results, 2021-22

In 2021-22, the students tested in Juneau School District scored proficient or above: 33% in reading and 23% in math, against 29.4% in reading and 22.8% in math across Alaska. Each state writes its own test and sets its own proficiency bar, so compare these within Alaska, not across states.

Students proficient or above, 2021-22
SubjectThis districtAlaskaStudents tested
Reading and language arts33%29.4%2,071
Math23%22.8%2,044

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results 2021-22, all students, from ED Data Express (the Data Rescue Project archive; ED has no 2022-23 result for this district): ED shows district results as ranges (for example 20-24%) to protect small groups.

Graduation rate, class of 2023

86% of the 332 students in Juneau School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 77.9% across Alaska. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out, and counts those who earned a regular diploma by 2023. Every state computes it the same way under federal law, though each sets its own diploma requirements.

Four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rate, class of 2023
This districtAlaska
Four-year graduation rate86%77.9%
Students in the class3329,629

Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates 2022-23, all students, from ED Data Express: ED shows district rates as ranges (for example 90-94%) and leaves out small classes.

8 elementary schools, 2,179 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Auke Bay Elementary35318.39.6%Not Title I
Harborview Elementary34915.123.8%Schoolwide program
Sit Eeti Shaanax - Glacier Valley School32215.023.3%Schoolwide program
Mendenhall River Community School30818.117.2%Not Title I
Riverbend Elementary29016.124.1%Schoolwide program
SayTik: Gastineau Community School28115.628.8%Schoolwide program
Montessori Borealis Public Alternative School20517.12.9%Not Title I
Juneau Community Charter School7115.812.7%Not Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

3 high schools, 1,108 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KalT1,01819.610.9%Not Title I
Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alt. High School8011.455.0%Not Title I
Johnson Youth Center105.6not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

1 other school, 224 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
HomeBRIDGE22474.7not reportedNot Title I

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25; Title I status CCD 2021-22, the last year NCES published it. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count; not reported: the school sent NCES no meal count.

3 more schools on file: small, closed or in an earlier directory

These records carry fewer federal fields than a full school page needs, so each is summarized here with what NCES reports.

Thunder Mountain High School

High school in Juneau; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 586 students; 17.6 students per teacher.

Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School

Middle school in Juneau; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 454 students; 18.9 students per teacher.

Floyd Dryden Middle School

Middle school in Juneau; last listed in the 2024-25 NCES directory (closed); 407 students; 15.9 students per teacher.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and earlier directories: the last year each school was listed, its students and its teachers.

Contact Juneau School District

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, local education agency directory 2024-25. Enrollment, boundaries and school assignment are the district's to confirm.

What to look at next about Juneau School District

  1. Alaska districts by spending per studentJuneau School District ranks 9 of 16 Alaska districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($20,767).#9 of 16
  2. Every school district in AlaskaJuneau School District is the number 6 by size of 54 Alaska districts, with 4,338 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#6 of 54
  3. Galena City School DistrictThe next larger Alaska district: 7,177 students in fall 2022, $6,532 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$6,532
  4. Lower Kuskokwim School DistrictThe next smaller Alaska district: 3,970 students in fall 2022, $41,997 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$41,997
  5. Compare Juneau School District with Galena City School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  6. Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KalT, its largest high school1,018 students in 2024-25, 19.6 per teacher.1,018
  7. Find the school district for an addressA home's district decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student and fall 2022 membership; ranks among the state's districts that reported them); NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools).

Questions about Juneau School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Juneau School District?
    12 schools were open in 2024-25 (8 elementary, 3 high, 1 other), enrolling 3,511 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Juneau School District spend per student?
    $20,767 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23 (NCES F-33), which leaves out construction and debt; the Alaska median for districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 is $21,949 and the U.S. figure is $16,260. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $20,595 per student, down 0.8% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Juneau School District's money come from?
    $95,896,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 47.5% state, 41.4% local and 11.0% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Juneau School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 331 of the 4,823 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 6.9%, were in families in poverty (Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates). It is a model-based estimate for everyone living in the district, not a count of its students; the free-meal shares in the school tables are counts of enrolled students.
  5. How do students in Juneau School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Juneau School District scored proficient or above: 33% in reading and 23% in math, against 29.4% in reading and 22.8% in math across Alaska. Alaska's own test sets what proficient means, so results compare within the state, not across states. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22.
  6. What is the graduation rate in Juneau School District?
    86% of the 332 students in Juneau School District's class of 2023 graduated within four years, against 77.9% across Alaska. The four-year rate follows the students who started ninth grade in fall 2019, adjusted for those who moved in or out. Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23.
  7. What is Juneau School District's NCES district ID?
    0200210. Each of its schools' 12-digit NCES IDs begins with these seven digits.

Reading these figures: how to choose a school district, what Title I means and what an absenteeism rate means. They are for information and are not a substitute for the school's or district's own records.

Sources

Every federal file behind this record
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25: directory, membership, staff and lunch files. nces.ed.gov
  • NCES Common Core of Data, 2021-22 school characteristics: Title I status. nces.ed.gov
  • Civil Rights Data Collection, 2021-22: AP courses, gifted programs, counselors, discipline. civilrightsdata.ed.gov
  • EDFacts, 2022-23: chronic absenteeism. ed.gov
  • EDFacts four-year adjusted-cohort graduation rates, 2022-23: the class of 2023 for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • EDFacts state assessment results, 2021-22: reading and math proficiency for the district and its state (ED Data Express). eddataexpress.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Small Area Income and Poverty Estimates, 2024: children aged 5 to 17 and those in families in poverty, by school district. census.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances, fiscal year 2023-24: per pupil current spending for 2023-24 and 2022-23. census.gov
  • NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, fiscal year 2022-23: district spending and revenue. nces.ed.gov
  • U.S. Census Bureau geocoder and TIGER school districts: the district boundary used by the district finder. census.gov

Source: U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances Per pupil current spending by school system · FY 2023-24

Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey Revenue and expenditures by district · FY 2022-23

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25