Alaska schools ranked by test score
Latest AK STAR + Alaska Science year (2024-25). 42 schools with reported English Language Arts scores. State average: 36.1%.
| Rank | School | Level | English Language Arts | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homer High School Homer · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 67.1% | +31.0pp |
| 2 | Sitka High School Sitka · Sitka School District | High | 56.1% | +20.0pp |
| 3 | Delta Junction Senior High School Delta Junction · Delta/Greely School District | High | 54.9% | +18.8pp |
| 4 | Hutchison High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 49.0% | +12.9pp |
| 5 | South Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 49.0% | +12.9pp |
| 6 | Cordova Jr/Sr High School Cordova · Cordova City School District | High | 48.3% | +12.2pp |
| 7 | Steller Secondary School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 48.1% | +12.0pp |
| 8 | Valdez High School Valdez · Valdez City School District | High | 45.0% | +8.9pp |
| 9 | Petersburg High School Petersburg · Petersburg Borough School District | High | 43.9% | +7.8pp |
| 10 | West Valley High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 41.6% | +5.5pp |
| 11 | Chugiak High School Chugiak · Anchorage School District | High | 41.2% | +5.1pp |
| 12 | Unalaska Jr/Sr High School Unalaska · Unalaska City School District | High | 40.7% | +4.6pp |
| 13 | Eagle River High School Eagle River · Anchorage School District | High | 40.6% | +4.5pp |
| 14 | Susitna Valley High Talkeetna · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 40.5% | +4.4pp |
| 15 | Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 40.0% | +3.9pp |
| 16 | West High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 39.1% | +3.0pp |
| 17 | Colony High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 39.0% | +2.9pp |
| 18 | River City Academy Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 35.5% | -0.6pp |
| 19 | Palmer High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 35.2% | -0.9pp |
| 20 | Mt. Edgecumbe High School Sitka · Mount Edgecumbe | High | 34.1% | -2.0pp |
| 21 | Soldotna High School Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 33.8% | -2.3pp |
| 22 | Seward High School Seward · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 32.5% | -3.6pp |
| 23 | North Pole High School North Pole · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 32.4% | -3.7pp |
| 24 | Service High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 31.7% | -4.4pp |
| 25 | Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale Juneau · Juneau Borough School District | High | 31.5% | -4.6pp |
| 26 | Kenai Central High School Kenai · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 31.5% | -4.6pp |
| 27 | Lathrop High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 30.8% | -5.3pp |
| 28 | Kodiak High School Kodiak · Kodiak Island Borough School District | High | 30.5% | -5.6pp |
| 29 | Highland Academy Charter Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 30.0% | -6.1pp |
| 30 | Wasilla High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 29.0% | -7.1pp |
| 31 | Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 25.7% | -10.4pp |
| 32 | Dimond High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 24.7% | -11.4pp |
| 33 | Ketchikan High School Ketchikan · Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District | High | 24.6% | -11.5pp |
| 34 | Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 24.5% | -11.6pp |
| 35 | Houston High School Big Lake · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 24.1% | -12.0pp |
| 36 | Effie Kokrine Charter School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 17.3% | -18.8pp |
| 37 | Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 16.9% | -19.2pp |
| 38 | Bethel Regional High School Bethel · Lower Kuskokwim School District | High | 11.5% | -24.6pp |
| 39 | Barrow High School Utqiagvik · North Slope Borough School District | High | 10.7% | -25.4pp |
| 40 | Dillingham Middle/High School Dillingham · Dillingham City School District | High | 10.6% | -25.5pp |
| 41 | Nome-Beltz Middle/High Nome · Nome Public Schools | High | 8.7% | -27.4pp |
| 42 | Kotzebue Middle/High School Kotzebue · Northwest Arctic Borough School District | High | 5.7% | -30.4pp |
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 2024-25). 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.