Anchorage
Anchorage, AK schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$1,960 left/mo
3 bd $2,171/mo in Anchorage. Alaska has no state income tax.
Public-school students
62,706
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
19.3
3,244 teachers
Districts / schools
4 / 149
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$1,960
NCES counts 149 public schools here. 148 are filed under a level. 1 is not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
4 largest districts in Anchorage.
- Anchorage School District
Anchorage
- Students
- 42,573
- Schools
- 94
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.3
- Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District
Palmer
- Students
- 19,495
- Schools
- 49
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.2
- Chugach School District
Anchorage
- Students
- 617
- Schools
- 4
- Pupil–teacher
- 34.6
- Aleutian Region School District
Anchorage
- Students
- 21
- Schools
- 2
- Pupil–teacher
- 7
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
89
Elementary grades
Middle
14
Middle or junior high
High
24
Secondary grades
Other
21
K–12, ungraded, alternative
148 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Anchorage metro sits
Roughly the core of the Anchorage, AK metro area. Drag to look around, or open the larger map to search for a specific school or neighbourhood.
Family of four
2 adults, 2 kids, 3 bd. −$925 left/mo. Childcare $1,313. Anchorage paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Take-home by job in Anchorage
- Registered nurse
- Software developer
- Elementary school teacher
- High school teacher
- Accountant / auditor
- Truck driver (heavy)
- Electrician
- Civil engineer
- Lawyer
- Police officer
- Financial analyst
- Pharmacist
- Product / project manager
- Physical therapist
- Nurse practitioner
- Physician
- Construction manager
- Data scientist
- Firefighter
- Mechanical engineer