Alaska Public Schools

Alaska is the #45 largest school system in the United States, serving 132,104 students across 509 public schools. There are 18 Blue Ribbon Schools, 19 magnet schools, 27 charter schools, and 3 special education schools. The student ethnicity breakdown in the state is show below:

Student by Ethnicity

(AK) School Average
% American Indian		 23%
% Asian		 6%
% Hispanic		 6%
% Black		 4%
% White		 53%
Unknown		 8%

Alaska Public Schools by Borough

County
# High
# Middle
# Elementary
1. Aleutians East County 6 6 6
2. Aleutians West County 4 3 5
3. Anchorage County 24 19 74
4. Bethel County 34 31 37
5. Bristol Bay County 3 2 3
6. Denali County 4 4 4
7. Dillingham County 8 8 11
8. Fairbanks North Star County 12 9 26
9. Haines County 5 4 5
10. Hoonah Angoon County 6 6 7
11. Juneau County 5 4 9
12. Kenai Peninsula County 23 17 30
13. Ketchikan Gateway County 8 7 11
14. Kodiak Island County 10 10 13
15. Matanuska Susitna County 15 12 31
16. Nome County 18 18 18
17. North Slope County 9 9 9
18. Northwest Arctic County 11 11 12
19. Petersburg County 2 2 2
20. Prince Of Wales Hyder County 9 8 8
21. Sitka County 5 3 4
22. Skagway County 1 1 1
23. Southeast Fairbanks County 10 9 11
24. Valdez Cordova County 10 8 11
25. Wade Hampton County 13 13 13
26. Wrangell County 1 1 2
27. Yakutat County 1 1 1
28. Yukon Koyukuk County 28 26 27

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