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Alumni: what's one memory from Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
1,636
High
DISTRICT 755 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000075
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School
4025 E Northern Lights Blvd, Anchorage, AK 99508 · (907) 742-2100 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,636 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Alaska public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats 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
20.4:1
80 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 24.1:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
1,198 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 419 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 450 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 409 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 358 | 22% |
Student demographics
85%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · 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
16.9%
AK avg 36.1% . -6.8pp since 2023
Math
7.6%
AK avg 34.6% . -2.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 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 7 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 3 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 16.9% | 7.6% |
| 2023-24 | 23.7% | 10.3% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
17.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
28.0%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 28% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School's state test result (17.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School this school | 1,636 | 73.2% | 17.4% |
| West High School Anchorage | 1,702 | 37.7% | 32.8% |
| Lathrop High School Fairbanks | 788 | 32.2% | 29.2% |
| Service High School Anchorage | 1,518 | 28.3% | 25.2% |
| Kodiak High School Kodiak | 579 | 68.6% | 24.1% |
| Dimond High School Anchorage | 1,373 | 27.9% | 24.8% |
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 Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.4% | #33 of 39 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.6% | #37 of 43 ▲ 2 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 16.9% | #38 of 44 ▼ 3 | #9 of 9 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,636 | #2 of 72 | #2 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #31 of 38 | #4 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 85.0% | #1 of 38 | #1 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #7 of 45 | #2 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.4% | #6 of 28 | #1 of 8 |
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
1,636
-72 (-4%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 1,659
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 19.0:1
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 | 1,636 | 80.4 | 20.4:1 | 73% (1,198) |
| 2023-24 | 1,681 | 85.8 | 19.6:1 | 73% (1,228) |
| 2022-23 | 1,745 | 84.6 | 20.6:1 | 71% (1,234) |
| 2020-21 | 1,708 | 90 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 2,031 | 107.8 | 18.8:1 | 77% (1,557) |
| 2015-16 | 2,209 | 104 | 21.2:1 | 69% (1,521) |
| 2010-11 | 2,211 | 109 | 20.3:1 | 61% (1,356) |
| 2000-01 | 2,049 | 100 | 20.5:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 1,659 | 66 | 25.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (2,031 to 1,636); teachers down 25% (107.8 to 80.4).
About Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School
The public high school Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is located in Anchorage, Alaska. Its enrollment is 1,636 students, spread over grades 9 through 12. Across high schools in Alaska, the average enrollment is about 373.
Anchorage School District, which runs Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, has 92 schools and 40,587 students.
Asian students account for 19% of enrollment at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, more than any other group. Other groups include 17% multiracial, 16% White, 14% Native American, and 14% Hispanic. By comparison, Anchorage Municipality residents are about 10% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 85%.
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School lists 80.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 20.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 17.0:1 average for high schools in Alaska is 3.4 students per teacher. About 73% of students at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality, the school's rate is higher.
Among Alaska public high schools, Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School would score about 28.0%. It scores 17.4%, 10.7 points below that figure.
In the surrounding county, Anchorage Municipality, the median household earns about $103,284 a year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Anchorage Municipality has 99 public schools with about 41,241 students, including Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School.
Russian Jack Elementary is the nearest public school to Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, about 0.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is 4th of 7 on proficiency.
The NCES locale for Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,636, compared with 1,708 in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (20.4:1) than in 2020-21 (19.0:1).
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Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Romig Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,138 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
- Romig Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,138 students
Nearby schools
- Russian Jack Elementary0.2 mi · 254
- Whaley School0.3 mi · 298
- Winterberry School0.6 mi · 264
- Williwaw Elementary0.8 mi · 315
- College Gate Elementary0.9 mi · 363
- Airport Heights Elementary1.0 mi · 240
Frequently asked questions
About Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHow large is Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School?
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School enrolls approximately 1,636 students in grades 09-12.
Is Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School?
Approximately 20.4:1 students per teacher at Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School.
How diverse is Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School?
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School reports a student body of 16% White, 14% Hispanic, 8% Black, 19% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Is Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School public or private?
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.