Whaley School

Whaley School operates as a roomy multi-level school in Anchorage, Alaska, overseen by Anchorage School District. Current enrollment sits at 298 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 192 students each, so Whaley School sits 55% larger than that benchmark.

Whaley School is one of 92 schools operated by Anchorage School District, a district that teaches 40,587 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, Whaley School records that 34% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Native American, 17% multiracial, 8% Asian, 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Whaley School reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 27.0:1, putting Whaley School tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Anchorage Municipality (around 49%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, Whaley School is in the bottom 10% of Alaska public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 47.3%; Whaley School posts 16.1%, -31.2 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Anchorage Municipality shows median household earnings sit near $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Anchorage Municipality runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), of which Whaley School is one.

Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 31%: 433 students in 2018 compared to 298 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share climbed from 4% to 8%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 6.4:1 in 2025.

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