Total enrollment
4,085
-39 (-1%) vs SY 2020-21
16 schools in Juneau Borough School District
Alaska · 5,481 students · 1 city
Within Juneau Borough School District, 16 public K-12 schools serve about 5,481 students, an average of 343 per school.
4-year change in Juneau Borough School District
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25School count
13
-2 (-13%) vs SY 2020-21
Source: NCES Common Core of Data, enrollment-weighted demographic averages
How Juneau Borough School District ranks
Among districts| Measure | This district | In Alaska | In the US |
|---|---|---|---|
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 5,481 | #6 of 24 | #1,748 of 9,234 |
| Number of schools ranked most first | 16 | #6 of 24 | N/A |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #14 of 21 | #7,488 of 9,044 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch share ranked highest first | 20.5% | #19 of 19 | #7,388 of 8,164 |
Districts need at least 2 schools and 500 students to be ranked. Test proficiency is ranked within the state only, since each state gives a different test. Each rank links to the full list.
Inside Juneau Borough School District
State test results across the district's 8 scored schools run from Auke Bay Elementary at 50.8% proficient to KAX_DIG_OOWU HEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL at 28.1%, a gap of 22.7 points. That is the 6th widest gap among 9 Alaska districts with four or more scored schools.
Since 2017-18, the 12 district schools that reported both years went from 3,104 to 3,511 students (up 13%) and from 200 to 197 full-time teachers (down 1%), as of 2024-25.
Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across each school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25; schools with fewer than 100 students and schools serving specialized populations are left out. Staffing figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data and count only schools that reported students and teachers in both years.
| Name | City | Level | Grades | Enrollment |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale | Juneau | High | 09-12 | 1,018 |
| Thunder Mountain High School | Juneau | High | 09-12 | 589 |
| Thunder Mountain Middle School | Juneau | Middle | 07-08 | 574 |
| Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School | Juneau | Middle | 06-08 | 437 |
| Floyd Dryden Middle School | Juneau | Middle | 06-08 | 370 |
| Auke Bay Elementary | Juneau | Elementary | PK-06 | 353 |
| Harborview Elementary | Juneau | Elementary | PK-06 | 349 |
| SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL | Juneau | Elementary | PK-06 | 322 |
| Mendenhall River Community School | Juneau | Elementary | PK-06 | 308 |
| KAX_DIG_OOWU HEEN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL | Juneau | Elementary | PK-06 | 290 |
| SAYEIK: GASTINEAU COMMUNITY SCHOOL | Juneau | Elementary | PK-06 | 281 |
| HomeBRIDGE | Juneau | Combined | PK-12 | 224 |
| Montessori Borealis Public Alternative School | Juneau | Elementary | PK-08 | 205 |
| Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alt. H.S. | Juneau | High | 09-12 | 80 |
| Juneau Community Charter School | Juneau | Elementary | KG-08 | 71 |
| Johnson Youth Center | Juneau | High | 05-12 | 10 |
About Juneau Borough School District
Juneau Borough School District maintains 16 public schools across Alaska, collectively hosting roughly 5,481 students.
In terms of grade levels, Juneau Borough School District covers 8 elementary, 3 middle, 4 high schools, and 1 combined or other.
On a per-school basis, Juneau Borough School District runs about 343 students per school, 30% higher than the state mean of roughly 263.
Trend over the past 4 years. Across the same 4-year window, public-school enrollment stayed largely flat: 4,124 students in SY 2020-21 versus 4,085 in SY 2024-25. Over that span, Juneau Borough School District lost 2 schools, going from 15 to 13.
In the discussion threads here, the community for Juneau Borough School District discusses open enrollment windows, redistricting talk, and busing logistics. Members of the local community share what they see day-to-day.