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 (2022-23). Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are included.

$48,035
Top per-pupil spend
$24,463
Avg across top 23
23
Districts listed

The spending picture in one line

Lower Yukon School District spends $48,035 per student, the most of any Alaska district listed, against an average of $24,463 across the top 23.

$48,035
top spend (Lower Yukon School District)
$6,532
lowest on this list
7.4×
spread across the listed districts
2,035
students in the top district
#DistrictPer-Pupil $
1Lower Yukon School DistrictMountain Village$48,035
2Bering Strait School DistrictUnalakleet$47,252
3Northwest Arctic Borough School DistrictKotzebue$46,368
4Southwest Region School DistrictDillingham$42,157
5Lower Kuskokwim School DistrictBethel$41,997
6North Slope Borough School DistrictUtqiagvik$41,153
7Valdez City School DistrictValdez$26,093
8Kodiak Island Borough School DistrictKodiak$25,688
9Nome Public SchoolsNome$25,174
10Sitka School DistrictSitka$23,911
11Ketchikan Gateway Borough School DistrictKetchikan$23,131
12Juneau Borough School DistrictJuneau$20,767
13Kenai Peninsula Borough School DistrictSoldotna$19,862
14Fairbanks North Star Borough School DistrictFairbanks$17,616
15Anchorage School DistrictAnchorage$16,636
16Matanuska-Susitna Borough School DistrictPalmer$15,575
17Delta/Greely School DistrictDelta Junction$15,157
18Chugach School DistrictAnchorage$13,706
19Craig City School DistrictCraig$13,443
20Yukon-Koyukuk School DistrictFairbanks$12,886
21Denali Borough School DistrictHealy$11,280
22Nenana City School DistrictNenana$8,241
23Galena City School DistrictGalena$6,532

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.

Per-pupil spending figures come from the National Center for Education Statistics F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2022-23, the federal government's annual census of revenues and expenditures across more than 13,000 public school districts. Only districts enrolling 500 or more students are ranked, to keep small-district outliers from distorting the comparison.