Eagle River High School

Set in Eagle River, Alaska, Eagle River High School is a high-enrollment high school, operated by Anchorage School District. It educates 771 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 107% larger than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 373 students.

Anchorage School District comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 40,587 students; Eagle River High School is among them.

In terms of who attends, Eagle River High School records that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 13% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 4% Black, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix visibly more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 20.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. Roughly 14% of students at Eagle River High School qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Anchorage Municipality's rate of about 49%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Eagle River High School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.6%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -8.3 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Anchorage Municipality indicate the typical household earns roughly $103,284 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Anchorage Municipality's 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), Eagle River High School is one campus in the mix.

Gruening Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Eagle River High School operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Eagle River High School has ticked down 12%, going from 876 students in 2018 to 771 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 23.4:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

On allk12, members of the Eagle River High School community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.