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Enrollment
788
High
DISTRICT 416 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020060000270
Lathrop High School
901 Airport Way, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 456-7794 · Fairbanks North Star Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL788 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 33% of Alaska public high schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
17.3:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
32%
254 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 218 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 203 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 204 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 21% |
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
30.8%
AK avg 36.1% . -1.2pp since 2023
Math
16.8%
AK avg 34.6% . -4.1pp since 2023
What 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 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 1 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 30.8% | 16.8% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 20.9% |
% 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
29.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.3%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Lathrop High School
Lathrop High School's state test result (29.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop High School this school | 788 | 32.2% | 29.2% |
| West High School Anchorage | 1,702 | 37.7% | 32.8% |
| Service High School Anchorage | 1,518 | 28.3% | 25.2% |
| Dimond High School Anchorage | 1,373 | 27.9% | 24.8% |
| Eagle River High School Eagle River | 771 | 14.0% | 40.3% |
| Hutchison High School Fairbanks | 356 | 25.0% | 34.5% |
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 Lathrop High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Fairbanks North Star Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.2% | #23 of 39 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.8% | #28 of 43 ▼ 5 | #5 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.8% | #28 of 44 ▼ 1 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 788 | #10 of 72 | #1 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #17 of 38 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 73.4% | #7 of 38 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.2% | #26 of 45 | #2 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #2 of 28 | 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
788
-57 (-7%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,344
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 17.6:1
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 | 788 | 45.6 | 17.3:1 | 32% (254) |
| 2023-24 | 855 | 46.1 | 18.5:1 | 41% (348) |
| 2022-23 | 886 | 44.6 | 19.9:1 | 36% (321) |
| 2020-21 | 845 | 48 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 1,023 | 53 | 19.3:1 | 14% (145) |
| 2015-16 | 1,040 | 55 | 18.9:1 | 37% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 1,131 | 68 | 16.6:1 | 23% (265) |
| 2000-01 | 1,542 | 77 | 20.0:1 | 15% (237) |
| 1990-91 | 1,344 | 73 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lathrop High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,023 to 788); teachers down 14% (53 to 45.6).
About Lathrop High School
Families in Fairbanks, Alaska, are served by Lathrop High School, a large high school. In all, 788 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That is 111% bigger than the average of about 373 students for high schools in Alaska.
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District runs Lathrop High School along with 33 other schools, enrolling 12,214 students in total.
The largest group at Lathrop High School is White students, at 45%. Other students are 19% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 8% Native American, and 7% Black. That is lower than the 69% White share among all Fairbanks North Star Borough residents. The diversity index for Lathrop High School is 73%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 45.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.3:1. That is in line with the 17.0:1 average for high schools in Alaska. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 32% of the student body. The average for public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough is similar, at 33%.
Lathrop High School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 33% of Alaska public high schools.
Compared with Alaska schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lathrop High School's results are 13.1 points below predicted: 29.2% against 42.3%.
In Fairbanks North Star Borough, median household income comes to about $88,267, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The county's public schools total 39, with about 23,777 students.
Ryan Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Lathrop High School is 5th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Federal data place Lathrop High School in the City: Small locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school's enrollment decreased 7% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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Fairbanks North Star Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,460
Census ACS
Median income
$88,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
23,777 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- North Pole High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- North Pole Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Ryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
Other schools in Fairbanks
- Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)Combined · 7,876 students
- Raven SchoolCombined · 3,687 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
- Ryan Middle SchoolMiddle · 463 students
Other Lathrop High schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Lathrop High. Lathrop High School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Lathrop HighLathrop, CA · 1,486 students
- Lathrop High SchoolLathrop, MO · 272 students
Nearby schools
- Ryan Middle School0.1 mi · 463
- Hunter Elementary0.2 mi · 332
- Barnette Magnet School0.2 mi · 417
- Denali Elementary0.6 mi · 300
- Boreal Sun Charter School0.7 mi · 201
- Golden Heart Academy1.0 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Lathrop High SchoolHow many students attend Lathrop High School?
Lathrop High School enrolls approximately 788 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Lathrop High School serve?
Lathrop High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Lathrop High School?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at Lathrop High School.
How diverse is Lathrop High School?
Lathrop High School reports a student body of 45% White, 13% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% Asian, 19% Two or more.
Who oversees Lathrop High School?
Lathrop High School is overseen by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.