Enrollment
299
High
DISTRICT 150 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ARCTIC BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020062500569
Kotzebue Middle/High School
744 Third Ave, Kotzebue, AK 99752 · (907) 442-1875 · Northwest Arctic Borough
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Alaska public high schools
- FTest 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.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
16.6:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
252 students
DISTRICT 96% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 6 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 7 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 8 | 45 | 15% |
| Grade 9 | 48 | 16% |
| Grade 10 | 26 | 9% |
| Grade 11 | 46 | 15% |
| Grade 12 | 38 | 13% |
Student demographics
25%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within Northwest Arctic Borough School District. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
5.7%
AK avg 36.1% . -4.7pp since 2023
Math
4.6%
AK avg 34.6% . -1.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 6 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.7% | 4.6% |
| 2023-24 | 10.4% | 6.5% |
% 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
8.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.2%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 8% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 24% 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 Kotzebue Middle/High School
Kotzebue Middle/High School's state test result (8.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kotzebue Middle/High School this school | 299 | 84.3% | 8.0% |
| Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA) Galena | 185 | 87.6% | N/A |
| Mt. Edgecumbe High School Sitka | 422 | 76.8% | 23.5% |
| Bethel Regional High School Bethel | 410 | 71.0% | 13.3% |
| Nome-Beltz Middle/High Nome | 274 | 99.6% | 10.3% |
| Metlakatla High School Metlakatla | 98 | 75.5% | N/A |
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 Kotzebue Middle/High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 8.0% | #39 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 4.6% | #43 of 43 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.7% | #44 of 44 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #30 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #10 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 25.2% | #36 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #5 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.4% | #19 of 28 |
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
299
-41 (-12%) vs 2020
+130% since 1990-91, when it was 130
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
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 | 299 | 18 | 16.6:1 | 84% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 336 | 17.8 | 18.9:1 | 89% (299) |
| 2022-23 | 328 | 15 | 21.9:1 | 96% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 340 | 20 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 323 | 24.8 | 13.0:1 | 1% (3) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 20 | 16.5:1 | 100% (330) |
| 2010-11 | 298 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 51% (153) |
| 2000-01 | 353 | 24 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
| 1990-91 | 130 | 15 | 8.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kotzebue Middle/High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (323 to 299); teachers down 27% (24.8 to 18).
About Kotzebue Middle/High School
Kotzebue Middle/High School, located in Kotzebue, Alaska, is a low-enrollment high school. The school serves grades 6 through 12. Enrollment is 299 students.
District-wide, Northwest Arctic Borough School District has 13 schools and 1,945 students.
Native American students are 86% of those enrolled at Kotzebue Middle/High School. The remaining shares are 9% multiracial and 4% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 25%.
Its ratio of 16.6:1 is based on 18 full-time-equivalent teachers. The ratio is within a point of the 17.0:1 average for high schools in Alaska. In all, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Northwest Arctic Borough is 94%.
Kotzebue Middle/High School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Alaska public high schools.
Kotzebue Middle/High School is in the bottom 10% of Alaska schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.2%. The school's actual rate is 8.0%, 16.2 points lower.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Northwest Arctic Borough show that the median household earns about $84,018 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and roughly 15% of residents are in poverty. Across Northwest Arctic Borough, 13 public schools serve about 1,945 students.
Kotzebue Middle/High School's nearest public school is NWABSD Home School (less than a tenth of a mile). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 2 other public schools.
In the federal locale system, Kotzebue Middle/High School is coded Rural: Remote, for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school's enrollment decreased 12% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Kotzebue Middle/High School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Northwest Arctic Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
7,441
Census ACS
Median income
$84,018
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
1,945 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Northwest Arctic Borough School District
- June Nelson ElementaryElementary · 302 students
- Davis-Ramoth SchoolCombined · 252 students
- Buckland SchoolCombined · 224 students
- Aqqaluk High/Noorvik ElementaryCombined · 212 students
- Napaaqtugmiut SchoolCombined · 161 students
- Kisimgiugtuq SchoolCombined · 150 students
Other schools in Kotzebue
- June Nelson ElementaryElementary · 302 students
- NWABSD Home SchoolCombined · 25 students
Nearby schools
- NWABSD Home School0.0 mi · 25
- June Nelson Elementary0.0 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Kotzebue Middle/High SchoolHow many students attend Kotzebue Middle/High School?
Kotzebue Middle/High School enrolls approximately 299 students in grades 06-12.
What age range does Kotzebue Middle/High School serve?
Kotzebue Middle/High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kotzebue Middle/High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kotzebue Middle/High School is approximately 16.6:1 (18 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kotzebue Middle/High School?
Kotzebue Middle/High School reports a student body of 4% White, 1% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Kotzebue Middle/High School in?
Kotzebue Middle/High School is part of Northwest Arctic Borough School District.
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