Anchorage School District

Public school district · Anchorage Municipality · Alaska · NCES district ID 0200180

Anchorage School District spent $16,636 per student on current operations in fiscal year 2022-23, below the middle: 73% of the other Alaska districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 spent more (median $21,949). Its 94 schools enrolled 41,946 students in 2024-25; 50.4% of its revenue came from the state. Census Bureau figures for 2023-24 put it at $17,246 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year). Its four-year graduation rate for the class of 2023 was 81% (Alaska: 77.9%).

NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 · Census Bureau school finances 2023-24 · NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · method

Spending per student among Alaska's largest districts

Current spending per student excludes construction and debt. Among the 10 districts shown, Anchorage ranks 7.

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

$839,838,000 in revenue: 50.4% state, 28.3% local and 21.3% federal. Total spending including $52,397,000 of capital outlay was $786,213,000, or $17,980 per student; the figure above leaves capital out.

Anchorage School District revenue by source, fiscal year 2022-23State $422,974,000; Local $237,587,000; Federal $179,277,000; total $839,838,000.
  • State$422,974,000 50%
  • Local$237,587,000 28%
  • Federal$179,277,000 21%

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

43,727 students in 2022-23, 43,363 students in 2023-24, 41,946 students in 2024-25, counted across the schools that reported each year.

Anchorage School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 43,727, 2023-24: 43,363, 2024-25: 41,946020k40k60k2022-2343,7272023-2443,3632024-2541,946
Anchorage School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 43,727, 2023-24: 43,363, 2024-25: 41,946020k40k60k2022-2343,7272023-2443,3632024-2541,946
Anchorage School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 43,727, 2023-24: 43,363, 2024-25: 41,946020k40k60k2022-2343,7272023-2443,3632024-2541,946
Anchorage School District enrollment by school year2022-23: 43,727, 2023-24: 43,363, 2024-25: 41,946020k40k60k2022-2343,7272023-2443,3632024-2541,946

Teachers and students per teacher

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Per teacher
2022-2343,7272424.318.0
2023-2443,3632416.117.9
2024-2541,9462208.219.0

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 Anchorage School District scored proficient or above: 34% in reading and 27% 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 arts34%29.4%20,144
Math27%22.8%20,139

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

81% of the 3,167 students in Anchorage 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 rate81%77.9%
Students in the class3,1679,629

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.

62 elementary schools, 19,593 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Northern Lights ABC K-8 School58218.921.6%Not Title I
Bowman Elementary53616.224.3%Not Title I
Rilke Schule Charter School48518.9not reportedNot Title I
Chugiak Elementary43917.313.2%Not Title I
Government Hill Elementary42416.929.0%Not Title I
Orion Elementary School42319.216.3%Not Title I
Muldoon Elementary41718.4100.0%Schoolwide program
Creekside Park Elementary39918.084.0%Schoolwide program
Susitna Elementary39418.569.3%Not Title I
Ptarmigan Elementary39215.183.2%Schoolwide program
Scenic Park Elementary38617.032.1%Not Title I
Sand Lake Elementary36715.429.7%Not Title I
The other 50 elementary schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Ravenwood Elementary36715.89.8%Not Title I
Chinook Elementary36515.673.2%Not Title I
Aquarian Charter School36516.6not reportedNot Title I
Trailside Elementary36415.920.9%Not Title I
College Gate Elementary36316.965.0%Not Title I
Denali Montessori Elementary36114.974.0%Not Title I
Aurora Elementary35916.612.0%Not Title I
Alaska Native Cultural Charter School35715.985.2%Schoolwide program
Rogers Park Elementary35414.829.4%Not Title I
William Tyson Elementary35319.5100.0%Schoolwide program
O'Malley Elementary35015.010.3%Not Title I
Kasuun Elementary34317.250.4%Not Title I
Bayshore Elementary33819.113.3%Not Title I
Dr. Etheldra Davis - Fairview Elementary School33715.9100.0%Schoolwide program
Campbell STEM Elementary32316.338.1%Not Title I
Kincaid Elementary32215.923.3%Not Title I
North Star Elementary31715.7All free (CEP)Schoolwide program
Bear Valley Elementary31617.47.9%Not Title I
Williwaw Elementary31514.395.7%Schoolwide program
Tudor Elementary30326.239.9%Not Title I
Ursa Minor Elementary29418.218.0%Not Title I
Willow Crest Elementary29415.1100.0%Schoolwide program
Klatt Elementary29414.662.9%Schoolwide program
Spring Hill Elementary29114.486.6%Schoolwide program
Rabbit Creek Elementary28815.618.8%Not Title I
Wonder Park Elementary28714.5100.0%Schoolwide program
Ocean View Elementary28516.937.9%Not Title I
Alpenglow Elementary27819.015.1%Not Title I
Chugach Optional Elementary27518.110.2%Not Title I
Huffman Elementary26817.015.3%Not Title I
Gladys Wood Elementary26714.276.0%Not Title I
Eagle River Elementary26615.022.9%Not Title I
Lake Otis Elementary26413.081.1%Schoolwide program
Winterberry School26417.6not reportedNot Title I
Taku Elementary25818.576.0%Schoolwide program
Northwood ABC25514.379.6%Schoolwide program
Homestead Elementary25515.710.6%Not Title I
Russian Jack Elementary25414.492.9%Schoolwide program
Turnagain Elementary24717.832.0%Not Title I
Birchwood ABC Elementary24615.917.1%Not Title I
Airport Heights Elementary24013.096.6%Schoolwide program
Baxter Elementary23916.967.4%Not Title I
Mountain View Elementary23014.2100.0%Schoolwide program
Eagle Academy Charter School20516.1not reportedNot Title I
Fire Lake Elementary19513.730.8%Not Title I
Nunaka Valley Elementary19313.771.0%Schoolwide program
Chester Valley Elementary19117.887.4%Schoolwide program
Inlet View Elementary19017.125.3%Not Title I
Lake Hood Elementary18513.845.9%Schoolwide program
Girdwood School17912.611.2%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.

