Sitka High School
1000 Lake Street, Sitka, AK, 99835-7209 - Map Map

School Overview:
Definition of Terms
Sitka High School
School Level High school
Grades Offered Grades 9 - 12
County Sitka County, AK
Students & Faculty
Total Students 436 students
% Male / % Female 52%  /  48%
Total Classroom Teachers 25 teachers
Students by Grade
Grade 9 - 103 students
Grade 10 - 114 students
Grade 11 - 114 students
Grade 12 - 105 students
This School
(AK) School Average
Teacher : Student Ratio 1:17 1:18
Students by Ethnicity
This School
(AK) School Average
% American Indian 29% 17%
% Asian 9% 8%
% Hispanic 4% 4%
% Black 1% 5%
% White 57% 64%
Additional Student Information
This School
(AK) School Average
% Eligible for Free Lunch 13% 11%
% Eligible for Reduced Lunch 3% 2%
% Migrant Students Enrolled 8% 3%
School Performance:
(AK) Statewide Testing Performance
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School District:
School District Name Sitka School District
This School's Agency
(AK) District Average
Number of Schools Managed 6 6
Number of Students Managed 1,516 students 796 students
District Total Revenue $17,758,000 $9,708,000
District Expenditure $18,746,000 $9,585,000
District Revenue / Student $11,714 $12,196
District Expenditure / Student $12,365 $12,041
District Graduation Rates 70% n/a
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School Notes:
  • Sitka High School (abbreviated SHS) is the principal high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Sitka and the Sitka School District.
  • The school's student body is primarily composed of Caucasians, Alaskan Natives, and Asian-Pacific Islanders.
  • Academics
  • Three Advanced Placement courses are offered: AP Statistics, AP Calculus, and AP Human Geography.
  • Howard Wayne is the current principal and Charlie Robison is the current vice principal.
  • Extracurriculars
  • Sitka High School's sports teams are known as the Sitka Wolves with female teams sometimes known as the Lady Wolves with all teams competing at the 3A level of interscholastic competition in Alaska (as dictated by the Alaska School Activities Association), the second highest level of competition available in the state — for schools with an enrollment less than 400. SHS's traditionally most successful sports are softball, baseball, swimming, and wrestling with the former two claiming state championships in the 2004-2005 school year and with baseball and swimming claiming championships in the 2005-2006 school year. So far in the 2006-2007 school year boys swimming has claimed another state championship and the Wolves baseball three-peated winning their state for the third time in a row in 2006-2007 academic school year. In the past 3 years Sitka High School has won the Region V 4A Wrestling championships twice. SHS is also renowned for its competitive drama, debate, forensics (DDF) team, which has multiple state championships under its belt including a forensics state championship in 2005-2006 and 2008-2009, and its music program and jazz band, which has taken awards at the Lionel Hampton Jazz Festival and Columbia Basin Jazz Festival.
  • Sitka High's traditional rivals consist of the boarding school Mt. Edgecumbe High School which is also located in Sitka (across the O'Connell Bridge on Japonski Island), and its 4A southeast rivals Juneau-Douglas High School and Ketchikan High School, however the recent change to 3A means the the Juneau-Douglas Bears and the Ketchikan Kings no longer compete against the Sitka Wolves for regional and state titles.
  • , the school has an enrollment of just under 400 students making it the third largest high school per enrollment in Southeast Alaska behind Ketchikan High School and Juneau-Douglas High School, the 21st largest in Alaska, and among the largest of the 3A classified schools in the state.
  • Sitka High School Auditorium
  • The Sitka High School Auditorium is a performing arts facility attached to Sitka High. It functions as a performing center for all performance arts in Sitka from ballet recitals to band concerts.
  • 3A switch
  • As of 2007, Sitka high school has made the decision to move from 4A to a 3A school because of a decrease in student enrollment over the previous decade. This will affect many activities and sports such as wrestling, basketball, cross-country, etc. The decision took effect in the 2008-09 school year.
  • See also
  • List of high schools in Alaska
  • Mt. Edgecumbe High School
  • Pacific High School
  • External links
  • Sitka High School website
  • Sitka School District website
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School Zip Code:
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School Zip (99835)
(AK) State Average
Population (Approximate) 8,787 people 605,047 people
% (age 25+) w/College Degree 38% 20%
Population Average Age 35 years old 33 years old
Average Household size 2.6 persons 2.5 persons
Median Household Income $52,315 $52,486
Avg. # of Rooms in Household 4.8 rooms 4.9 rooms
Median Age of Housing Structure 34 years old 30 years old
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% Owning / % Renting 58% / 42% 61% / 39%
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1. Mt. Edgecumbe High School - 395 students - 1.0 mi. away - view location
2. Pacific High School - 26 students - 1.0 mi. away - view location
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