Alaska schools ranked by test score
Latest AK STAR + Alaska Science year (2023-24). 45 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 41.9%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ben Eielson Jr/Sr High School Eielson AFB · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 70.6% | +28.7pp |
| 2 | Petersburg High School Petersburg · Petersburg Borough School District | High | 66.7% | +24.8pp |
| 3 | Steller Secondary School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 59.7% | +17.8pp |
| 4 | Delta Junction Senior High School Delta Junction · Delta/Greely School District | High | 52.8% | +10.9pp |
| 5 | Highland Academy Charter Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 51.1% | +9.2pp |
| 6 | Homer High School Homer · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 50.6% | +8.7pp |
| 7 | Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale Juneau · Juneau Borough School District | High | 50.0% | +8.1pp |
| 8 | Sitka High School Sitka · Sitka School District | High | 48.2% | +6.3pp |
| 9 | South Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 45.7% | +3.8pp |
| 10 | Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 45.6% | +3.7pp |
| 11 | Valdez High School Valdez · Valdez City School District | High | 44.8% | +2.9pp |
| 12 | Seward High School Seward · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 44.4% | +2.5pp |
| 13 | Cordova Jr/Sr High School Cordova · Cordova City School District | High | 43.6% | +1.7pp |
| 14 | Colony High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 43.0% | +1.1pp |
| 15 | Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 42.9% | +1.0pp |
| 16 | Eagle River High School Eagle River · Anchorage School District | High | 42.1% | +0.2pp |
| 17 | Chugiak High School Chugiak · Anchorage School District | High | 40.4% | -1.5pp |
| 18 | Soldotna High School Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 38.9% | -3.0pp |
| 19 | West Valley High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 37.7% | -4.2pp |
| 20 | Palmer High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 36.9% | -5.0pp |
| 21 | Hutchison High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 35.9% | -6.0pp |
| 22 | Unalaska Jr/Sr High School Unalaska · Unalaska City School District | High | 33.3% | -8.6pp |
| 23 | Thunder Mountain High School Juneau · Juneau Borough School District | High | 32.8% | -9.1pp |
| 24 | Lathrop High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 31.1% | -10.8pp |
| 25 | Wasilla High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 30.7% | -11.2pp |
| 26 | Kenai Central High School Kenai · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 30.3% | -11.6pp |
| 27 | Houston High School Big Lake · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 29.6% | -12.3pp |
| 28 | River City Academy Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 29.2% | -12.7pp |
| 29 | Service High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 28.9% | -13.0pp |
| 30 | Ketchikan High School Ketchikan · Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District | High | 28.0% | -13.9pp |
| 31 | Kodiak High School Kodiak · Kodiak Island Borough School District | High | 27.5% | -14.4pp |
| 32 | North Pole High School North Pole · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 27.2% | -14.7pp |
| 33 | Mt. Edgecumbe High School Sitka · Mount Edgecumbe | High | 27.1% | -14.8pp |
| 34 | Susitna Valley High Talkeetna · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 26.9% | -15.0pp |
| 35 | Dimond High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 26.8% | -15.1pp |
| 36 | West High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 25.3% | -16.6pp |
| 37 | Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 25.2% | -16.7pp |
| 38 | Dillingham Middle/High School Dillingham · Dillingham City School District | High | 24.6% | -17.3pp |
| 39 | Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 20.9% | -21.0pp |
| 40 | Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA) Galena · Galena City School District | High | 19.6% | -22.3pp |
| 41 | Bethel Regional High School Bethel · Lower Kuskokwim School District | High | 18.9% | -23.0pp |
| 42 | Kotzebue Middle/High School Kotzebue · Northwest Arctic Borough School District | High | 13.6% | -28.3pp |
| 43 | Barrow High School Utqiagvik · North Slope Borough School District | High | 12.7% | -29.2pp |
| 44 | Effie Kokrine Charter School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 12.5% | -29.4pp |
| 45 | Nome-Beltz Middle/High Nome · Nome Public Schools | High | 10.5% | -31.4pp |
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 Science 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.