Lathrop High School

Lathrop High School is one of the sprawling 9-12 campuss in Fairbanks, Alaska, overseen by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, with 788 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 373 students per school, that is 111% bigger than typical.

Lathrop High School is one of 34 schools operated by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, a district that instructs 12,214 students overall.

Looking at the student body, Lathrop High School reports that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 19% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 8% Native American, 7% Black. By comparison, Fairbanks North Star Borough as a whole is about 69% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.3:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Fairbanks North Star Borough) shows that the typical household earns roughly $88,267 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 3%. Lathrop High School is one of 39 public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough (combined enrollment of about 23,777 students).

The closest other public school is Ryan Middle School, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Lathrop High School.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. Lathrop High School's enrollment has edged down 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,023 (now 788). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 54% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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