GUIDED INDEPENDENT STUDY

Serves Grades: KG - 12

Address: 520 FIFTH AVENUE, FAIRBANKS, AK 99701
Phone: (907) 452-2000
District: FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT County: FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR
Type of school: Other
Magnet school: No Charter school: No

249 Students enrolled in this school

4 Classroom teachers

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School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind)

	77%		83%		72%	STATE
	77%		83%		72%	SCHOOL
PROFICIENT IN READING & MATH		PROFICIENT IN READING		PROFICIENT IN MATH

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

				AVG FOR DISTRICT
62.25	17.87	16.84	15.62	AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
				AVG FOR STATE
				AVG FOR NATION

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE	NUMBER OF STUDENTS	PERCENTAGE

Kindergarten	2	0.80%
Grade 1	1	0.40%
Grade 2	0	0.00%
Grade 3	0	0.00%
Grade 4	2	0.80%
Grade 5	0	0.00%
Grade 6	5	2.00%
Grade 7	5	2.00%
Grade 8	7	2.81%
Grade 9	18	7.22%
Grade 10	69	27.71%
Grade 11	66	26.50%
Grade 12	74	29.71%
TOTAL	249	100%

School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS	THIS SCHOOL	THIS DISTRICT	THIS STATE

WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%)	70.3	69.2	57.6
BLACK (%)	8.0	7.9	4.6
HISPANIC (%)	2.8	4.5	4.2
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%)	2.8	3.7	6.9
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%)	16.1	14.7	26.6

ECONOMIC GROUPS	THIS SCHOOL	THIS DISTRICT	THIS STATE
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%)	NO DATA	28.4	31.4
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE	NO DATA	2,775	32,758
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE	NO DATA	1,393	9,094

District Educational Environment
POPULATION	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE

POPULATION	82,806	671,335
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile)	11	1
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW	8.0%	7.5%
5-19 YEARS OLD	25.1%	22.0%
20-44 YEARS OLD	42.5%	36.6%
45-64 YEARS OLD	19.7%	26.7%
65 OR OLDER	4.7%	7.1%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS	29,759	236,411
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN	10.2%	12.5%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA	91.8%	92.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE	27.0%	28.3%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION	DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL	STATE
$150,000 or more	3.5%	7.4%
$100,000 - $149,999	10.6%	10.6%
$75,000 - $99,999	12.7%	14.6%
$50,000 - $74,999	22.4%	20.9%
$30,000 - $49,999	23.1%	19.2%
$15,000 - $29,999	16.7%	13.8%
$15,000 or less	11.0%	9.1%

Educational Expenditures
FOR THIS DISTRICT	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$6,132	$90,005,000	53.4
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$807	$11,840,000	7.0
STAFF	$648	$9,508,000	5.6
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$110	$1,619,000	1.0
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$601	$8,825,000	5.2
OPERATION	$1,241	$18,220,000	10.8
TRANSPORTATION	$622	$9,136,000	5.4
OTHER	$512	$7,515,000	4.5
TOTAL SUPPORT	$4,542	$66,663,000	39.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$804	$11,796,000	7.0
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$11,478	$168,464,000	100.0

FOR THE STATE	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$6,562	$874,603,672	49.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$724	$96,524,288	5.4
STAFF	$624	$83,140,316	4.7
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$174	$23,169,333	1.3
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$678	$90,313,262	5.1
OPERATION	$1,510	$201,222,625	11.3
TRANSPORTATION	$400	$53,349,805	3.0
OTHER	$427	$56,880,618	3.2
TOTAL SUPPORT	$4,536	$604,600,247	34.1
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$2,214	$295,072,978	16.6
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$13,312	$1,774,276,897	100.0

FOR THE NATION	PER STUDENT	TOTAL	% OF TOTAL

INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$5,582	$274,180,000,000	53.3
SUPPORT EXPENDITURES
STUDENT	$475	$23,356,970,935	4.5
STAFF	$446	$21,924,659,888	4.3
GENERAL ADMINISTRATION	$181	$8,920,041,056	1.7
SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION	$514	$25,277,042,259	4.9
OPERATION	$902	$44,320,216,892	8.6
TRANSPORTATION	$384	$18,864,068,868	3.7
OTHER	$294	$14,465,936,592	2.8
TOTAL SUPPORT	$3,199	$157,129,000,000	30.6
NON-INSTRUCTIONAL EXPENDITURES	$1,687	$82,900,118,526	16.1
TOTAL EXPENDITURES	$10,469	$514,209,000,000	100.0

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