11 middle schools, 7,560 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Romig Middle School1,13821.032.9%Not Title I
Nicholas J. Begich Middle School83021.776.5%Schoolwide program
Hanshew Middle School82233.132.2%Not Title I
Gruening Middle School79728.312.5%Not Title I
Mears Middle School73319.943.7%Not Title I
Clark Middle School71326.0100.0%Schoolwide program
Goldenview Middle School62619.519.8%Not Title I
Wendler Middle School60221.072.6%Not Title I
Mirror Lake Middle School57123.517.7%Not Title I
Central Middle School of Science54522.279.3%Schoolwide program
Anchorage STrEaM Academy18317.1not 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.

14 high schools, 10,576 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
West High School1,70221.933.8%Not Title I
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School1,63620.373.2%Schoolwide program
Service High School1,51824.124.1%Not Title I
Dimond High School1,37321.624.5%Not Title I
South Anchorage High School1,23922.613.9%Not Title I
Chugiak High School92823.215.2%Not Title I
Eagle River High School77120.39.1%Not Title I
Steller Secondary School30520.8not reportedNot Title I
Benson Secondary/S.E.A.R.C.H.27519.197.3%Schoolwide program
Alaska Middle College School27293.8not reportedNot Title I
Highland Academy Charter20018.8not reportedNot Title I
S.A.V.E. High School15619.3not reportedNot Title I
The other 2 high schools
SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School1244.7not reportedNot Title I
McLaughlin Secondary School777.1not 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.

7 other schools, 4,217 students

SchoolStudentsPer teacherFree lunchTitle I, 2021‑22
Bartlett High School1,43121.763.5%Schoolwide program
Family Partnership Charter School1,00880.1not reportedNot Title I
Frontier Charter School689not reportednot reportedNot Title I
Polaris K-12 School48322.124.6%Not Title I
Whaley School2986.417.8%Not Title I
PAIDEIA Cooperative School28314.8not reportedNot Title I
Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing2522.3not 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.

One more school 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.

Abbott Loop Elementary

School in Anchorage; 248 students; 15.3 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 Anchorage 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 Anchorage School District

  1. Alaska districts by spending per studentAnchorage School District ranks 12 of 16 Alaska districts with at least 1,000 students in fall 2022 on current spending per student in fiscal year 2022-23 ($16,636).#12 of 16
  2. Every school district in AlaskaAnchorage School District is the largest of 54 Alaska districts, with 43,727 students in fall 2022 (F-33).#1 of 54
  3. Matanuska-Susitna Borough School DistrictThe next smaller Alaska district: 19,705 students in fall 2022, $15,575 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$15,575
  4. Compare Anchorage School District with Matanuska-Susitna Borough School DistrictEnrollment, spending, revenue sources and schools, side by side.
  5. West High School, its largest high school1,702 students in 2024-25, 21.9 per teacher.1,702
  6. 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 Anchorage School District

  1. How many schools and students are in Anchorage School District?
    94 schools were open in 2024-25 (62 elementary, 11 middle, 14 high, 7 other), enrolling 41,946 students, according to the NCES Common Core of Data.
  2. How much does Anchorage School District spend per student?
    $16,636 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 $17,246 per student, up 3.7% on the year before (U.S. $17,619 that year).
  3. Where does Anchorage School District's money come from?
    $839,838,000 in revenue in fiscal year 2022-23: 50.4% state, 28.3% local and 21.3% federal (NCES F-33).
  4. How many children in Anchorage School District live in poverty?
    The Census Bureau estimates that 4,744 of the 49,233 children aged 5 to 17 living within the district's boundaries in 2024, 9.6%, 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 Anchorage School District do on state tests?
    In 2021-22, the students tested in Anchorage School District scored proficient or above: 34% in reading and 27% 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 Anchorage School District?
    81% of the 3,167 students in Anchorage 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 Anchorage School District's NCES district ID?
    0200180. 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

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