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Enrollment
497
High
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000758
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School
10015 W Redington School Rd, Wasilla, AK 99623 · (907) 864-5400 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES 06–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL497 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 31% of Alaska public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
16.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
226 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 6 | 95 | 19% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 9 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 10 | 64 | 13% |
| Grade 11 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 12 | 45 | 9% |
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
25.7%
AK avg 36.1% . -1.6pp since 2023
Math
24.3%
AK avg 34.6% . +0.6pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 24 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 2 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 25.7% | 24.3% |
| 2023-24 | 27.3% | 23.7% |
% 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
26.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School's state test result (26.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School this school | 497 | 45.5% | 26.0% |
| Palmer High School Palmer | 616 | 34.9% | 29.3% |
| Wasilla High School Wasilla | 816 | 33.3% | 30.6% |
| Kenai Central High School Kenai | 525 | 36.0% | 29.8% |
| Homer High School Homer | 357 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| 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 Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #27 of 39 | #7 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #17 of 43 ▲ 3 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.7% | #32 of 44 no change | #6 of 7 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 497 | #21 of 72 | #5 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #9 of 38 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.1% | #13 of 38 | #2 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.5% | #18 of 45 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.5% | #7 of 28 | #2 of 6 |
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
497
-36 (-7%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 497 | 31 | 16.0:1 | 45% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 32.8 | 15.7:1 | 70% (359) |
| 2022-23 | 556 | 31.3 | 17.8:1 | 67% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 34 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 610 | 33.5 | 18.2:1 | 52% (316) |
| 2015-16 | 459 | 23 | 20.0:1 | 50% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (610 to 497); teachers down 8% (33.5 to 31).
About Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School is a mid-sized high school for students in Wasilla, Alaska. It has an enrollment of 497 students in grades 6 through 12. On average, high schools in Alaska enroll around 373, and this school is 33% bigger than that mark.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (49 schools, 19,495 students) runs Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School.
More than half of the students at Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School are White (56%). The next largest groups are 18% multiracial, 14% Native American, and 9% Hispanic. In Matanuska-Susitna Borough overall, about 77% of residents are White. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
On staff are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. High schools in Alaska have an average ratio of 17.0:1. About 45% of students at Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough average a similar 45%.
On the allk12 Grade, Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School lands at C, ahead of 31% of Alaska public high schools.
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 26.0% is 11.6 points below the 37.7% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Matanuska-Susitna Borough, home to about 112,988 people, median household income comes to about $94,031, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 49 public schools in the county, enrolling about 19,495, Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School among them.
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School's nearest public school is DENA'INA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (about 0.4 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is 4. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School ranks 6th of 7 on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School's location as Rural: Fringe.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 7% drop, from 533 to 497.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
Other schools in Wasilla
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
- Twindly Bridge Charter SchoolCombined · 601 students
- Wasilla Middle SchoolMiddle · 584 students
Nearby schools
- DENA'INA ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.4 mi · 396
- Goose Bay Elementary4.0 mi · 305
- Knik Elementary School4.1 mi · 263
- Big Lake Elementary4.6 mi · 362
- American Charter Academy6.0 mi · 193
- Houston Middle School6.3 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School?
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School enrolls approximately 497 students in grades 06-12.
Is Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School is a high school covering grades 06-12.
How many students per teacher at Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School.
How diverse is Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School?
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School reports a student body of 56% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 18% Two or more.
Who oversees Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School?
Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School is overseen by Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District in Matanuska-Susitna Borough.
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