Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School
Anchorage · AK · Anchorage School District · Public
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Polaris K-12 School → Steller Secondary School → McLaughlin Secondary School → Whaley School → Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School → Susitna Valley High → Nenana City School → Valley Pathways →📋 At a glance
- 📚 3 AP courses offered — Strong
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 2 physics
- 🎓 AP rigor: 52nd percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 4% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 92% (60th percentile nationally)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts graduation data, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 52nd percentile nationally with 3 AP courses.
- ▸ 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: Polaris K-12 School, Steller Secondary School, McLaughlin Secondary School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Strong — solid AP program + advanced courses
52nd percentile nationally
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 4% 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.
🎓 4-year graduation rate · federal EDFacts
What % of students graduate on time?
60th percentile nationally
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.
🏛️ 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 most reliable early indicator that a student will leave a school — either by transferring out, dropping out, or matriculating to a charter or private alternative. At this level, today's absentees become next year's enrollment loss and the year-after's revenue loss.
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 124 students:
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Polaris K-12 School Anchorage |
Public | 2.1 | 141 | +2.9% |
| Steller Secondary School Anchorage |
Public | 2.0 | 160 | -3.0% |
| McLaughlin Secondary School Anchorage |
Public | 0.4 | 71 | +36.5% |
| Whaley School Anchorage |
Public | 0.8 | 253 | -8.7% |
| Joe Redington Senior Jr/Sr High School Wasilla |
Public | 21.7 | 231 | -19.5% |
| Susitna Valley High Talkeetna |
Public | 65.2 | 130 | +32.7% |
| Nenana City School Nenana |
Public | 233.9 | 130 | +19.3% |
| Valley Pathways Palmer |
Public | 35.2 | 143 | -20.1% |