Tetlin’s public schools score below 80% of Alaska districts
The public schools Tetlin’s kids attend trail 80% of Alaska’s districts on state tests.
The short version on Tetlin’s schools
High spending, low results
Tetlin spends $46,600 per student, 121% more than the state average, and each teacher has about 6 students, compared with 19 statewide. Results haven’t kept pace: the schools beat 20% of districts. Much of the extra cost comes with running a very small school. Test scores ↓
Tetlin’s schools are very small
All of Tetlin’s public school students add up to 26 children, with about 6 per teacher. That means real individual attention, but also that a single class can swing the scores from year to year. Every school ↓
One school for every grade
Tetlin has a single public school, Tetlin School, covering pre-K through graduation, so kids stay with the same classmates the whole way through. See the path ↓
The gap is biggest in reading
Reading proficiency is 17%, 23 points below the state. Math is 17%, 15 points below the state. Test scores ↓
This summary is written from the data on this page. Test scores are from 2020–21, a pandemic year, so treat small gaps with caution.
How Tetlin compares
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Alaska’s state tests against the state average. Spending and class size are shown but don’t count. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2020.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids through every district that serves it, weighted by students tested.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are compared with the rest of Alaska only. A+ is the top 5%, A the next 10%, A− the next 10%, the B range the next 30%, the C range the next 30%, D the rest.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income, so 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.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Tetlin.
The district
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Well below the state in reading
Every school in Tetlin
1 school. Grades are based on state tests and graduation. Any other ratings are made by neighbors.
Parents talk
What Tetlin families are saying about school.
Your answer becomes a post in Town Square.
School data: U.S. Department of Education (NCES, EDFacts, F-33 school finance). The School Grade is our own summary of state test results, graded within Alaska. Stars are from neighbors.