Enrollment
259
High
DISTRICT 149 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTH SLOPE BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020061000286
Barrow High School
1684 Okpik St, Utqiagvik, AK 99723 · (907) 852-9601 · North Slope Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 1% of Alaska public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
89 students
DISTRICT 43% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 70 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 74 | 29% |
| Grade 11 | 64 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 51 | 20% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
10.7%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
5.5%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 11 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 4 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 10.7% | 5.5% |
| 2023-24 | 14.5% | 5.6% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
12.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.5%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-28.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Barrow High School
Barrow High School's state test result (12.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrow High School this school | 259 | 34.4% | 12.8% |
| Ketchikan High School Ketchikan | 551 | 27.0% | 25.6% |
| Sitka High School Sitka | 305 | 25.9% | 42.8% |
| Effie Kokrine Charter School Fairbanks | 139 | 59.7% | 14.4% |
| Valdez High School Valdez | 175 | 33.1% | 38.4% |
| Kenai Central High School Kenai | 525 | 36.0% | 29.8% |
Matched among Alaska high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barrow High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 12.8% | #37 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #40 of 43 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 10.7% | #41 of 44 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 259 | #34 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #4 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.0% | #16 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.4% | #23 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.1% | #4 of 7 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
259
-27 (-9%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 257
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 259 | 19.5 | 13.3:1 | 34% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 18 | 14.8:1 | 23% (61) |
| 2022-23 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 29% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 286 | 20 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 223 | 20 | 11.2:1 | 39% (87) |
| 2015-16 | 229 | 18 | 12.7:1 | 38% (88) |
| 2010-11 | 218 | 17 | 12.8:1 | 27% (58) |
| 2000-01 | 321 | 22 | 14.6:1 | 4% (13) |
| 1990-91 | 257 | 22 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barrow High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (223 to 259); teachers down 2% (20 to 19.5).
About Barrow High School
Barrow High School is a small high school that serves part of Utqiagvik, Alaska. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 259 students in grades 9 through 12. Against the 373-student average for high schools in Alaska, enrollment here is 31% lower.
North Slope Borough School District has 11 schools and 1,853 students, and Barrow High School is one of those schools.
Roughly 61% of students at Barrow High School are Native American. Other groups include 17% multiracial, 10% Asian, and 9% Pacific Islander. Barrow High School's diversity index is 58%, against a US figure of 70%.
The count of teachers at Barrow High School is 19.5 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 13.3:1. That is 3.7 students per teacher below the 17.0:1 average for high schools in Alaska. Around 34% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Barrow High School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 1% of Alaska public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Barrow High School is in the bottom 10% of Alaska schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 41.5%. The school's actual rate is 12.8%, 28.8 points lower.
Within North Slope Borough, the median household income is $95,694, 16% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Barrow High School, North Slope Borough has 10 other public schools.
Fred Ipalook Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Barrow High School, there are at least 3 other public schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Barrow High School is Rural: Remote.
Enrollment has fallen by 27 students since 2020-21, to 259. Students per teacher fell from 14.3 in 2020-21 to 13.3 in 2024-25.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Barrow High School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
North Slope Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
10,810
Census ACS
Median income
$95,694
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
1,853 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in North Slope Borough School District
- Fred Ipalook ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Tikigaq SchoolCombined · 230 students
- Eben Hopson Middle SchoolMiddle · 214 students
- Nuiqsut Trapper SchoolCombined · 143 students
- Alak SchoolCombined · 138 students
- Nunamiut SchoolCombined · 112 students
Other schools in Utqiagvik
- Fred Ipalook ElementaryElementary · 494 students
- Eben Hopson Middle SchoolMiddle · 214 students
- Kiita Learning CommunityHigh · 39 students
Nearby schools
- Fred Ipalook Elementary0.3 mi · 494
- Kiita Learning Community0.8 mi · 39
- Eben Hopson Middle School0.8 mi · 214
Frequently asked questions
About Barrow High SchoolHow large is Barrow High School?
Barrow High School enrolls approximately 259 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Barrow High School serve?
Barrow High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Barrow High School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Barrow High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Barrow High School?
At Barrow High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 1% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 17% Two or more.
What district is Barrow High School in?
Barrow High School is part of North Slope Borough School District.
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