NCES CCD 2024-25 7 schools AK

Best-Resourced Schools in Sitka, AK

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

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7
Schools
1,502
Students
44.4/100
Avg Resource Index
11.5:1
Avg Student-Teacher Ratio

National city placement

Compact system with teacher-dense staffing

According to NCES CCD 2024-25, Sitka has more public-school enrollment than 6% of the 4,487 US cities in this directory. Sitka is a comparatively small school market by total enrollment, yet its average student-teacher ratio is lower than most cities in the national comparison set. Small scale can make that staffing pattern easier to sustain, but it can also limit the breadth of specialized programs available at any one campus. The school list below shows whether students are concentrated in one combined-grade campus or distributed across separate elementary, middle, and high-school settings.

Secondary campuses occupy an unusually large share

3 of the 7 listed Sitka schools are classified as high schools, a substantial share of the local portfolio. Advanced-course access, counseling, and graduation-stage staffing therefore have more weight in the city Resource Index average than they do in an elementary-heavy system.

A small portfolio contains radically different campus scales

Sitka lists only 7 schools, yet reported enrollment runs from 40 to 422 students, a 11-fold range. In a portfolio this compact, the smallest record may be a specialized or nonstandard setting rather than a miniature version of the largest campus. That distinction affects how ratios and program fields should be read. Compare similarly configured grade levels first; combining the extremes into one city average conceals more than it explains.

City enrollment
Top 94%
School count
Top 65%
Resource Index average
68th percentile
Teacher staffing
92nd percentile

Mt. Edgecumbe High School accounts for 28.1% of all Sitka public-school enrollment

That dominant concentration means Sitka-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade level: High. 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

Sitka school enrollment varies 11× across entities

Sitka school enrollment ranges from 40 students (lowest) to 422 students (highest), a spread of 382 students. That spread reflects typical urban portfolio variation between specialty programs and large neighbourhood schools. 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

Sitka student-teacher ratio is 11.5:1 — low (typically associated with smaller schools or per-school staffing investment that often correlates with stronger per-student supports)

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 Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.

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

# School Score
1. Pacific High School 61
2. Sitka High School 52
3. Mt. Edgecumbe High School 47
4. Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary 43
5. Baranof Elementary 43
6. Blatchley Middle School 35
7. Sitka Reach 30

Most racially and ethnically mixed schools in Sitka

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 Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary 69.0/100
  2. 2 Baranof Elementary 68.9/100
  3. 3 Blatchley Middle School 67.4/100
  4. 4 Sitka High School 65.0/100
  5. 5 Pacific High School 57.8/100

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Which Sitka school has the highest Resource Investment Index? ▼

Pacific High School has the highest Resource Investment Index among the Sitka schools in this federal-data comparison at 61/100. The index summarizes reported staffing, counseling, gifted-program, and attendance inputs; it is not an academic rating.

How many schools are in Sitka, AK? ▼

Sitka has 7 public schools with a total enrollment of 1,502 students. Average student-teacher ratio: 11.5:1.

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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.