Enrollment
233
High
DISTRICT 468 · STATE 373
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATANUSKA-SUSITNA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020051000232
Susitna Valley High
42728 S Parks Hwy, Talkeetna, AK 99676 · (907) 733-9300 · Matanuska-Susitna Borough
GRADES 06–12HIGH43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL233 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Alaska public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats 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
16 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 25.4:1 · STATE 17.0:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
116 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 6 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 13% |
| Grade 8 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 9 | 26 | 11% |
| Grade 10 | 39 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 40 | 17% |
| Grade 12 | 25 | 11% |
Student demographics
43%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
40.5%
AK avg 36.1% . +12.5pp since 2023
Math
28.3%
AK avg 34.6% . +3.1pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 28 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 13 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 | 40.5% | 28.3% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 25.2% |
% 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
29.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Susitna Valley High
Susitna Valley High's state test result (29.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Susitna Valley High this school | 233 | 49.8% | 29.9% |
| Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski | 276 | 48.2% | 33.0% |
| Houston High School Big Lake | 337 | 61.1% | 26.5% |
| Haines High School Haines | 78 | 57.7% | 38.6% |
| Petersburg High School Petersburg | 144 | 60.4% | 44.9% |
| Homer High School Homer | 357 | 34.7% | 50.5% |
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 Susitna Valley High ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Matanuska-Susitna Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.9% | #20 of 39 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #10 of 43 ▲ 6 | #1 of 7 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #16 of 44 ▲ 15 | #1 of 7 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 233 | #35 of 72 | #7 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #6 of 38 | #2 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.0% | #34 of 38 | #7 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.8% | #16 of 45 | #3 of 8 |
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
233
+59 (+34%) vs 2020
+120% since 1990-91, when it was 106
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 233 | 16 | 14.6:1 | 50% (116) |
| 2023-24 | 236 | 15 | 15.7:1 | 48% (114) |
| 2022-23 | 221 | 15.3 | 14.5:1 | 57% (127) |
| 2020-21 | 174 | 13 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 192 | 14.5 | 13.2:1 | 49% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 189 | 16 | 11.8:1 | 49% (93) |
| 2010-11 | 190 | 15 | 12.7:1 | 56% (107) |
| 2000-01 | 212 | 18 | 11.8:1 | 35% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 106 | 10 | 10.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Susitna Valley High.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (192 to 233); teachers up 10% (14.5 to 16).
About Susitna Valley High
In Talkeetna, Alaska, Susitna Valley High is a low-enrollment high school. The school offers grades 6 through 12 and enrolls 233 students. Across high schools in Alaska, the average enrollment is about 373.
Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District is the district for Susitna Valley High. It has 49 schools and 19,495 students.
White students are 74% of those enrolled at Susitna Valley High. The remaining shares are 14% multiracial, 6% Native American, and 4% Hispanic. That is in line with Matanuska-Susitna Borough, where about 77% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 43, compared with 70 nationally.
Teacher count: 16 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 14.6:1. Compared with the 17.0:1 average for high schools in Alaska, this school's ratio is lower. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 50%.
Among Alaska public high schools, Susitna Valley High outscored 61%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
In Alaska, Susitna Valley High is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 29.9% actual against a predicted 36.2%.
In the surrounding county, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, median household income comes to about $94,031, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Matanuska-Susitna Borough has 49 public schools with about 19,495 students, including Susitna Valley High.
About 13.0 miles separate Susitna Valley High from the closest public school, Talkeetna Elementary. Local comparison: Susitna Valley High ranks 4th of 4 nearby schools, at 29.9% versus a 46.5% average.
Locale: Rural: Remote. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory far from an urban area.
The school grew from 174 students in 2020-21 to 233 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.4:1 to 14.6:1.
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Matanuska-Susitna Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
112,988
Census ACS
Median income
$94,031
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
49
19,495 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
- Mat-Su Central SchoolCombined · 2,780 students
- Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,046 students
- Wasilla High SchoolHigh · 816 students
- Colony Middle SchoolElementary · 771 students
- Mat-Su Career & Tech Ed High SchoolHigh · 705 students
- Teeland Middle SchoolElementary · 643 students
Nearby schools
- Talkeetna Elementary13.0 mi · 121
- Trapper Creek Elementary15.5 mi · 18
- Willow Elementary26.9 mi · 127
- Beryozova School29.7 mi · 39
Frequently asked questions
About Susitna Valley HighWhat is the total enrollment at Susitna Valley High?
Susitna Valley High enrolls approximately 233 students in grades 06-12.
What grades does Susitna Valley High serve?
Susitna Valley High serves grades 06-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Susitna Valley High?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Susitna Valley High is approximately 14.6:1 (16 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Susitna Valley High?
Student demographics at Susitna Valley High are roughly 74% White, 4% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 14% Two or more.
What district is Susitna Valley High in?
Susitna Valley High is part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District.
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