English Language Arts
25.0%
State avg 36.1%
District avg 49.5%
County avg 46.0%
-2.8pp since 2023-24
District avg 49.5%
County avg 46.0%
-2.8pp since 2023-24
Test scores
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AK STAR + Alaska Science, SY 2024-25
All grades, all students. % Advanced + Proficient.Mathematics
35.0%
State avg 34.6%
District avg 49.7%
County avg 45.3%
+7.2pp since 2023-24
District avg 49.7%
County avg 45.3%
+7.2pp since 2023-24
Science
N/A
State avg 43.1%
District avg 51.0%
County avg 50.1%
District avg 51.0%
County avg 50.1%
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 7 points.
By grade, SY 2024-25
School score vs state average per tested grade.| Grade | English Language Arts | Mathematics | Science | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | School | State | n tested | |
| Grade ALL | 25.0% | 36.1% | 20 | 35.0% | 34.6% | 20 | N/A | 43.1% | N/A |
2-year history
All grades, all students. Gerstle River Alaska avgEnglish Language Arts
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 25.0% | 49.5% | 46.0% | 36.1% |
| SY 2023-24 | 27.8% | 51.9% | 48.2% | 35.2% |
Mathematics
| Year | School | District | County | State |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY 2024-25 | 35.0% | 49.7% | 45.3% | 34.6% |
| SY 2023-24 | 27.8% | 47.4% | 44.5% | 34.3% |
How to read these scores
What is AK STAR + Alaska Science?
AK STAR + Alaska Science is the statewide standardized test administered by Alaska public schools.
What does "% Advanced + Proficient" mean?
It is the share of students at the school who performed at grade level or above on the test, summed across the top two of four performance levels. A higher number is better.
What does 25.0% mean for English Language Arts at Gerstle River School?
It means about 25.0 percent of students tested at Gerstle River School performed at grade level or above on the AK STAR + Alaska Science English Language Arts test in 2024-25. The statewide average for Alaska that year was 36.1%. The other students fell into the lower performance levels.
How is the state average calculated?
It is a weighted average, not a simple average of each school's number. We multiply each public school's score by how many of its students tested, add those together for all schools in Alaska, and divide by the total students tested that year. This way a big school with 1,500 students counts more than a small school with 50 students, which is the right way to ask "how did the typical student do this year?". District and county averages on this page use the same method, just scoped to that district or county.
Where does this data come from?
Alaska Department of Education and Early Development, AK STAR (ELA + Math grades 3-9) and Alaska Science (grades 5, 8, 10). School-level All Students rollup scraped from the per-school assessment-results pages on education.alaska.gov. Headline metric is the cumulative "Advanced + Proficient" rate (top 2 of 4 levels).
How often is it updated?
AK STAR + Alaska Science is administered once a year (spring). Results are released by the state in the summer or early fall. We refresh this page after each annual release.