Enrollment
357
High
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000158
Homer High School
600 E Fairview Ave, Homer, AK 99603 · (907) 235-4600 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL357 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 95% of Alaska public high schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public high schools
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
19 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
124 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 94 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 95 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 77 | 22% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
67.1%
AK avg 36.1% . +22.8pp since 2023
Math
50.6%
AK avg 34.6% . +24.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 67 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 23 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 24 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 67.1% | 50.6% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 26.4% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
50.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Homer High School
Homer High School's state test result (50.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homer High School this school | 357 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| Kenai Central High School Kenai | 525 | 36.0% | 29.8% |
| Palmer High School Palmer | 616 | 34.9% | 29.3% |
| Valdez High School Valdez | 175 | 33.1% | 38.4% |
| Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School Wasilla | 705 | 25.0% | 40.9% |
| Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski | 276 | 48.2% | 33.0% |
Matched among Alaska high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Homer High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #1 of 39 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.6% | #1 of 43 ▲ 10 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #1 of 44 ▲ 6 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 357 | #24 of 72 | #3 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.7:1 | #22 of 38 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.3% | #31 of 38 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #22 of 45 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.0% | #15 of 28 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
357
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 451
Student : Teacher
18.7:1
was 16.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 357 | 19.1 | 18.7:1 | 35% (124) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 21.4 | 17.1:1 | 26% (95) |
| 2022-23 | 368 | 22.8 | 16.2:1 | 24% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 360 | 22 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 401 | 26.3 | 15.2:1 | 34% (136) |
| 2015-16 | 368 | 24 | 15.3:1 | 29% (105) |
| 2010-11 | 399 | 24 | 16.6:1 | 40% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 521 | 32 | 16.3:1 | 15% (77) |
| 1990-91 | 451 | 29 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Homer High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (401 to 357); teachers down 27% (26.3 to 19.1).
About Homer High School
Homer, Alaska, is home to Homer High School, a mid-sized high school. Total enrollment is 357 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12.
District-wide, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District has 42 schools and 8,510 students.
At Homer High School, 71% of students are White. It is also 15% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Homer High School scores 46%.
Teacher count: 19.1 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 18.7:1. The average for high schools in Alaska, 17.0:1, is lower. Roughly 35% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Homer High School lands at A+, ahead of 95% of Alaska public high schools.
A school with Homer High School's lunch-eligibility share in Alaska is predicted to score 41.4%. Homer High School scores 50.5%, 9.1 points above that line.
In Kenai Peninsula Borough, the median household earns about $80,538 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Kenai Peninsula Borough has 42 public schools with about 8,510 students, including Homer High School.
Measured in a straight line, Homer Flex School is about 0.3 miles from Homer High School. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Homer High School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Homer High School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment at Homer High School was 360 in 2020-21 and 357 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. Students per teacher increased from 16.4 in 2020-21 to 18.7 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Homer High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Other schools in Homer
- West Homer ElementaryElementary · 211 students
- Homer Middle SchoolMiddle · 205 students
- Paul Banks ElementaryElementary · 189 students
- McNeil Canyon ElementaryElementary · 144 students
- Fireweed AcademyElementary · 104 students
- Razdolna SchoolCombined · 74 students
Other Homer High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Homer High. Homer High School is the largest of the 3.
- Homer High SchoolHomer, LA · 237 students
- HOMER HIGH SCHOOLHOMER, NE · 205 students
Nearby schools
- Homer Flex School0.3 mi · 36
- Paul Banks Elementary0.8 mi · 189
- Homer Middle School1.1 mi · 205
- Fireweed Academy1.5 mi · 104
- West Homer Elementary1.5 mi · 211
- Nikolaevsk School11.4 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Homer High SchoolHow large is Homer High School?
Homer High School enrolls approximately 357 students in grades 09-12.
Is Homer High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Homer High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Homer High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Homer High School is approximately 18.7:1 (19 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Homer High School?
At Homer High School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Homer High School public or private?
Homer High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.