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Educational Rating: (100 is Best)

Alaska Public Schools

Top Ten Best School Systems in AK

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1 Skagway
2 Gakona
3 Homer
4 Seward
5 Soldotna
6 Kodiak
7 Sitka
8 College
9 Kenai
10 Anchor Point

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POPULATION
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PUBLIC SCHOOLS OVERVIEW
NUMBER OF STUDENTS 133,288
NUMBER OF Alaska SCHOOLS 525
NUMBER OF Alaska SCHOOL DISTRICTS 54
SPENDING PER STUDENT ($) 13,312
State Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)
READING/ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Reading Proficiency 80.0
Grade 4 Reading Proficiency 82.0
Grade 5 Reading Proficiency 82.6
Grade 6 Reading Proficiency 81.0
Grade 7 Reading Proficiency 81.0
Grade 8 Reading Proficiency 86.0
Grade 9 Reading Proficiency 82.0
Grade 10 Reading Proficiency 84.8
MATH TESTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 3 Math Proficiency 79.0
Grade 4 Math Proficiency 76.0
Grade 5 Math Proficiency 76.9
Grade 6 Math Proficiency 75.0
Grade 7 Math Proficiency 68.9
Grade 8 Math Proficiency 69.0
Grade 9 Math Proficiency 62.8
Grade 10 Math Proficiency 69.1
School enrollment by group
ETHNIC/RACIAL GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
WHITE (NON-HISPANIC) (%) 57.6 57.0
BLACK (%) 4.6 17.2
HISPANIC (%) 4.2 19.9
ASIAN OR PACIFIC ISLANDER (%) 6.9 4.6
AMERICAN INDIAN OR NATIVE OF ALASKA (%) 26.6 1.2
SPECIAL NEEDS GROUPS THIS STATE NATION
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED (%) 31.4 41.4
ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS (%) 16.2 7.9
STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES (%) 13.5 12.2

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

16.84
15.62
AVG FOR STATE
AVG FOR NATION
Alaska Educational Environment
POPULATION STATE NATION
POPULATION 671,335 299,458,655
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 1 84
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE STATE NATION
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.5% 6.8%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.0% 19.2%
20-44 YEARS OLD 36.6% 36.4%
45-64 YEARS OLD 26.7% 24.9%
65 OR OLDER 7.1% 12.7%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS STATE NATION
NUMBER OF HOUSEHOLDS 236,411 112,337,034
SINGLE PARENT HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN 12.5% 11.6%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA 92.6% 85.4%
ADULTS WITH AT LEAST A BACHELOR'S DEGREE 28.3% 28.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION STATE NATION
$150,000 or more 7.4% 6.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 15.1% 10.7%
$75,000 - $99,999 14.6% 11.7%
$50,000 - $74,999 20.9% 19.6%
$30,000 - $49,999 19.2% 21.0%
$15,000 - $29,999 13.8% 16.7%
$15,000 or less 9.1% 13.8%
Educational Expenditures
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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Abbeville, AL (Shorterville/Union)