The largest public schools in Alaska

Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) in Fairbanks was Alaska's largest public school in 2024-25, with 7,876 students. One of the 15 largest, Mat-Su Central School, teaches online; its enrollment comes from across the state.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 · ranked by fall 2024 membership, schools open that year · method

Largest public schools in Alaska, 2024-25Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) 7,876; Raven School 3,687; Mat-Su Central School (online) 2,780; CyberLynx Correspondence Program 2,085; West High School 1,702; Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School 1,636; Service High School 1,518; Bartlett High School 1,431; Dimond High School 1,373; South Anchorage High School 1,239.02.5k5k7.5k10kInterior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)7,876Raven School3,687Mat-Su Central School (online)2,780CyberLynx Correspondence Program2,085West High School1,702Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School1,636Service High School1,518Bartlett High School1,431Dimond High School1,373South Anchorage High School1,239
Largest public schools in Alaska, 2024-25Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) 7,876; Raven School 3,687; Mat-Su Central School (online) 2,780; CyberLynx Correspondence Program 2,085; West High School 1,702; Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School 1,636; Service High School 1,518; Bartlett High School 1,431; Dimond High School 1,373; South Anchorage High School 1,239.02.5k5k7.5k10kInterior Distance Education of Alas…7,876Raven School3,687Mat-Su Central School (online)2,780CyberLynx Correspondence Program2,085West High School1,702Bettye Davis East Anchorage High Sc…1,636Service High School1,518Bartlett High School1,431Dimond High School1,373South Anchorage High School1,239
Largest public schools in Alaska, 2024-25Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) 7,876; Raven School 3,687; Mat-Su Central School (online) 2,780; CyberLynx Correspondence Program 2,085; West High School 1,702; Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School 1,636; Service High School 1,518; Bartlett High School 1,431; Dimond High School 1,373; South Anchorage High School 1,239.05k10kInterior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)7,876Raven School3,687Mat-Su Central School (online)2,780CyberLynx Correspondence Program2,085West High School1,702Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School1,636Service High School1,518Bartlett High School1,431Dimond High School1,373South Anchorage High School1,239
Largest public schools in Alaska, 2024-25Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) 7,876; Raven School 3,687; Mat-Su Central School (online) 2,780; CyberLynx Correspondence Program 2,085; West High School 1,702; Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School 1,636; Service High School 1,518; Bartlett High School 1,431; Dimond High School 1,373; South Anchorage High School 1,239.05k10kInterior Distance Education of Alaska (…7,876Raven School3,687Mat-Su Central School (online)2,780CyberLynx Correspondence Program2,085West High School1,702Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School1,636Service High School1,518Bartlett High School1,431Dimond High School1,373South Anchorage High School1,239

The chart draws the top of the register below; its source is named under the register.

The 50 largest, with their teachers

SchoolCityStudentsPer teacherOnline
Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)Fairbanks7,876not reportedNo
Raven SchoolFairbanks3,687not reportedNo
Mat-Su Central SchoolWasilla2,78099.3Yes
CyberLynx Correspondence ProgramNenana2,085not reportedNo
West High SchoolAnchorage1,70221.9No
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolAnchorage1,63620.3No
Service High SchoolAnchorage1,51824.1No
Bartlett High SchoolAnchorage1,43121.7No
Dimond High SchoolAnchorage1,37321.6No
South Anchorage High SchoolAnchorage1,23922.6No
ConnectionsSoldotna1,18879.6No
Romig Middle SchoolAnchorage1,13821.0No
Colony High SchoolPalmer1,04620.4No
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KalTJuneau1,01819.6No
Family Partnership Charter SchoolAnchorage1,00880.1No
The other 35 on the list
SchoolCityStudentsPer teacherOnline
Chugiak High SchoolChugiak92823.2No
Denali PEAKHealy882not reportedYes
Nicholas J. Begich Middle SchoolAnchorage83021.7No
Hanshew Middle SchoolAnchorage82233.1No
Wasilla High SchoolWasilla81618.0No
Gruening Middle SchoolEagle River79728.3No
Lathrop High SchoolFairbanks78817.3No
Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Fairbanks784not reportedYes
West Valley High SchoolFairbanks78219.1No
Eagle River High SchoolEagle River77120.3No
Colony Middle SchoolPalmer77120.8No
Mears Middle SchoolAnchorage73319.9No
Clark Middle SchoolAnchorage71326.0No
Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolWasilla70516.7No
Soldotna High SchoolSoldotna69518.6No
North Pole High SchoolNorth Pole69520.0No
Frontier Charter SchoolAnchorage689not reportedNo
Teeland Middle SchoolWasilla64318.4No
North Pole Middle SchoolNorth Pole63117.8No
Goldenview Middle SchoolAnchorage62619.5No
Palmer High SchoolPalmer61616.6No
Wendler Middle SchoolAnchorage60221.0No
Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolWasilla601not reportedYes
Wasilla Middle SchoolWasilla58419.7No
Northern Lights ABC K-8 SchoolAnchorage58218.9No
Kodiak High SchoolKodiak57916.8No
Mirror Lake Middle SchoolChugiak57123.5No
Palmer Middle SchoolPalmer56318.9No
Ketchikan High SchoolKetchikan55119.7No
FOCUS HomeschoolAnchorage54962.0No
Central Middle School of ScienceAnchorage54522.2No
Bowman ElementaryAnchorage53616.2No
Kenai Central High SchoolKenai52517.8No
Tanana Middle SchoolFairbanks52318.6No
John Shaw ElementaryWasilla50716.4No

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: membership, staff and the directory's virtual-status field.

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Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership and staff files · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .