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Enrollment
525
High
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000537
Kenai Central High School
9583 Kenai Spur Hwy, Kenai, AK 99611 · (907) 283-2100 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL525 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 43% of Alaska public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
189 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 152 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 142 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 118 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 113 | 22% |
Student demographics
55%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
31.5%
AK avg 36.1% . +0.0pp since 2023
Math
15.1%
AK avg 34.6% . -10.1pp 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 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 31.5% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 31.5% | 25.2% |
% 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
29.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.0%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% 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 Kenai Central High School
Kenai Central High School's state test result (29.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Central High School this school | 525 | 36.0% | 29.8% |
| Homer High School Homer | 357 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| Colony High School Palmer | 1,046 | 31.3% | 36.2% |
| Palmer High School Palmer | 616 | 34.9% | 29.3% |
| Wasilla High School Wasilla | 816 | 33.3% | 30.6% |
| 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 Kenai Central High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.8% | #21 of 39 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #33 of 43 ▼ 17 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.5% | #27 of 44 ▲ 1 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 525 | #20 of 72 | #2 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.8:1 | #19 of 38 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.4% | #19 of 38 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #20 of 45 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.6% | #5 of 7 | 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
525
+154 (+42%) vs 2020
+24% since 1990-91, when it was 422
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 525 | 29.5 | 17.8:1 | 36% (189) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 27.3 | 18.1:1 | 30% (148) |
| 2022-23 | 463 | 27.4 | 16.9:1 | 32% (148) |
| 2020-21 | 371 | 26 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 462 | 29.4 | 15.7:1 | 32% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 508 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 28% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 31% (165) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 35 | 14.1:1 | 18% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kenai Central High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (462 to 525); teachers unchanged (29.4 to 29.5).
About Kenai Central High School
Kenai Central High School is a mid-sized high school. Its address is in Kenai, Alaska. The school enrolls 525 students in grades 9 through 12. High schools in Alaska average about 373 students, which makes this school 41% above average.
The district, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, has 8,510 students enrolled across 42 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Kenai Central High School is 62% White. Next come 21% multiracial, 10% Native American, and 6% Hispanic. The county population is about 79% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 55%.
There are 29.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Kenai Central High School, giving a ratio of 17.8:1. High schools in Alaska average 17.0:1, 0.8 fewer students per teacher than here. A total of 189 students, or 36%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Kenai Central High School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Alaska public high schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Kenai Central High School is 11.1 points below its prediction. Actual: 29.8%. Predicted: 41.0%.
In Kenai Peninsula Borough, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $80,538, about 30% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 42 public schools and about 8,510 students.
Kenai Middle School sits about 0.2 miles from Kenai Central High School. There are 6 other public schools within five miles. Among the 6 closest schools with test data, this one included, Kenai Central High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Town: Remote, or in a town far from an urbanized area.
Kenai Central High School had 371 students in 2020-21 and 525 in 2024-25, according to federal records. Those counts may cover different grade spans. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.8:1, from 14.3:1.
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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
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
- Homer High SchoolHigh · 357 students
Other schools in Kenai
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Nikiski North Star ElementaryElementary · 214 students
- Kaleidoscope School of Arts & ScienceElementary · 205 students
- Aurora Borealis Charter SchoolElementary · 199 students
- Kenai Alternative High SchoolHigh · 45 students
Nearby schools
- Kenai Middle School0.2 mi · 408
- Marathon School0.8 mi · 8
- Mt. View Elementary1.2 mi · 449
- Kenai Alternative High School1.5 mi · 45
- Aurora Borealis Charter School1.5 mi · 199
- Kaleidoscope School of Arts & Science2.3 mi · 205
Frequently asked questions
About Kenai Central High SchoolHow many students attend Kenai Central High School?
Kenai Central High School enrolls approximately 525 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Kenai Central High School serve?
Kenai Central High School serves grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Kenai Central High School have?
Kenai Central High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kenai Central High School?
At Kenai Central High School, the student body is approximately 62% White, 6% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Kenai Central High School?
Kenai Central High School is overseen by Kenai Peninsula Borough School District in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.