Service High School

Service High School is one of the high-enrollment high schools in Anchorage, Alaska, part of Anchorage School District, with 1,518 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 373 students per school, that is 307% bigger than typical.

Anchorage School District comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 40,587 students; Service High School is among them.

Demographically, Service High School lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 15% Asian, 14% multiracial, 12% Hispanic, 10% Native American. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, On paper, Service High School has 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 24.1:1. The state averages around 17.0:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 28% of students at Service High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anchorage Municipality (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Anchorage Municipality put the typical household earns roughly $103,284 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Anchorage Municipality runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), of which Service High School is one.

Nearest neighbor: Trailside Elementary, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Service High School.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Service High School has contracted 5%, going from 1,594 students in 2018 to 1,518 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 21.3:1 in 2018 to 24.1:1 in 2025.

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