Alaska schools ranked by test score
Latest AK STAR + Alaska Science year (2023-24). 45 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 35.2%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Petersburg High School Petersburg · Petersburg Borough School District | High | 58.6% | +23.4pp |
| 2 | Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High School Eielson AFB · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 58.3% | +23.1pp |
| 3 | Cordova Jr/Sr High School Cordova · Cordova City School District | High | 54.2% | +19.0pp |
| 4 | Steller Secondary School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 53.7% | +18.5pp |
| 5 | Seward High School Seward · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 48.5% | +13.3pp |
| 6 | Eagle River High School Eagle River · Anchorage School District | High | 46.4% | +11.2pp |
| 7 | Homer High School Homer · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 44.3% | +9.1pp |
| 8 | Sitka High School Sitka · Sitka School District | High | 44.3% | +9.1pp |
| 9 | Colony High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 43.9% | +8.7pp |
| 10 | Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 43.2% | +8.0pp |
| 11 | West High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 42.8% | +7.6pp |
| 12 | West Valley High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 41.9% | +6.7pp |
| 13 | Hutchison High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 41.7% | +6.5pp |
| 14 | Thunder Mountain High School Juneau · Juneau Borough School District | High | 41.6% | +6.4pp |
| 15 | Chugiak High School Chugiak · Anchorage School District | High | 41.0% | +5.8pp |
| 16 | South Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 40.3% | +5.1pp |
| 17 | Wasilla High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 39.6% | +4.4pp |
| 18 | Valdez High School Valdez · Valdez City School District | High | 37.5% | +2.3pp |
| 19 | Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale Juneau · Juneau Borough School District | High | 35.7% | +0.5pp |
| 20 | Houston High School Big Lake · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 35.3% | +0.1pp |
| 21 | Dimond High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 34.2% | -1.0pp |
| 22 | Unalaska Jr/Sr High School Unalaska · Unalaska City School District | High | 33.7% | -1.5pp |
| 23 | Kodiak High School Kodiak · Kodiak Island Borough School District | High | 33.1% | -2.1pp |
| 24 | Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 32.5% | -2.7pp |
| 25 | Highland Academy Charter Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 32.2% | -3.0pp |
| 26 | Lathrop High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 32.0% | -3.2pp |
| 27 | Kenai Central High School Kenai · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 31.5% | -3.7pp |
| 28 | Soldotna High School Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 31.5% | -3.7pp |
| 29 | Ketchikan High School Ketchikan · Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District | High | 29.0% | -6.2pp |
| 30 | Susitna Valley High Talkeetna · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 28.0% | -7.2pp |
| 31 | Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 27.3% | -7.9pp |
| 32 | Service High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 26.0% | -9.2pp |
| 33 | Glennallen Jr/Sr High School Glennallen · Copper River School District | High | 24.2% | -11.0pp |
| 34 | River City Academy Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 24.0% | -11.2pp |
| 35 | Mt. Edgecumbe High School Sitka · Mount Edgecumbe | High | 23.9% | -11.3pp |
| 36 | Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 23.7% | -11.5pp |
| 37 | North Pole High School North Pole · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 23.7% | -11.5pp |
| 38 | Palmer High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 23.4% | -11.8pp |
| 39 | Effie Kokrine Charter School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 18.2% | -17.0pp |
| 40 | Barrow High School Utqiagvik · North Slope Borough School District | High | 14.5% | -20.7pp |
| 41 | Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA) Galena · Galena City School District | High | 14.3% | -20.9pp |
| 42 | Dillingham Middle/High School Dillingham · Dillingham City School District | High | 12.2% | -23.0pp |
| 43 | Kotzebue Middle/High School Kotzebue · Northwest Arctic Borough School District | High | 10.4% | -24.8pp |
| 44 | Bethel Regional High School Bethel · Lower Kuskokwim School District | High | 9.2% | -26.0pp |
| 45 | Nome-Beltz Middle/High Nome · Nome Public Schools | High | 5.9% | -29.3pp |
About this ranking
Schools are ranked by the percentage of students who scored at or above the AK STAR + Alaska Science % Advanced + Proficient threshold on the latest available AK STAR + Alaska Science English Language Arts test (school year 2023-24). A higher percentage is better.
Only public schools with a reasonable cohort size are included (at least 50 total students enrolled, since the source file does not include per-subject student counts), so very small programs and special-purpose centers are filtered out.
The state average shown above is enrollment-weighted: we multiply each school's score by how many of its students tested, sum those across every public school in Alaska, and divide by the total students tested. This way a big school counts more than a tiny one in the typical-student average.