Fairbanks
Fairbanks, AK schools & districts: ratings, enrollment, map
$1,954 left/mo
3 bd $2,148/mo in Fairbanks. Alaska has no state income tax.
Public-school students
15,881
NCES 2024-2025
Pupils per teacher
23.2
685 teachers
Districts / schools
2 / 44
Public districts and schools
Beds
1
Usual: studio
Childcare
$0
No kids under 5
Left / mo
$1,954
NCES counts 44 public schools here. 43 are filed under a level. 1 is not in that split, so the two counts are not the same list.
Largest public school districts
2 largest districts in Fairbanks.
- Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Fairbanks
- Students
- 11,857
- Schools
- 33
- Pupil–teacher
- 19.5
- Yukon-Koyukuk School District
Fairbanks
- Students
- 4,024
- Schools
- 11
- Pupil–teacher
- 52.2
NCES 2024–25.
Schools by level
Primary
21
Elementary grades
Middle
4
Middle or junior high
High
7
Secondary grades
Other
11
K–12, ungraded, alternative
43 public schools. NCES 2024–25.
Where the Fairbanks metro sits
Roughly the core of the Fairbanks, 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. −$922 left/mo. Childcare $1,313. Fairbanks paycheck
NCES 2024-2025. How we figure this
Moving from Fairbanks
Take-home by job in Fairbanks
- 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