Alaska · EDFacts 2021-22

Chronic Absenteeism in Alaska

The 100 schools with the highest chronic absenteeism rates in Alaska, ranked by the share of students missing 15 or more school days a year.

Compiled from official source data by PlainSchools. · Updated August 2026

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The 100 Alaska schools listed here average 77.5% chronic absenteeism, against a national school average of 29.5%, and 100 of them sit above the 50% critical line.

77.5%
average across these 100 schools: 29.5%
national school average: 98.2%
highest rate (Revilla Jr/Sr High School): 100
schools above 50%

#	School	Enrollment	Status	Absent %
1	Revilla Jr/Sr High SchoolKetchikan	110	Critical	98.2%
2	Kotzebue Middle/High SchoolKotzebue	299	Critical	98.0%
3	Glennallen Jr/Sr High SchoolGlennallen	86	Critical	96.5%
4	Tuluksak SchoolTuluksak	133	Critical	96.2%
5	Two Rivers SchoolFairbanks	67	Critical	94.0%
6	Eben Hopson Middle SchoolUtqiagvik	214	Critical	93.9%
7	Hooper Bay SchoolHooper Bay	364	Critical	93.1%
8	North Star ElementaryAnchorage	317	Critical	91.2%
9	Aqqaluk High/Noorvik ElementaryNoorvik	212	Critical	90.6%
10	Tikigaq SchoolPoint Hope	230	Critical	90.4%
11	Fireweed AcademyHomer	104	Critical	90.4%
12	Dr. Etheldra Davis - Fairview Elementary SchoolAnchorage	337	Critical	88.1%
13	Nikiski North Star ElementaryKenai	214	Critical	87.9%
14	Alak SchoolWainwright	138	Critical	87.7%
15	Mountain View ElementaryAnchorage	230	Critical	87.0%
16	Tukurngailnguq SchoolStebbins	239	Critical	85.8%
17	Bethel Regional High SchoolBethel	410	Critical	85.4%
18	Craig ElementaryCraig	82	Critical	85.4%
19	Davis-Ramoth SchoolSelawik	252	Critical	85.3%
20	Naknek ElementaryNaknek	54	Critical	85.2%
21	Pilot Station SchoolPilot Station	193	Critical	84.5%
22	Clark Middle SchoolAnchorage	713	Critical	84.4%
23	William H. Seward Elementary SchoolSeward	205	Critical	84.4%
24	Willow Crest ElementaryAnchorage	294	Critical	84.0%
25	Nunaka Valley ElementaryAnchorage	193	Critical	82.4%
26	Chinook ElementaryAnchorage	365	Critical	82.2%
27	Riverbend ElementaryJuneau	290	Critical	82.1%
28	Lake Otis ElementaryAnchorage	264	Critical	81.8%
29	Juneau Community Charter SchoolJuneau	71	Critical	81.7%
30	Chevak SchoolChevak	320	Critical	81.6%
31	Walter Northway SchoolNorthway	59	Critical	81.4%
32	Northwood AbcAnchorage	255	Critical	80.8%
33	William Miller Memorial SchoolNapakiak	78	Critical	80.8%
34	Palmer High SchoolPalmer	616	Critical	80.7%
35	Ocean View ElementaryAnchorage	285	Critical	80.7%
36	Mountain Village SchoolMountain Village	185	Critical	80.5%
37	Dena'ina Elementary SchoolWasilla	396	Critical	79.3%
38	Kaleidoscope School of Arts & ScienceKenai	205	Critical	79.0%
39	Houston High SchoolBig Lake	337	Critical	78.6%
40	River City AcademySoldotna	79	Critical	78.5%
41	Barrow High SchoolUtqiagvik	259	Critical	78.4%
42	George Morgan Sr. H.S.Kalskag	64	Critical	78.1%
43	Burchell High SchoolWasilla	200	Critical	77.5%
44	Buckland SchoolBuckland	224	Critical	77.2%
45	North Star ElementaryKodiak	161	Critical	77.0%
46	Togiak SchoolTogiak	198	Critical	76.3%
