Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing

Located at 5530 E Northern Lights Blvd, in Anchorage, Alaska, Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing is a micro-enrollment multi-level school that teaches 25 students (grades pre-K through 12), one of the schools within Anchorage School District. That puts it 87% below the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 192 students.

Anchorage School District runs 92 schools in total, collectively educating 40,587 students. Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing shows that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 20% Native American, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 4% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Anchorage Municipality as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing has 1 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 22.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 27.0:1 average.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Anchorage Municipality indicate median household income runs about $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Anchorage Municipality runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), of which Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing is one.

Highland Academy Charter is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 24%: 33 students in 2018 compared to 25 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 45% to 56% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.