Fast Track

Fast Track is one of the very small K-12 campuss in Ketchikan, Alaska, one of the schools within Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, with 76 students on its rolls from grades K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 60% leaner than the state mean of about 192.

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 2,043 students; Fast Track is among them.

Looking at the student body, Fast Track reports that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 20% Native American, 12% multiracial, 4% Hispanic, 3% Black. Compared to Ketchikan Gateway Borough overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, Fast Track records 2 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 38.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 27.0:1 average.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ketchikan Gateway Borough put median household earnings sit near $92,885, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Ketchikan Gateway Borough's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,043 students), Fast Track is one campus in the mix.

Ketchikan High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Fast Track.

Fast Track operates from a town-center location. As a virtual school, attendance and instruction happen remotely rather than in person.

Looking at the recent track record. Fast Track's enrollment has ticked up 29% since 2018, when it stood at 59 (now 76). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 59.0:1 in 2018 to 38.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for Fast Track typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.