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The highest-performing public high schools in science in Alaska

This ranking covers the highest-performing public high schools in science in Alaska, drawn from 44 qualifying public high schools. Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High School leads the list at 70.6%, against a median of 40.5% across the ranked schools.

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Schools ranked

Alaska

Top % Proficient (Science)

70.6%

Median % Proficient (Science)

40.5%

BEST IN SCIENCE · ALASKA

#	School	City	District	Level	Students	% Proficient (Science)
1	Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High School	Eielson AFB, AK	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	High	357	70.6%
2	Homer High School	Homer, AK	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	High	357	63.8%
3	Steller Secondary School	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage School District	High	305	63.6%
4	Valdez High School	Valdez, AK	Valdez City School District	High	175	60.5%
5	Cordova Jr/Sr High School	Cordova, AK	Cordova City School District	High	126	57.1%
6	Sitka High School	Sitka, AK	Sitka School District	High	305	53.1%
7	Delta Junction Senior High School	Delta Junction, AK	Delta/Greely School District	High	126	52.6%
8	Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School	Wasilla, AK	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	High	705	51.2%
9	Houston High School	Big Lake, AK	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	High	337	50.7%
10	West Valley High School	Fairbanks, AK	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	High	782	50.2%
11	South Anchorage High School	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage School District	High	1,239	49.2%
12	Petersburg High School	Petersburg, AK	Petersburg Borough School District	High	144	48.3%
13	Highland Academy Charter	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage School District	High	200	47.3%
14	Chugiak High School	Chugiak, AK	Anchorage School District	High	928	46.7%
15	Kenai Central High School	Kenai, AK	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	High	525	45.4%
16	Wasilla High School	Wasilla, AK	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	High	816	45.2%
17	Eagle River High School	Eagle River, AK	Anchorage School District	High	771	44.4%
18	Lathrop High School	Fairbanks, AK	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	High	788	43.6%
19	Seward High School	Seward, AK	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	High	173	42.4%
20	Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale	Juneau, AK	Juneau Borough School District	High	1,018	42.0%
21	Nikiski Middle/Senior High School	Nikiski, AK	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	High	276	41.9%
22	Colony High School	Palmer, AK	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	High	1,046	41.3%
23	Ketchikan High School	Ketchikan, AK	Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District	High	551	39.8%
24	Unalaska Jr/Sr High School	Unalaska, AK	Unalaska City School District	High	174	39.7%
25	West High School	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage School District	High	1,702	39.3%
26	Hutchison High School	Fairbanks, AK	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	High	356	39.1%
27	Soldotna High School	Soldotna, AK	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	High	695	38.1%
28	Palmer High School	Palmer, AK	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	High	616	36.0%
29	Kodiak High School	Kodiak, AK	Kodiak Island Borough School District	High	579	34.8%
30	North Pole High School	North Pole, AK	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	High	695	34.8%
31	Dimond High School	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage School District	High	1,373	32.9%
32	Thunder Mountain High School	Juneau, AK	Juneau Borough School District	High	589	32.8%
33	Dillingham Middle/High School	Dillingham, AK	Dillingham City School District	High	223	30.7%
34	Susitna Valley High	Talkeetna, AK	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	High	233	30.7%
35	Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School	Wasilla, AK	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	High	497	30.0%
36	Service High School	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage School District	High	1,518	28.5%
37	Barrow High School	Utqiagvik, AK	North Slope Borough School District	High	259	27.5%
38	Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA)	Galena, AK	Galena City School District	High	185	26.7%
39	Nome-Beltz Middle/High	Nome, AK	Nome Public Schools	High	274	25.8%
40	Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School	Anchorage, AK	Anchorage School District	High	1,636	24.8%
41	Mt. Edgecumbe High School	Sitka, AK	Mount Edgecumbe	High	422	22.1%
42	Effie Kokrine Charter School	Fairbanks, AK	Fairbanks North Star Borough School District	High	139	18.4%
43	Bethel Regional High School	Bethel, AK	Lower Kuskokwim School District	High	410	11.7%
44	Kotzebue Middle/High School	Kotzebue, AK	Northwest Arctic Borough School District	High	299	7.3%

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