Highland Academy Charter
Anchorage · AK · Anchorage School District · Public charter · K-12 combined
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Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing → Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School → Whaley School → Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School → Alaska Middle College School → McLaughlin Secondary School → Bartlett High School → Polaris K-12 School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 49% (Bottom 10% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Highland Academy Charter compares for families
What families should know about Highland Academy Charter.
- ▸ 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: Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School, Whaley 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 10% 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.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. 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 +8.4%/year, projecting from 2024's 200 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $17,756 per student in district revenue, the 99 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,757,844/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing Anchorage |
Public | 0.0 | 7 | — |
| Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School Anchorage |
Public | 1.1 | 1,636 | -6.9% |
| Whaley School Anchorage |
Public | 1.4 | 253 | -8.7% |
| Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School Anchorage |
Public | 1.9 | 124 | +1.6% |
| Alaska Middle College School Eagle River |
Public | 1.9 | 272 | +8.4% |
| McLaughlin Secondary School Anchorage |
Public | 2.0 | 71 | +36.5% |
| Bartlett High School Anchorage |
Public | 3.0 | 1,413 | +0.7% |
| Polaris K-12 School Anchorage |
Public | 3.3 | 141 | +2.9% |