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15 Alaska Districts Below 70%: The Rural Bush Crisis
In the Yupiit School District, which serves four Yup'ik villages along the Kuskokwim River accessible only by small aircraft or boat, 17 of 37 seniors graduated in 2025. That is a 46.0% graduation rat...
Alaska Graduates Just 80% of Students
In 2025, roughly 1,999 Alaska students who started high school four years earlier did not walk at graduation. That is one in five.
Every Year, Alaska Gains Seniors It Never Lost
In most states, the transition from 11th to 12th grade is where the pipeline leaks. Nationally, cohorts lose 3% to 5% of their students between junior and senior year to dropouts, transfers, and early...
Virtual Districts Are the Only Ones Growing in Alaska
Galena City School District is a village of roughly 500 people on the Yukon River, 270 air miles west of Fairbanks. It has one road in and no road out. It also enrolls 8,279 students, making it the fo...
One in Nine Alaska Students Now Learns by Mail
Galena is a village of roughly 500 people on the Yukon River, 270 air miles west of Fairbanks. It has no road access. Its school district enrolls 8,279 students.
Alaska Enrollment Hits Seven-Year Low
Anchorage lost 4,530 students in seven years. Fairbanks lost 2,017. Juneau lost 753. Together, Alaska's three largest traditional school districts shed more students than the entire state did, because...