Golden Heart Academy
Fairbanks · AK · Fairbanks North Star Borough School District · Public · K-12 combined
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McGrath School → Harold Kaveolook School → Mat-Su Secondary School → Kobuk School → Mentasta Lake School → Tetlin School → Kenny Lake School → Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Golden Heart Academy compares for families
What families should know about Golden Heart Academy.
- ▸ 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: McGrath School, Harold Kaveolook School, Mat-Su Secondary School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate
Source: federal EDFacts ACGR (Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate), 2019 vintage via Urban Institute. EDFacts publishes a range (low-high) to preserve privacy on small cohorts; we display the midpoint.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
🏛️ 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -7.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 13 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| McGrath School McGrath |
Public | 271.0 | 10 | — |
| Harold Kaveolook School Kaktovik |
Public | 381.7 | 11 | — |
| Mat-Su Secondary School Palmer |
Public | 228.2 | 9 | — |
| Kobuk School Kobuk |
Public | 294.4 | 9 | — |
| Mentasta Lake School Mentasta Lake |
Public | 178.4 | 8 | — |
| Tetlin School Tetlin |
Public | 197.3 | 8 | — |
| Kenny Lake School Copper Center |
Public | 231.0 | 13 | — |
| Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Anchorage |
Public | 259.2 | 7 | — |