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Anchorage, Alaska - 4 schools
An equity score of 19/100 ranks Chugach School District #40 of 40 districts in Alaska (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $13,458 per pupil, Chugach School District ranks #50 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending (Alaska districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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District-Level NCES Analysis
Chugach School District operates 4 public schools serving 637 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Alaska. The school portfolio breaks down into 4 combined schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Anchorage Municipality.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $13,458 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, among the bottom 6 of 54 Alaska districts by per-pupil spending. See how Alaska compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 8.4% local, 73.3% state, and 18.3% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles. The district's equity score is 19/100, ranked #40 of 40 in Alaska against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
and 49.9% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 31.6% White, 5.3% Asian, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Whittier Community School, with a diversity index of 78.1/100.
Its largest campus is Focus Homeschool, enrolling 549 students (89% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Chenega School, at 9 students, a 61x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Focus Homeschool accounts for 86.2% of all Chugach School District student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Chugach School District a distant remainder — means Chugach School District-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the dominant entity. Grade band: combined. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
Chugach School District school enrollment varies 61× across entities
Chugach School District school enrollment ranges from 9 students (lowest) to 549 students (highest), a spread of 540 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Chugach School District chronic absenteeism rate is 49.9% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
Chugach School District has 4 schools, including 4 combined. Total enrollment is 637 students.
How much does Chugach School District spend per student?
Chugach School District spends $13,458 per student. The district has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #40 in Alaska.
What is the demographic composition of Chugach School District?
Chugach School District students are 31.6% White, 5.3% Asian, 2.5% Hispanic or Latino, 0.2% African American, averaged across 4 schools. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.
What is the equity score for Chugach School District?
Chugach School District has an equity score of 19/100, ranking #40 out of 40 districts in Alaska.