Schools · Anchorage
Anchorage, AK schools
Anchorage’s public schools score above Alaska’s averages: 43% of students are proficient in reading against 39.5% statewide, and 82% of high schoolers graduate on time against 79.1%. Kids attend one of 60 schools through grade 12, then one of 6 high schools and one of 4 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Anchorage’s School Grade: B
The public schools Anchorage’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 63% of Alaska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
BTest scoresBGraduation
Alaska school districts we grade (49)Better than 63%
Lower resultsHigher results
Alaska towns with similar household incomes (87)Better than 55%
High confidence. Built on 16,015 tested students and a graduating class of 3,312; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alaska’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Alaska only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Alaska with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Anchorage kids go to school
Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
Above the state in reading
Reading (grades PK–12, Anchorage School District)43%
State average 39.5%
Math (grades PK–12, Anchorage School District)37%
State average 32.3%
Graduation · class of 2020
82% graduate on time
Graduation rate
82%
AK: 79.1%
Graduating class
3,312
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #22 of 38 AK towns →
Districts
The district serving Anchorage
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 108 schools in Anchorage
Showing 1–30 of 108 schools
Northern Lights ABC K-8 SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 582 students
A+PublicBowman ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 536 students
A-PublicRilke Schule Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–8 · 485 students
ACharterChugiak ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 439 students
APublicGovernment Hill ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 424 students
BPublicOrion Elementary SchoolElementary · Grades PK–6 · 423 students
A+PublicMuldoon ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 417 students
CPublicCreekside Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 399 students
C+PublicSusitna ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 394 students
B-PublicPtarmigan ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 392 students
CPublicScenic Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 386 students
BPublicRavenwood ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 367 students
APublicSand Lake ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 367 students
B+PublicAquarian Charter SchoolElementary · Grades K–6 · 365 students
ACharterChinook ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 365 students
BPublicTrailside ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 364 students
A-PublicCollege Gate ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 363 students
BPublicDenali Montessori ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 361 students
BPublicAurora ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 359 students
A-PublicAlaska Native Cultural Charter SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 357 students
CCharterRogers Park ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 354 students
APublicWilliam Tyson ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 353 students
C-PublicO'Malley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 350 students
APublicKasuun ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 343 students
BPublicBayshore ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 338 students
A+PublicDr. Etheldra Davis Fairview ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 337 students
C-PublicCampbell STEM ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 323 students
B-PublicKincaid ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 322 students
A-PublicNorth Star ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 317 students
CPublicBear Valley ElementaryElementary · Grades PK–6 · 316 students
A+PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.