Schools · Nenana

Nenana, AK schools

Nenana’s public schools score well above Alaska’s averages: 44.5% of students are proficient in reading against 39.5% statewide, and 47% of high schoolers graduate on time against 79.1%. Kids attend CyberLynx Correspondence Program or Nenana City School.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

CSchool Grade

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Nenana’s School Grade: C

The public schools Nenana’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 73% of Alaska’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.

B-Test scoresD-Graduation

Alaska school districts we grade (49)Better than 27%

Lower resultsHigher results

Alaska towns with similar household incomes (105)Better than 41%

Lower confidence. Built on 51 tested students and a graduating class of 196. With numbers this small, one year can move 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 Nenana kids go to school

Grades PK–12

D-CyberLynx Correspondence Program or B-Nenana City School Depends on your address Nenana City School District

Based on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.

Test scores · 2020–21

Well above the state in reading

Reading (grades PK–12, Nenana City)44.5%

State average 39.5%

Math (grades PK–12, Nenana City)24.5%

State average 32.3%

Graduation · class of 2020

47% graduate on time

Graduation rate

47%

AK: 79.1%

Graduating class

196

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Nenana

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Nenana City School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 2,279 students

$8,081 per studentAK $21,070C

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Nenana

There’s no college within 30 miles of Nenana. The closest is University of Alaska Fairbanks in College, AK, 43.3 miles away.

University of Alaska FairbanksUniversity or college · Public · College43.3 mi3,575 students

Alaska Bible CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Palmer203 mi65 students

Charter CollegeUniversity or college · For-profit · Anchorage232 mi1,604 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Nenana. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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