Regular local school district · Anchorage Municipality
Anchorage School District, AK: schools, enrollment and spending
Anchorage School District runs 94 public schools with 42,573 students in grades PK to 12. Its ratio of 19.3 students per teacher is about the same as the Alaska figure of 19.2.
At a glance
- Schools
- 94
- Students
- 42,573
- Teachers (FTE)
- 2,208
- Students per teacher
- 19.3
- AK: 19.2 · US: 15.3
- Address
- 5530 E Northern Lights Blvd, Anchorage, AK 99504
- Phone
- (907)742-4000
- County
- Anchorage Municipality
- Locale
- City: Large
- Grades offered
- PK to 12
- Agency type
- Regular local school district
- NCES district ID
- 0200180
- State district ID
- AK-05
- Total staff (FTE)
- 5,211
- School counselors (FTE)
- 120.0About 355 students per counselor.
- School administrators (FTE)
- 187.0
- Charter schools
- 8
Students per teacher compared
This district19.3
Alaska19.2
United States15.3
2020 finance data
From the F-33 School District Finance Survey for fiscal year 2020, in nominal dollars. Enrollment used for per-pupil figures is the finance survey count (41,856), which can differ from 2024-25 enrollment.
- Total revenue
- $743.2 million
- Federal revenue
- $86.8 million
- State revenue
- $439.7 million
- Local revenue
- $216.6 million
- Total spending
- $802.7 million
- Spending per pupil
- $19,178
- Salaries
- $373.5 million46.5% of total spending.
- Long-term debt (end of year)
- $453.0 million
Where revenue came from
- Federal: 11.7%
- State: 59.2%
- Local: 29.1%
Alaska overall
- Federal: 16.5%
- State: 62.2%
- Local: 21.3%
Spending per pupil compared
This district$19,178
Alaska$21,336
United States$16,826
Schools in Anchorage School District
By level: 14 high, 11 middle, 62 elementary, 7 other. A CEP school serves free meals to all students.
| Airport Heights ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 240 | 13.3 |
| AKChoice K-12 Learning | Other | K to 12 | 283 | 14.9 |
| Alaska Middle College School | High | 11 to 12 | 272 | 136.0 |
| Alaska Native Cultural Charter SchoolCEP schoolCharter | Elementary | PK to 8 | 357 | 16.2 |
| Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Other | PK to 12 | 25 | 25.0 |
| Alpenglow Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 278 | 19.9 |
| Anchorage STrEaM AcademyCharter | Middle | 6 to 8 | 183 | 18.3 |
| Aquarian Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 6 | 365 | 16.6 |
| Aurora Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 359 | 17.1 |
| Bartlett High SchoolCEP school | Other | PK to 12 | 1,431 | 21.7 |
| Baxter ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 239 | 17.1 |
| Bayshore Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 338 | 19.9 |
| Bear Valley Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 316 | 17.6 |
| Benny Benson Alternative High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 275 | 19.6 |
| Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolCEP school | High | 9 to 12 | 1,636 | 20.4 |
| Birchwood ABC Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 246 | 16.4 |
| Bowman Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 536 | 16.2 |
| Campbell STEM Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 323 | 17.0 |
| Central Middle School of ScienceCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 545 | 22.7 |
| Chester Valley ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 191 | 19.1 |
| Chinook ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 365 | 15.9 |
| Chugach Optional Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 275 | 18.3 |
| Chugiak Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 439 | 17.6 |
| Chugiak High School | High | 9 to 12 | 928 | 23.2 |
| Clark Middle SchoolCEP school | Middle | 6 to 8 | 713 | 26.4 |
| College Gate ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 363 | 17.3 |
| Creekside Park ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 399 | 18.1 |
| Denali Montessori ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 361 | 15.0 |
| Dimond High School | High | 9 to 12 | 1,373 | 21.8 |
| Dr. Etheldra Davis Fairview ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 337 | 16.0 |
| Eagle Academy Charter SchoolCharter | Elementary | K to 8 | 205 | 17.1 |
| Eagle River Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 266 | 15.6 |
| Eagle River High School | High | 9 to 12 | 771 | 20.3 |
| Family Partnership Correspondence School | Other | K to 12 | 1,008 | 84.0 |
| Fire Lake Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 195 | 13.9 |
| Frontier Charter SchoolCharter | Other | K to 12 | 689 | 229.7 |
| Girdwood School | Elementary | PK to 8 | 179 | 12.8 |
| Gladys Wood ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 267 | 14.8 |
| Goldenview Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | ||
| Government Hill Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 424 | 17.0 |
| Gruening Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 797 | 28.5 |
| Hanshew Middle School | Middle | 6 to 8 | 822 | 34.2 |
| Highland Academy CharterCharter | High | 6 to 12 | 200 | 20.0 |
| Homestead Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 255 | 15.9 |
| Huffman Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 268 | 17.9 |
| Inlet View Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 190 | 17.3 |
| Kasuun ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 343 | 18.1 |
| Kincaid Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 322 | 16.1 |
| Klatt ElementaryCEP school | Elementary | PK to 6 | 294 | 14.7 |
| Lake Hood Elementary | Elementary | PK to 6 | 185 | 14.2 |
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Nearby and related
Other districts in Anchorage Municipality
- Chugach School District 617 students
- Aleutian Region School District 21 students
More in Alaska
Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 and F-33 finance 2020, via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. Last reviewed October 2026. Finance figures are 2020 finance data in nominal dollars, not adjusted for inflation. Blank values are not available, not applicable or suppressed in the source. See the methodology.