Enrollment
305
High
DISTRICT 173 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SITKA SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020024000143
Sitka High School
1000 Lake St, Sitka, AK 99835 · (907) 747-3263 · Sitka City and Borough
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL305 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Alaska public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
79 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 | 67 | 22% |
| Grade 10 | 86 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 76 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 76 | 25% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
56.1%
AK avg 36.1% . +11.8pp since 2023
Math
32.8%
AK avg 34.6% . +10.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 12 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 10 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 56.1% | 32.8% |
| 2023-24 | 44.3% | 22.5% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.5%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% 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 Sitka High School
Sitka High School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sitka High School this school | 305 | 25.9% | 42.8% |
| Ketchikan High School Ketchikan | 551 | 27.0% | 25.6% |
| Valdez High School Valdez | 175 | 33.1% | 38.4% |
| Homer High School Homer | 357 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
| Kenai Central High School Kenai | 525 | 36.0% | 29.8% |
| Hutchison High School Fairbanks | 356 | 25.0% | 34.5% |
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 Sitka High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #5 of 39 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.8% | #9 of 43 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #3 of 44 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 305 | #29 of 72 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #7 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.9% | #11 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.9% | #33 of 45 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #16 of 28 |
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
305
-11 (-3%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 443
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 305 | 20.9 | 14.6:1 | 26% (79) |
| 2023-24 | 335 | 22.1 | 15.2:1 | 33% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 25.3 | 13.0:1 | 28% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 316 | 24 | 13.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 339 | 25 | 13.6:1 | 35% (119) |
| 2015-16 | 359 | 23 | 15.6:1 | 26% (95) |
| 2010-11 | 373 | 25 | 14.9:1 | 26% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 15% (64) |
| 1990-91 | 443 | 28 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sitka High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (339 to 305); teachers down 17% (25 to 20.9).
About Sitka High School
Federal records list Sitka High School as a high school in Sitka, Alaska. The school enrolls 305 students in grades 9 through 12.
Sitka School District is the district for Sitka High School. It has 6 schools and 1,080 students.
More than half of the students at Sitka High School are White (52%). Beyond that, enrollment is 25% Native American, 10% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 5% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
There are 20.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Sitka High School, giving a ratio of 14.6:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Alaska is 17.0:1. A total of 79 students, or 26%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 44% average for public schools in Sitka City and Borough is 18 points.
Sitka High School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Alaska public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Sitka High School falls in the middle 80% of Alaska schools: 42.8% actual against 44.5% predicted.
For Sitka City and Borough, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $101,727, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 7 public schools in the county, enrolling about 1,502, Sitka High School among them.
Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary sits about 0.4 miles from Sitka High School. Around the school, 6 other public schools are within five miles. Sitka High School places 3rd of 4 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
The federal government classifies Sitka High School's location as Town: Remote.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 305, down from 316 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.2:1 to 14.6:1.
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Sitka City and Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,368
Census ACS
Median income
$101,727
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
1,502 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Sitka School District
- Keet Gooshi Heen ElementaryElementary · 275 students
- Blatchley Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 137 students
- Sitka REACHCombined · 82 students
- Pacific High SchoolHigh · 40 students
Other schools in Sitka
- Mt. Edgecumbe High SchoolHigh · 422 students
- Keet Gooshi Heen ElementaryElementary · 275 students
- Blatchley Middle SchoolMiddle · 241 students
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLElementary · 137 students
- Sitka REACHCombined · 82 students
- Pacific High SchoolHigh · 40 students
Nearby schools
- Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary0.4 mi · 275
- Blatchley Middle School0.4 mi · 241
- Sitka REACH0.7 mi · 82
- XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL0.7 mi · 137
- Pacific High School0.8 mi · 40
- Mt. Edgecumbe High School0.9 mi · 422
Frequently asked questions
About Sitka High SchoolHow many students attend Sitka High School?
Sitka High School enrolls approximately 305 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Sitka High School serve?
Sitka High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Sitka High School?
Approximately 14.6:1 students per teacher at Sitka High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sitka High School?
At Sitka High School, the student body is approximately 52% White, 5% Hispanic, 1% Black, 10% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Sitka High School public or private?
Sitka High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by Sitka School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.