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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at Mt. Edgecumbe High School this year?
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Enrollment
422
High
STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT EDGECUMBE·NCES 020000600558
Mt. Edgecumbe High School
1330 Seward Ave, Sitka, AK 99835 · (907) 966-3200 · Sitka City and Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 51% 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.
- A-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
16.9:1
25 FTE teachers
STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
324 students
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 | 104 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 117 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 107 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 94 | 22% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
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
34.1%
AK avg 36.1% . +10.2pp since 2023
Math
16.5%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.9pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 34 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 up about 10 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.1% | 16.5% |
| 2023-24 | 23.9% | 17.4% |
% 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
23.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
26.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 27% 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 Mt. Edgecumbe High School
Mt. Edgecumbe High School's state test result (23.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mt. Edgecumbe High School this school | 422 | 76.8% | 23.5% |
| Bethel Regional High School Bethel | 410 | 71.0% | 13.3% |
| Kotzebue Middle/High School Kotzebue | 299 | 84.3% | 8.0% |
| Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA) Galena | 185 | 87.6% | N/A |
| Metlakatla High School Metlakatla | 98 | 75.5% | N/A |
| Effie Kokrine Charter School Fairbanks | 139 | 59.7% | 14.4% |
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 Mt. Edgecumbe High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.5% | #32 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 16.5% | #30 of 43 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.1% | #21 of 44 ▲ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #22 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #16 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #38 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.8% | #6 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.5% | #28 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
422
+48 (+13%) vs 2020
+100% since 1990-91, when it was 211
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 422 | 24.9 | 16.9:1 | 77% (324) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 26.5 | 15.1:1 | 78% (313) |
| 2022-23 | 407 | 25.8 | 15.8:1 | 79% (323) |
| 2020-21 | 374 | 23 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 424 | 24.5 | 17.3:1 | 74% (313) |
| 2015-16 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | 73% (309) |
| 2010-11 | 400 | 22 | 18.2:1 | 54% (216) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 15 | 22.0:1 | 55% (181) |
| 1990-91 | 211 | 11 | 19.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (424 to 422); teachers up 2% (24.5 to 24.9).
About Mt. Edgecumbe High School
Mt. Edgecumbe High School is a medium-sized high school based in Sitka, Alaska. Enrolled students number 422 students, in grades 9 through 12.
Federal records list Mount Edgecumbe as the district for Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
Native American students are the large majority at Mt. Edgecumbe High School, with 89% of enrollment. Other groups include 6% White. By the diversity index, Mt. Edgecumbe High School comes in at 21%.
A ratio of 16.9:1 comes from the school's 24.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. High schools in Alaska average about 17.0:1, a similar figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 77% in 2024-25. Across public schools in Sitka City and Borough, the average is 44%.
Measured against Alaska public high schools, Mt. Edgecumbe High School receives a B-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Mt. Edgecumbe High School is 3.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (23.5% versus 26.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alaska.
County data help place the school in context: in Sitka City and Borough, median household income is about $101,727, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The public schools of Sitka City and Borough number 7 and enroll about 1,502.
The closest public school to Mt. Edgecumbe High School is Blatchley Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Mt. Edgecumbe High School, there are 6 other public schools. In a group of 4 nearby schools with scores, Mt. Edgecumbe High School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Mt. Edgecumbe High School in the Town: Remote locale, which means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment was 374 in 2020-21 and 422 in 2024-25, a gain of 48 students.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Sitka City and Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,368
Census ACS
Median income
$101,727
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sitka
- Sitka High SchoolHigh · 305 students
- Keet Gooshi Heen ElementaryElementary · 275 students
- Blatchley Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 137 students
- Sitka REACHCombined · 82 students
- Pacific High SchoolHigh · 40 students
Nearby schools
- Blatchley Middle School0.4 mi · 241
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.8 mi · 137
- Sitka REACH0.8 mi · 82
- Pacific High School0.8 mi · 40
- Sitka High School0.9 mi · 305
- Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary0.9 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Mt. Edgecumbe High SchoolHow large is Mt. Edgecumbe High School?
Mt. Edgecumbe High School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Mt. Edgecumbe High School serve?
Mt. Edgecumbe High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Mt. Edgecumbe High School?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Mt. Edgecumbe High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mt. Edgecumbe High School?
At Mt. Edgecumbe High School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 1% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Mt. Edgecumbe High School public or private?
Mt. Edgecumbe High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Mount Edgecumbe.
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