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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.
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.
Located at 1639 Glacier Ave, in Juneau, Alaska, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale is a well-populated high school that caters to 1,018 students (grades 9 through 12), part of Juneau Borough School District. Enrollment runs roughly 173% above the state mean of about 373.
Juneau Borough School District comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 5,481 students; Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale records that 46% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 21% multiracial, 11% Native American, 10% Hispanic, 8% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.
On the resource side, On paper, Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 17.0:1 average. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 48.8%; this one comes in at 33.4%, -15.4 points off the demographic line.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Juneau City and Borough put median household income runs about $101,661, about 41% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Juneau City and Borough's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,481 students), Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is Juneau Community Charter School, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale's enrollment has rose 75% since 2018, when it stood at 582 (now 1,018). Over the same period, the White share declined from 52% to 46%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 19.6:1 today.
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