Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr.

Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr. is a small combined-grade school for students in Eagle River, Alaska. A total of 105 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 12. Against the 192-student average for combined schools in Alaska, enrollment here is 45% lower.

Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr. is part of Iditarod Area School District, where 8 schools serve 263 students.

At Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr., White students make up 78% of the student body. The next largest groups are 11% Native American, 6% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. The school's White share is 21 points above the 57% share among Anchorage Municipality residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 37% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

The school reports 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 52.5 students per teacher. That is 25.5 students per teacher above the 27.0:1 average for combined schools in Alaska.

Anchorage Municipality has these Census figures: the median household income is $103,284, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Anchorage Municipality has 99 public schools and roughly 41,241 students.

Fire Lake Elementary is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.

The NCES locale for Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr. is Town: Fringe, which covers schools in a town close to an urbanized area. In federal data, Distance Learning/Corresp. Ctr. is a virtual school.

Enrollment declined 30% from its 2020-21 level of 149.

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