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Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA), Fairbanks, AK

Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) is a public school in Fairbanks, part of Galena City School District. It enrolled 7,876 students in 2024-25, with 119.3 students per full-time teacher.

Enrollment and teachers

Students
7,876
Teachers (FTE)
66.0
Students per teacher
119.3
Grades
PK to 12

This school's ratio is 39.2 higher than the district figure of 80.1. The Alaska average across schools is 19.2. Ratios count all teachers, including specialists, so they are lower than typical class sizes.

This school119.3
District80.1
Alaska19.2
United States15.3

School details

Address
2157 Van Horn Rd, Fairbanks, AK 99701
Phone
(907)374-2200
District
Galena City School District
County
Yukon-Koyukuk Census Area
Level
Other
Type
Regular
Status
Open
Charter
No
Locale
Suburb: Small
NCES school ID
020013000253
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School meals

Counts of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, as reported to NCES.
Direct certification
1,294Students certified through programs such as SNAP, without an application.
Community Eligibility Provision
No

Schools in the Community Eligibility Provision (CEP) serve free meals to all students, so their free lunch counts often reflect direct certification or total enrollment. Free and reduced lunch shares are not comparable between CEP and non-CEP schools.

Related schools

Other schools elsewhere in Fairbanks

We publish official enrollment and staffing data, not ratings or test scores.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.