Walter Northway School
Northway · AK · Alaska Gateway School District · Public · K-12 combined
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- AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
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How Walter Northway School compares for families
What families should know about Walter Northway School.
- ▸ 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: Tetlin School, Minto School, Kenny Lake 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.
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.
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 ÷ 2021 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 +3.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 59 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tetlin School Tetlin |
Public | 22.0 | 8 | — |
| Minto School Minto |
Public | 270.2 | 17 | — |
| Kenny Lake School Copper Center |
Public | 130.4 | 13 | — |
| Whittier Community School Whittier |
Public | 266.8 | 12 | — |
| Fort Yukon School Fort Yukon |
Public | 267.4 | 27 | — |
| Yakutat School Yakutat |
Public | 247.1 | 11 | — |
| Golden Heart Academy Fairbanks |
Public | 219.3 | 10 | — |
| Mat-Su Secondary School Palmer |
Public | 249.2 | 9 | — |
At a glance
JSON · Using this page with an AI assistantWalter Northway School is a public high school in Northway, AK, enrolling 59 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
23% of its students were chronically absent in 2020.
Sources: National Center for Education Statistics (enrollment), the federal Civil Rights Data Collection and EDFacts, state education agencies where named, and the school's own published documents where named.
Questions families ask
How many students attend Walter Northway School? Walter Northway School is a public high school in Northway, AK, enrolling 59 students in grades 9-12 in 2024.
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