| Definition of Terms |
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| School Level |
High school |
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| Grades Offered |
Grades 9 - 12 |
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| County |
Sitka County, AK |
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| Total Students |
436 students |
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| % Male / % Female |
52% /
48% |
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| Total Classroom Teachers |
25 teachers |
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| Students by Grade |
| Grade 9 - 103 students | | Grade 10 - 114 students | | Grade 11 - 114 students | | Grade 12 - 105 students |
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| Teacher : Student Ratio |
1:17 |
1:18 |
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| Students by Ethnicity |
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| % American Indian |
29% |
17% |
| % Asian |
9% |
8% |
| % Hispanic |
4% |
4% |
| % Black |
1% |
5% |
| % White |
57% |
64% |
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| Additional Student Information |
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| % Eligible for Free Lunch |
13% |
11% |
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| % Eligible for Reduced Lunch |
3% |
2% |
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| % Migrant Students Enrolled |
8% |
3% |
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| School District Name |
Sitka School District |
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| 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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- 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
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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
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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
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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
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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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| About This Zip Code (99835) |
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| Population (Approximate) |
8,787 people |
605,047 people |
| % (age 25+) w/College Degree |
38% |
20% |
| Population Average Age |
35 years old
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33 years old |
| Average Household size |
2.6 persons
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2.5 persons |
| Median Household Income |
$52,315
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$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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