School Funding Equity in Alaska 40 districts ranked by equity score — how equitably is school funding distributed? Equity is computed from NCES F-33 school finance data covering districts in all 50 states. See our methodology .
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Highly Equitable (70+)
# District Enrollment $/Pupil Free Lunch Local Rev % Score 1 Kuspuk School District 318 $71,788 94.1% 1.3% 96 2 Annette Island School District 311 $44,226 87.3% 0.7% 87 3 Lake and Peninsula Borough School District 334 $61,117 84.9% 17.2% 84 4 Southwest Region School District 631 $47,080 99.1% 3.8% 83 5 Alaska Gateway School District 386 $41,960 99.0% 2.6% 82 6 Bering Strait School District 1,830 $45,373 97.0% 6.0% 81 7 Lower Kuskokwim School District 3,970 $50,669 96.3% 1.9% 78 8 Yupiit School District 471 $41,571 100.0% 1.4% 77 9 Lower Yukon School District 2,035 $41,734 99.8% 1.9% 71 10 Northwest Arctic Borough School District 1,911 $57,541 99.0% 12.6% 71 11 Mount Edgecumbe 407 $31,633 79.4% 0.0% 69 12 Dillingham City School District 420 $36,052 100.0% 14.3% 65 13 Kashunamiut School District 339 $37,092 100.0% 5.8% 65 14 Aleutians East Borough School District 211 $60,981 — 13.7% 61 15 Saint Mary's School District 203 $36,895 100.0% 3.5% 58 16 Kodiak Island Borough School District 2,228 $25,598 54.1% 18.5% 49 17 Nome Public Schools 719 $26,131 100.0% 23.2% 49 18 Cordova City School District 340 $24,307 74.3% 22.3% 49 19 Haines Borough School District 262 $27,860 45.8% 26.3% 49 20 North Slope Borough School District 2,044 $40,367 37.7% 54.3% 46 21 Copper River School District 400 $23,032 54.2% 1.2% 46 22 Sitka School District 1,120 $25,423 34.1% 34.2% 43 23 Unalaska City School District 346 $31,336 12.1% 48.2% 43 24 Petersburg Borough School District 438 $25,875 — 21.8% 40 25 Iditarod Area School District 306 $35,108 — 4.1% 38 26 Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District 2,074 $23,651 37.8% 21.5% 36 27 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District 8,528 $20,460 39.8% 29.3% 32 28 Valdez City School District 653 $28,950 32.3% 52.0% 32 29 Yukon-Koyukuk School District 3,100 $12,847 92.9% 6.5% 31 30 Delta/Greely School District 938 $17,051 20.3% 1.4% 30 31 Wrangell Public School District 264 $23,069 — 25.2% 29 32 Anchorage School District 43,727 $18,698 47.2% 27.8% 25 33 Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District 19,705 $18,753 46.6% 22.6% 25 34 Juneau Borough School District 4,338 $21,895 26.7% 35.5% 25 35 Nenana City School District 1,858 $8,877 68.1% 1.6% 25 36 Craig City School District 668 $13,948 75.1% 7.7% 25 37 Chugach School District 637 $13,627 — 8.4% 24 38 Galena City School District 7,177 $6,074 89.7% 3.1% 23 39 Fairbanks North Star Borough School District 12,703 $19,103 28.6% 22.1% 20 40 Denali Borough School District 912 $11,210 — 19.2% 15
How the Equity Score Works The equity score (0-100) evaluates four dimensions of school funding fairness:
Per-Pupil Spending (0-25)
Higher spending relative to peers
Need-Adjusted Spending (0-25)
Spending weighted by poverty level — rewards districts that spend more where need is greatest
Funding Diversity (0-25)
Less reliance on local property taxes, more state/federal support
Resource Access (0-25)
Lower student-teacher ratios = more individualized attention
Read our methodology — how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.