Kenai Alternative High School

As a micro-enrollment secondary school in Kenai, Alaska, Kenai Alternative High School hosts 45 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. That puts it 88% leaner than the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 373 students.

Across the 42 schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (8,510 students total), Kenai Alternative High School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, Kenai Alternative High School lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 22% multiracial, 20% Native American, 11% Hispanic, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Kenai Peninsula Borough as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Kenai Alternative High School logs 5 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 17.0:1, putting Kenai Alternative High School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Kenai Peninsula Borough (around 43%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Kenai Peninsula Borough) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,538 per year, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Kenai Alternative High School is one of 42 public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students).

Aurora Borealis Charter School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around Kenai Alternative High School.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 37%: 71 students in 2018 compared to 45 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 54% to 44% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.