Mt. Edgecumbe High School

Set in Sitka, Alaska, Mt. Edgecumbe High School is a reasonably sized high school, operated by Mount Edgecumbe. It educates 422 students across grades 9 through 12.

Mt. Edgecumbe High School sits inside Mount Edgecumbe, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Mt. Edgecumbe High School shows that 89% of students identify as Native American, making the school strongly Native American-majority; the rest comes out to 6% White.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages about 17.0:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 77% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Sitka City and Borough's rate of about 44%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Sitka City and Borough put the typical household earns roughly $101,727 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Sitka City and Borough's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,502 students), Mt. Edgecumbe High School is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is Blatchley Middle School, roughly 0.4 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Mt. Edgecumbe High School's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 424 (now 422).

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