Alaska · NCES F-33 finance data
Highest Spending Districts in Alaska The 23 Alaska districts that spend the most per student, ranked from NCES F-33 finance data (2021-22). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.
$44,038 Top per-pupil spend
$23,505 Avg across top 23
23 Districts listed The spending picture in one line
Southwest Region School District spends $44,038 per student, the most of any Alaska district listed, against an average of $23,505 across the top 23.
$44,038 top spend (Southwest Region School District)
$5,620 lowest on this list
7.8× spread across the listed districts
631 students in the top district # District Enrollment Schools Per-Pupil $ 1 Southwest Region School District Dillingham 631 8 $44,038 2 Lower Kuskokwim School District Bethel 3,970 29 $41,931 3 Bering Strait School District Unalakleet 1,830 15 $41,210 4 Northwest Arctic Borough School District Kotzebue 1,911 13 $39,628 5 Lower Yukon School District Mountain Village 2,035 11 $39,603 6 North Slope Borough School District Utqiagvik 2,044 11 $39,365 7 Valdez City School District Valdez 653 4 $25,178 8 Nome Public Schools Nome 719 4 $24,927 9 Kodiak Island Borough School District Kodiak 2,228 12 $24,046 10 Sitka School District Sitka 1,120 6 $24,011 11 Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District Ketchikan 2,074 9 $23,355 12 Juneau Borough School District Juneau 4,338 15 $20,765 13 Kenai Peninsula Borough School District Soldotna 8,528 42 $20,242 14 Fairbanks North Star Borough School District Fairbanks 12,703 33 $18,816 15 Anchorage School District Anchorage 43,727 96 $17,200 16 Delta/Greely School District Delta Junction 938 5 $16,980 17 Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District Palmer 19,705 49 $16,171 18 Craig City School District Craig 668 4 $13,532 19 Chugach School District Anchorage 637 4 $13,458 20 Yukon-Koyukuk School District Fairbanks 3,100 10 $11,001 21 Denali Borough School District Healy 912 4 $10,762 22 Nenana City School District Nenana 1,858 2 $8,781 23 Galena City School District Galena 7,177 4 $5,620
Methodology
Per-pupil expenditure data comes from the NCES F-33 Finance Survey. Only districts with
500 or more students are included to ensure meaningful comparisons. Spending figures
include all current operational expenditures divided by total enrollment.
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— how this data is sourced, computed, and verified.