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Colony High School

Serves grades 9 - 12

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Raw data sources:
  • Test Scores: Edfacts (U.S. Department of Education), State departments of education.
  • Expenditures: National Center for Education Statistics.
  • Educational Environment: American Community Survey (U.S. Census Bureau).
Date(s) & Update Frequency:
  • Test data: Reflects 2018 – 2019 school year [note on school closures TBD].
  • Expenditures: 2018
  • Educational Environment: 2018 (latest available). Updated annually.

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School Overview

Address
9550 E Bogard Rd
Palmer, AK 99645
Phone
(907) 861-5500
District
MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT
County
MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH
Type of School
Regular elementary or secondary
Magnet School
No
Charter School
No
Students Enrolled
999
Classroom Teachers
50

School Quality Ratings

School Quality Compared to Alaska

3

(10 is best)

Better than 22.1% of AK schools.

School Quality Compared to U.S. info

3

(10 is best)

Colony High School Test Scores (No Child Left Behind Tests)

Grade 10

40 30 20 10 0
25%
31%
32%
35%
17%
27%
    Proficiency in Reading and Math
    Proficiency in Reading
    Proficiency in Math
School
State

Class Size (number of students per classroom teacher)

25 20 15 10 5 0
20
18
17
16
    AVG FOR THIS SCHOOL
    AVG FOR DISTRICT
    AVG FOR STATE
    AVG FOR NATION
SCHOOL ENROLLMENT BY GRADE NUMBER OF STUDENTS PERCENTAGE
Grade 9 313 31.3%
Grade 10 252 25.2%
Grade 11 227 22.7%
Grade 12 207 20.7%
Total 999 100%

School enrollment by group

Ethnic/racial Groups This School This District This State
White (non-hispanic) 76.1% 78.6% 54.6%
Black 1.2% 0.9% 2.9%
Hispanic 11.3% 8.4% 8.6%
Asian Or Pacific Islander 2.0% 1.4% 6.3%
American Indian Or Native Of Alaska 9.5% 10.7% 27.6%
Economic Groups This School This District This State
ECONOMICALLY DISADVANTAGED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
FREE LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
REDUCED LUNCH ELIGIBLE UNREPORTED UNREPORTED UNREPORTED
POPULATION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
POPULATION 107,360 732,673
POPULATION DENSITY (per sq. mile) 4.3 0
POPULATION DISTRIBUTION BY AGE DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
4 YEARS OLD AND BELOW 7.0% 7.1%
5-19 YEARS OLD 22.1% 20.1%
20-44 YEARS OLD 33.4% 36.0%
45-64 YEARS OLD 25.5% 24.8%
65 OR OLDER 12.0% 11.9%
HOUSEHOLD CHARACTERISTICS DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
Number Of Households 31,964 254,923
Single Parent Households With Children 9.8% 10.6%
Adults With At Least A High School Diploma 93.6% 93.1%
Adults With At Least A Bachelor's Degree 21.9% 30.0%
HOUSEHOLD INCOME DISTRIBUTION DISTRICT FOR THIS SCHOOL STATE
$150,000 or more 17.7% 18.5%
$100,000 - $149,999 19.6% 19.3%
$75,000 - $99,999 13.2% 14.2%
$50,000 - $74,999 16.7% 18.3%
$30,000 - $49,999 13.6% 13.7%
$15,000 - $29,999 10.2% 9.3%
$15,000 or less 9.0% 6.8%

Education Expenditures

For This District Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $8,226 $154,879,128 51.6%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,480 $27,865,440 9.3%
Staff $769 $14,478,732 4.8%
General Administration $83 $1,562,724 0.5%
School Administration $1,127 $21,219,156 7.1%
Operation $1,336 $25,154,208 8.4%
Transportation $943 $17,754,804 5.9%
Other $661 $12,445,308 4.1%
Total Support $6,398 $120,461,544 40.1%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,314 $24,739,992 8.2%
Total Expenditures $15,938 $300,080,664 100.0%
For The State Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $9,871 $1,282,016,555 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $1,437 $186,646,659 7.2%
Staff $1,543 $200,414,853 7.8%
General Administration $271 $35,199,559 1.4%
School Administration $1,134 $147,326,736 5.7%
Operation $2,267 $294,435,881 11.4%
Transportation $628 $81,616,422 3.2%
Other $722 $93,826,876 3.6%
Total Support $8,004 $1,039,447,580 40.3%
Non-instructional Expenditures $1,995 $259,142,298 10.0%
Total Expenditures $19,871 $2,580,641,603 100.0%
For The Nation Per Student Total % Of Total
Instructional Expenditures $7,549 $372,153,103,143 49.7%
Support Expenditures
Student $792 $39,020,154,935 5.2%
Staff $618 $30,487,652,661 4.1%
General Administration $258 $12,720,931,842 1.7%
School Administration $730 $35,978,592,512 4.8%
Operation $1,169 $57,607,988,317 7.7%
Transportation $527 $26,002,463,553 3.5%
Other $459 $22,633,739,814 3.0%
Total Support $4,553 $224,451,138,461 30.0%
Non-instructional Expenditures $3,074 $151,519,765,183 20.3%
Total Expenditures $15,176 $748,124,887,521 100.0%

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