Connections
Soldotna · AK · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Soldotna High School → Cook Inlet Academy → River City Academy → Kenai Central High School → Marathon School → Nikiski Middle/Senior High School → Ninilchik School → Tebughna School →📋 At a glance
- 📚 5 AP courses offered — Strong
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 1 calculus classes · 5 physics · 7 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: 59th percentile nationally
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 40% by test-taker volume
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 77% (Bottom 25% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Connections compares for families
Solid mid-tier academic profile.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor at the 59th percentile nationally with 5 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: Soldotna High School, Cook Inlet Academy, River City Academy 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
59th percentile nationally
✅ Gifted/talented program
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 40% 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 25% 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 +0.9%/year, projecting from 2024's 1,188 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $20,482 per student in district revenue, the 54 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $1,106,028/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soldotna High School Soldotna |
Public | 1.0 | 695 | -0.3% |
| Cook Inlet Academy Soldotna |
Private | 2.1 | 126 | +22.3% |
| River City Academy Soldotna |
Public | 2.5 | 52 | -39.5% |
| Kenai Central High School Kenai |
Public | 6.9 | 525 | +20.4% |
| Marathon School Kenai |
Public | 7.7 | 7 | — |
| Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski |
Public | 18.5 | 166 | -8.3% |
| Ninilchik School Ninilchik |
Public | 37.3 | 35 | — |
| Tebughna School Tyonek |
Public | 40.0 | 2 | — |