Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)
Fairbanks · AK · Galena City School District · Public · K-12 combined
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- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 1 physics · 1 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 22% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 10% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 73% (Bottom 17% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) compares for families
What families should know about Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA).
- ▸ 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: Golden Heart Academy, Lathrop High School, Raven School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Limited — narrow advanced curriculum
Bottom 22% of US high schools
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 10% 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?
Bottom 17% 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +2.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 7,876 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $6,372 per student in district revenue, the 1,020 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $6,499,440/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Golden Heart Academy Fairbanks |
Public | 1.4 | 10 | — |
| Lathrop High School Fairbanks |
Public | 1.9 | 788 | -6.3% |
| Raven School Fairbanks |
Public | 2.4 | 1,338 | +27.6% |
| Hutchison High School Fairbanks |
Public | 3.0 | 356 | -7.8% |
| Monroe Jr, Sr High Schools Of Fairbanks Fairbanks |
Private | 3.1 | 328 | -18.0% |
| Immaculate Conception School Fairbanks |
Private | 3.1 | 332 | — |
| West Valley High School Fairbanks |
Public | 3.2 | 782 | -10.9% |
| Effie Kokrine Charter School Fairbanks |
Public · charter | 3.2 | 105 | +1.9% |