Alaska · NCES CCD 2024-25

Best Student-Teacher Ratios in Alaska

The 50 public schools in Alaska with the lowest student-teacher ratios, a class-size measure computed from NCES staffing data.

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4.1:1
Best ratio
20:1
State average
15.7:1
National average
50
Schools listed

The ranking in one line

Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School runs Alaska's smallest classes at 4.1:1, and 50 of the 50 schools listed sit below the state average of 20:1.

4.1:1
smallest classes (Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School)
50
listed schools below the state average
20:1
Alaska average
15.7:1
national average
# School EnrollmentStudent:Teacher
1 Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School Anchorage 124 4.1:1
2 Paideia Cooperative School Anchorage 283 4.6:1
3 Whaley School Anchorage 298 6.8:1
4 Koyuk-Malimiut School Koyuk 101 8.3:1
5 Klawock City School Klawock 127 8.9:1
6 Houghtaling Elementary Ketchikan 310 9.1:1
7 Anthony a. Andrews School St. Michael 112 9.1:1
8 Kake Elementary & High School Kake 117 9.3:1
9 Baranof Elementary Sitka 137 9.8:1
10 Richard Johnson Elementary Metlakatla 130 9.8:1
11 Unalakleet School Unalakleet 173 10:1
12 Tri-Valley School Healy 167 10.1:1
13 Fawn Mountain Elementary Ketchikan 210 10.3:1
14 Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary Sitka 275 10.5:1
15 Dillingham Middle/High School Dillingham 223 10.6:1
16 Chief Ivan Blunka School New Stuyahok 133 10.7:1
17 Hogarth Kingeekuk Sr. Memorial School Savoonga 236 10.8:1
18 Voznesenka School Voznesenka 145 10.8:1
19 Skagway School Skagway 138 10.9:1
20 Gambell School Gambell 154 11.1:1
21 East Elementary Kodiak 289 11.2:1
22 Petersburg High School Petersburg 144 11.2:1
23 Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter School Ketchikan 140 11.2:1
24 Hoonah City School Hoonah 110 11.2:1
25 Cordova Jr/Sr High School Cordova 126 11.3:1
26 Chapman School Anchor Point 168 11.4:1
27 Point Higgins School Ketchikan 204 11.5:1
28 Z. John Williams Memorial School Napaskiak 132 11.5:1
29 Sterling Elementary Sterling 114 11.5:1
30 Alaska Native Cultural Charter School Anchorage 357 11.6:1
31 Hermon Hutchens Elementary Valdez 287 11.6:1
32 Tok School Tok 183 11.6:1
33 Schoenbar Middle School Ketchikan 252 11.7:1
34 Nome-Beltz Middle/High Nome 274 11.8:1
35 Togiak School Togiak 198 11.9:1
36 Tuluksak School Tuluksak 133 11.9:1
37 Valdez High School Valdez 175 12.1:1
38 Brevig Mission School Brevig Mission 163 12.1:1
39 Rae C. Stedman Elementary Petersburg 206 12.3:1
40 Paul Banks Elementary Homer 189 12.3:1
41 Knik Charter School Wasilla 189 12.3:1
42 Dillingham Elementary Dillingham 180 12.3:1
43 Bethel Regional High School Bethel 410 12.4:1
44 Airport Heights Elementary Anchorage 240 12.4:1
45 William H. Seward Elementary School Seward 205 12.4:1
46 Manokotak School Manokotak 139 12.4:1
47 Blatchley Middle School Sitka 241 12.6:1
48 West Homer Elementary Homer 211 12.7:1
49 Ketchikan High School Ketchikan 551 12.8:1
50 Riverbend Elementary Juneau 290 12.8:1
Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Common Core of Data (CCD), 2024-25 school year. Schools with enrollment under 100 are excluded.
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