Tuesday, July 14, 2026

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Alaska Native Graduation Rate Stuck at 68%

In 2022, 64.5% of Alaska Native students graduated from high school on time. It was the lowest point in seven years of data. Three years later, the rate has clawed back to 68.0%. That recovery, such a...

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...