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What's the most underrated thing about Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
1,018
High
DISTRICT 424 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JUNEAU BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020021000133
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale
1639 Glacier Ave, Juneau, AK 99801 · (907) 523-1501 · Juneau City and Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,018 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
138 students
DISTRICT 23% · 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 9 | 280 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 279 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 239 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 220 | 22% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
31.5%
AK avg 36.1% . -4.2pp since 2023
Math
16.6%
AK avg 34.6% . -7.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 32 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 16.6% |
| 2023-24 | 35.7% | 24.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale's state test result (33.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale this school | 1,018 | 13.6% | 33.4% |
| South Anchorage High School Anchorage | 1,239 | 16.1% | 43.8% |
| Chugiak High School Chugiak | 928 | 18.3% | 36.5% |
| West Valley High School Fairbanks | 782 | 21.1% | 37.2% |
| North Pole High School North Pole | 695 | 22.4% | 26.6% |
| Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School Wasilla | 705 | 25.0% | 40.9% |
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 Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.4% | #15 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.6% | #29 of 43 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #26 of 44 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,018 | #7 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #27 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #9 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.6% | #43 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +74.9% | #1 of 7 |
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
1,018
+473 (+87%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 1,289
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 1,018 | 52 | 19.6:1 | 14% (138) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 29.6 | 18.9:1 | 18% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 567 | 32 | 17.7:1 | 20% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 545 | 32 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 582 | 31.9 | 18.2:1 | 21% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 34 | 18.1:1 | 20% (125) |
| 2010-11 | 846 | 50 | 16.9:1 | 17% (147) |
| 2000-01 | 1,626 | 74 | 22.0:1 | 1% (10) |
| 1990-91 | 1,289 | 66 | 19.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale.
Since 2017-18: students up 75% (582 to 1,018); teachers up 63% (31.9 to 52).
About Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale is a large high school in Juneau, Alaska, under Juneau Borough School District. It reported 1,018 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Alaska have about 373 students on average; enrollment here is 173% higher.
The district for Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale is Juneau Borough School District, with 16 schools and 5,481 students.
White students make up 46% of enrollment at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 21% multiracial, 11% Native American, 10% Hispanic, and 8% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Juneau City and Borough's population at about 63%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 71, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale has a ratio of 19.6:1. Across high schools in Alaska, the average ratio is 17.0:1. Income data for the school show 14% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale falls short of its prediction by 15.4 points. The model expects 48.8% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Alaska; the school's rate is 33.4%.
In the wider Juneau City and Borough area, median household income comes to about $101,661, roughly 41% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Juneau City and Borough counts 16 public schools with about 5,481 students.
Juneau Community Charter School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale ranks 5th in a group of 5 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale as Town: Remote.
Federal records list enrollment at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale as 545 in 2020-21 and 1,018 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 17.0:1 to 19.6:1.
On allk12, people connected to Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Juneau City and Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,794
Census ACS
Median income
$101,661
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
41%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
16
5,481 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Juneau Borough School District
- Thunder Mountain High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Dzantik'i Heeni Middle SchoolMiddle · 437 students
- Floyd Dryden Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
- Auke Bay ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- Harborview ElementaryElementary · 349 students
Other schools in Juneau
- Thunder Mountain High SchoolHigh · 589 students
- Thunder Mountain Middle SchoolMiddle · 574 students
- Dzantik'i Heeni Middle SchoolMiddle · 437 students
- Floyd Dryden Middle SchoolMiddle · 370 students
- Auke Bay ElementaryElementary · 353 students
- Harborview ElementaryElementary · 349 students
Nearby schools
- Juneau Community Charter School0.0 mi · 71
- Montessori Borealis Public Alternative School0.2 mi · 205
- HomeBRIDGE0.2 mi · 224
- Yaakoosge Daakahidi Alt. H.S.0.2 mi · 80
- Harborview Elementary0.2 mi · 349
- SAYEIK: GASTINEAU COMMUNITY SCHOOL2.1 mi · 281
Frequently asked questions
About Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at KaleHow many students attend Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale?
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale enrolls approximately 1,018 students in grades 09-12.
Is Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale an elementary, middle, or high school?
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale?
Approximately 19.6:1 students per teacher at Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale.
How diverse is Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale?
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale reports a student body of 46% White, 10% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Is Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale public or private?
Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale is a public K-12 school, overseen by Juneau Borough School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.