47	Ketchikan Charter SchoolKetchikan	190	Critical	76.3%
48	Salcha ElementaryFairbanks	59	Critical	76.3%
49	Lathrop High SchoolFairbanks	788	Critical	75.8%
50	Nome ElementaryNome	306	Critical	75.8%
51	Russian Jack ElementaryAnchorage	254	Critical	75.2%
52	Seward Middle SchoolSeward	104	Critical	75.0%
53	Houston Middle SchoolHouston	318	Critical	74.8%
54	Hunter ElementaryFairbanks	332	Critical	74.4%
55	Akiak SchoolAkiak	135	Critical	74.1%
56	Anthony a. Andrews SchoolSt. Michael	112	Critical	74.1%
57	West Homer ElementaryHomer	211	Critical	73.9%
58	St Paul SchoolSt. Paul	61	Critical	73.8%
59	Mikelnguut ElitnaurviatBethel	261	Critical	73.6%
60	Razdolna SchoolHomer	74	Critical	73.0%
61	Airport Heights ElementaryAnchorage	240	Critical	72.9%
62	Tudor ElementaryAnchorage	303	Critical	71.9%
63	Swanson ElementaryPalmer	348	Critical	71.6%
64	Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial SchoolSavoonga	236	Critical	71.6%
65	Ticasuk Brown ElementaryFairbanks	351	Critical	71.5%
66	Gladys Wood ElementaryAnchorage	267	Critical	71.5%
67	Lake Hood ElementaryAnchorage	185	Critical	71.4%
68	Chapman SchoolAnchor Point	168	Critical	71.4%
69	Akiachak SchoolAkiachak	254	Critical	71.3%
70	Nuiqsut Trapper SchoolNuiqsut	143	Critical	71.3%
71	Craig Middle SchoolCraig	52	Critical	71.2%
72	Big Lake ElementaryBig Lake	362	Critical	71.0%
73	Abbott Loop ElementaryAnchorage	248	Critical	71.0%
74	Woodriver ElementaryFairbanks	342	Critical	70.8%
75	Brevig Mission SchoolBrevig Mission	163	Critical	70.6%
76	Effie Kokrine Charter SchoolFairbanks	139	Critical	70.5%
77	Yakutat SchoolYakutat	74	Critical	70.3%
78	June Nelson ElementaryKotzebue	302	Critical	70.2%
79	Spring Hill ElementaryAnchorage	291	Critical	70.1%
80	Aniguiin SchoolElim	90	Critical	70.0%
81	Ambler SchoolAmbler	60	Critical	70.0%
82	Fred Ipalook ElementaryUtqiagvik	494	Critical	69.8%
83	Taku ElementaryAnchorage	258	Critical	69.8%
84	Mt. View ElementaryKenai	449	Critical	69.5%
85	Arctic Light ElementaryFort Wainwright	361	Critical	69.5%
86	Marshall SchoolMarshall	128	Critical	69.5%
87	Rocky Mountain SchoolGoodnews Bay	72	Critical	69.4%
88	Sterling ElementarySterling	114	Critical	69.3%
89	North Pole ElementaryNorth Pole	312	Critical	68.9%
90	Emmonak SchoolEmmonak	236	Critical	68.6%
91	Whaley SchoolAnchorage	298	Critical	68.5%
92	Nikiski Middle/Senior High SchoolNikiski	276	Critical	68.5%
93	Willow ElementaryWillow	127	Critical	68.5%
94	Sit Eeti Shaanax - Glacier Valley SchoolJuneau	322	Critical	68.3%
95	Alpenglow ElementaryEagle River	278	Critical	68.3%
96	Teeland Middle SchoolWasilla	643	Critical	68.1%
97	Aniak Jr/Sr High SchoolAniak	50	Critical	68.0%
98	Point Higgins SchoolKetchikan	204	Critical	67.6%
99	Wrangell High SchoolWrangell	71	Critical	67.6%
100	Mendenhall River Community SchoolJuneau	308	Critical	67.5%

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Source: U.S. Department of Education, EDFacts, Chronic Absenteeism Data (SY 2021-22). Schools with fewer than 50 students excluded. Percentage = chronically absent students / total enrollment

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