Enrollment
173
High
DISTRICT 244 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000540
Seward High School
2100 Swetmann, Seward, AK 99664 · (907) 224-9040 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL173 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
9 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
45 students
DISTRICT 48% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 44 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 44 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 42 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 43 | 25% |
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
32.5%
AK avg 36.1% . -16.0pp since 2023
Math
15.8%
AK avg 34.6% . +3.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 16 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 32.5% | 15.8% |
| 2023-24 | 48.5% | 12.5% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Seward High School
Seward High School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Seward High School this school | 173 | 26.0% | 32.7% |
| Delta Junction Senior High School Delta Junction | 126 | 17.5% | 41.4% |
| Palmer High School Palmer | 616 | 34.9% | 29.3% |
| North Pole High School North Pole | 695 | 22.4% | 26.6% |
| Homer High School Homer | 357 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| West Valley High School Fairbanks | 782 | 21.1% | 37.2% |
Matched among Alaska high 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 Seward High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #18 of 39 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.8% | #32 of 43 ▲ 5 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #23 of 44 ▼ 17 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 173 | #43 of 72 | #5 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.0% | #32 of 45 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
173
+28 (+19%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 314
Student : Teacher
19.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 173 | 9 | 19.3:1 | 26% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 164 | 10.2 | 16.0:1 | 20% (33) |
| 2022-23 | 140 | 9.8 | 14.3:1 | 30% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 145 | 10 | 14.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 183 | 11.7 | 15.7:1 | 36% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 178 | 13 | 13.7:1 | 26% (47) |
| 2010-11 | 168 | 12 | 14.0:1 | 32% (54) |
| 2000-01 | 426 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 26% (110) |
| 1990-91 | 314 | 23 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Seward High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (183 to 173); teachers down 23% (11.7 to 9).
About Seward High School
Seward High School is a small high school found in Seward, Alaska. It educates 173 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Alaska is about 373 students.
A total of 42 schools make up Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, with 8,510 students enrolled.
White students make up a majority at Seward High School, at 61%. Smaller groups are 20% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, 4% Native American, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Kenai Peninsula Borough is roughly 79% White. The school's diversity index is 57%, meaning two students picked at random have a 57% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Seward High School operates with 9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 19.3:1. On average, high schools in Alaska have 17.0:1, compared with 19.3:1 here. Seward High School reports 26% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 17 points below the 43% average for public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
On BeatsExpectations, Seward High School is 11.8 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Alaska schools.
County data help place the school in context: in Kenai Peninsula Borough, the median household income is $80,538, roughly 30% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Kenai Peninsula Borough is home to 42 public schools and about 8,510 public school students.
The nearest other public school, Seward Middle School, is about 0.1 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 2 other public schools.
Seward High School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Seward High School's enrollment climbed from 145 in 2020-21 to 173 in 2024-25. Students per teacher rose from 14.5 in 2020-21 to 19.3 in 2024-25.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Other schools in Seward
- William H. Seward Elementary SchoolElementary · 205 students
- Seward Middle SchoolMiddle · 104 students
Other Seward High schools
One other US public school is named Seward High. Seward High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- SEWARD HIGH SCHOOLSEWARD, NE · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Seward Middle School0.1 mi · 104
- William H. Seward Elementary School0.3 mi · 205
- Moose Pass School24.8 mi · 17
- Cooper Landing School28.1 mi · 16
Frequently asked questions
About Seward High SchoolHow many students attend Seward High School?
Seward High School enrolls approximately 173 students in grades 09-12.
Is Seward High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Seward High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Seward High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Seward High School is approximately 19.3:1 (9 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Seward High School?
At Seward High School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 20% Two or more.
What district is Seward High School in?
Seward High School is part of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
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