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Kodiak High School
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Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientWhat this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 5 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 30% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About Kodiak High School
Kodiak High School operates as a sprawling high school in Kodiak, Alaska, overseen by Kodiak Island Borough School District. Current enrollment sits at 579 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 373 students each, so Kodiak High School sits 55% bigger than that benchmark.
Kodiak Island Borough School District comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 2,132 students; Kodiak High School is among them.
On demographics, Kodiak High School lists that the most-represented group is White (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 27% Asian, 22% Native American, 7% multiracial, 7% Hispanic. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.
In terms of school funding signals, Kodiak High School lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kodiak Island Borough runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, Kodiak High School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 29.6%; this one delivers 24.1%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Kodiak Island Borough) shows that the typical household earns roughly $86,250 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Kodiak High School is one of 12 public schools in Kodiak Island Borough (combined enrollment of about 2,122 students).
The closest other public school is AKTEACH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Kodiak High School's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 657 (now 579). Over the same period, the Asian share shrank from 33% to 27%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.2:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.
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Kodiak Island Borough at a glance
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Related schools
- Kodiak Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
- East ElementaryElementary · 289 students
- Peterson ElementaryElementary · 206 students
- AKTEACHCombined · 199 students
- Main ElementaryElementary · 177 students
- North Star ElementaryElementary · 161 students
- Kodiak Middle SchoolMiddle · 401 students
- East ElementaryElementary · 289 students
- Peterson ElementaryElementary · 206 students
- AKTEACHCombined · 199 students
- Main ElementaryElementary · 177 students
- North Star ElementaryElementary · 161 students
- AKTEACH0.1 mi · 199
- Kodiak Middle School0.1 mi · 401
- Main Elementary0.2 mi · 177
- East Elementary1.2 mi · 289
- North Star Elementary2.2 mi · 161
- Peterson Elementary4.9 mi · 206