Alaska schools ranked by test score
Latest AK STAR + Alaska Science year (2024-25). 41 schools with reported Science scores. State average: 43.3%.
| Rank | School | Level | Science | vs state |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Homer High School Homer · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 63.8% | +20.5pp |
| 2 | Steller Secondary School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 63.6% | +20.3pp |
| 3 | Valdez High School Valdez · Valdez City School District | High | 60.5% | +17.2pp |
| 4 | Cordova Jr/Sr High School Cordova · Cordova City School District | High | 57.1% | +13.8pp |
| 5 | Sitka High School Sitka · Sitka School District | High | 53.1% | +9.8pp |
| 6 | Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 51.2% | +7.9pp |
| 7 | Houston High School Big Lake · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 50.7% | +7.4pp |
| 8 | West Valley High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 50.2% | +6.9pp |
| 9 | South Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 49.2% | +5.9pp |
| 10 | Petersburg High School Petersburg · Petersburg Borough School District | High | 48.3% | +5.0pp |
| 11 | Highland Academy Charter Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 47.3% | +4.0pp |
| 12 | Chugiak High School Chugiak · Anchorage School District | High | 46.7% | +3.4pp |
| 13 | Kenai Central High School Kenai · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 45.4% | +2.1pp |
| 14 | Wasilla High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 45.2% | +1.9pp |
| 15 | Eagle River High School Eagle River · Anchorage School District | High | 44.4% | +1.1pp |
| 16 | Lathrop High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 43.6% | +0.3pp |
| 17 | Seward High School Seward · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 42.4% | -0.9pp |
| 18 | Juneau-Douglas High School: Yadaa.at Kale Juneau · Juneau Borough School District | High | 42.0% | -1.3pp |
| 19 | Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 41.9% | -1.4pp |
| 20 | Colony High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 41.3% | -2.0pp |
| 21 | Ketchikan High School Ketchikan · Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District | High | 39.8% | -3.5pp |
| 22 | Unalaska Jr/Sr High School Unalaska · Unalaska City School District | High | 39.7% | -3.6pp |
| 23 | West High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 39.3% | -4.0pp |
| 24 | Hutchison High School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 39.1% | -4.2pp |
| 25 | Soldotna High School Soldotna · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District | High | 38.1% | -5.2pp |
| 26 | Palmer High School Palmer · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 36.0% | -7.3pp |
| 27 | Kodiak High School Kodiak · Kodiak Island Borough School District | High | 34.8% | -8.5pp |
| 28 | North Pole High School North Pole · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 34.8% | -8.5pp |
| 29 | Dimond High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 32.9% | -10.4pp |
| 30 | Dillingham Middle/High School Dillingham · Dillingham City School District | High | 30.7% | -12.6pp |
| 31 | Susitna Valley High Talkeetna · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 30.7% | -12.6pp |
| 32 | Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School Wasilla · Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | High | 30.0% | -13.3pp |
| 33 | Service High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 28.5% | -14.8pp |
| 34 | Barrow High School Utqiagvik · North Slope Borough School District | High | 27.5% | -15.8pp |
| 35 | Galena Interior Learning Academy (GILA) Galena · Galena City School District | High | 26.7% | -16.6pp |
| 36 | Nome-Beltz Middle/High Nome · Nome Public Schools | High | 25.8% | -17.5pp |
| 37 | Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School Anchorage · Anchorage School District | High | 24.8% | -18.5pp |
| 38 | Mt. Edgecumbe High School Sitka · Mount Edgecumbe | High | 22.1% | -21.2pp |
| 39 | Effie Kokrine Charter School Fairbanks · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | High | 18.4% | -24.9pp |
| 40 | Bethel Regional High School Bethel · Lower Kuskokwim School District | High | 11.7% | -31.6pp |
| 41 | Kotzebue Middle/High School Kotzebue · Northwest Arctic Borough School District | High | 7.3% | -36.0pp |
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 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.