Enrollment
204
Elementary
DISTRICT 211 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KETCHIKAN GATEWAY BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020015000584
Point Higgins School
981 North Point Higgins Rd NTG, Ketchikan, AK 99901 · (907) 247-1500 · Ketchikan Gateway Borough
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL204 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 44% of Alaska public elementary schools
- B-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.
- ·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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
45 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 22 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 35 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 7% |
| Grade 3 | 29 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 31 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (22) is 29% smaller than its 6th grade class (31).
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
39.0%
AK avg 36.1% . +3.8pp since 2023
Math
41.5%
AK avg 34.6% . +1.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 42 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 41.5% |
| 2023-24 | 35.2% | 40.4% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Point Higgins School
Point Higgins School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Point Higgins School this school | 204 | 22.1% | 43.4% |
| Soldotna Montessori Charter School Soldotna | 164 | 24.4% | N/A |
| Hermon Hutchens Elementary Valdez | 287 | 26.8% | 54.4% |
| Peterson Elementary Kodiak | 206 | 27.7% | 63.2% |
| Rabbit Creek Elementary Anchorage | 288 | 20.8% | 58.6% |
| Discovery Peak Charter School North Pole | 193 | 19.2% | 31.4% |
Matched among Alaska elementary 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 Point Higgins School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #61 of 134 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #69 of 150 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #73 of 150 ▲ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 204 | #122 of 169 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #3 of 125 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.6% | #111 of 125 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 22.1% | #123 of 142 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #23 of 115 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
204
-30 (-13%) vs 2020
-46% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 204 | 18 | 11.3:1 | 22% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | 25% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 241 | 21 | 11.5:1 | 27% (65) |
| 2020-21 | 234 | 20 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 295 | 16.5 | 17.9:1 | 33% (96) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 18 | 15.3:1 | 36% (98) |
| 2010-11 | 232 | 15 | 15.5:1 | 25% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 281 | 15 | 18.7:1 | 18% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 17 | 22.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Point Higgins School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (295 to 204); teachers up 9% (16.5 to 18).
About Point Higgins School
Point Higgins School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in Ketchikan, Alaska. In all, 204 students attend the school in pre-K through 6. That is 26% below the average of about 277 students for elementary schools in Alaska.
The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District system has 9 schools and 2,043 students.
The largest group at Point Higgins School is White students, at 70%. Enrollment also includes 18% Native American and 7% multiracial. The diversity index for Point Higgins School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.3 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Alaska is 15.3:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 22% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. Public schools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough average 38%.
Point Higgins School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 44% of Alaska public elementary schools.
In Alaska, Point Higgins School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 43.4% actual against a predicted 45.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Ketchikan Gateway Borough show that the median household earns about $92,885 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Ketchikan Gateway Borough, 9 public schools serve about 2,043 students.
Point Higgins School's closest public school neighbor is Houghtaling Elementary, about 9.6 miles away. The ten-mile area around Point Higgins School holds 4 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Point Higgins School at 2nd of 6.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 30 students, from 234 to 204.
This page collects posts and questions about Point Higgins School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ketchikan Gateway Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
13,768
Census ACS
Median income
$92,885
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
2,043 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District
- Ketchikan High SchoolHigh · 551 students
- Houghtaling ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Schoenbar Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
- Fawn Mountain ElementaryElementary · 210 students
- Ketchikan Charter SchoolElementary · 190 students
- Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter SchoolElementary · 140 students
Other schools in Ketchikan
- Ketchikan High SchoolHigh · 551 students
- Houghtaling ElementaryElementary · 310 students
- Schoenbar Middle SchoolMiddle · 252 students
- Fawn Mountain ElementaryElementary · 210 students
- Ketchikan Charter SchoolElementary · 190 students
- Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter SchoolElementary · 140 students
Nearby schools
- Houghtaling Elementary9.6 mi · 310
- Revilla Jr/Sr High School9.6 mi · 110
- Fast Track9.8 mi · 76
- Ketchikan High School9.8 mi · 551
- Ketchikan Charter School11.0 mi · 190
- Tongass School of Arts and Sciences Charter School11.0 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Point Higgins SchoolHow large is Point Higgins School?
Point Higgins School enrolls approximately 204 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Point Higgins School serve?
Point Higgins School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Point Higgins School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Point Higgins School.
What is the student diversity at Point Higgins School?
Student demographics at Point Higgins School are roughly 70% White, 2% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Point Higgins School?
Point Higgins School is overseen by Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District in Ketchikan Gateway Borough.
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