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Alaska Native Four-Year Graduation Rate Was 68.0% in 2025

> Correction: An earlier version included claims the state graduation data did not establish and compared four-year and five-year measures as though they followed the same cohort. This revision limits...

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.

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...