Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Anchorage · AK · Anchorage School District · Public · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Marathon School → David Louis Memorial School → Mentasta Lake School → Tetlin School → Mat-Su Secondary School → Beryozova School → Old Harbor School → Port Lions School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing compares for families
What families should know about Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- ▸ LocallyAK sits right at the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math — local school quality will set your kid apart.
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Marathon School, David Louis Memorial School, Mentasta Lake School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Get an email when Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
University of Alaska Fairbanks
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $10,892/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -8.3%/year, projecting from 2024's 25 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Marathon School Kenai |
Public | 65.4 | 7 | — |
| David Louis Memorial School Grayling |
Public | 353.2 | 7 | — |
| Mentasta Lake School Mentasta Lake |
Public | 227.5 | 8 | — |
| Tetlin School Tetlin |
Public | 269.7 | 8 | — |
| Mat-Su Secondary School Palmer |
Public | 35.0 | 9 | — |
| Beryozova School Palmer |
Public | 37.3 | 6 | — |
| Old Harbor School Old Harbor |
Public | 302.6 | 9 | — |
| Port Lions School Port Lions |
Public | 254.1 | 5 | — |