Marathon School
Kenai · AK · Kenai Peninsula Borough School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Kenai Central High School → Soldotna High School → Cook Inlet Academy → Connections → River City Academy → Nikiski Middle/Senior High School → Tebughna School → Ninilchik School →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Marathon School compares for families
What families should know about Marathon 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: Kenai Central High School, Soldotna High School, Cook Inlet Academy 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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +17.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 8 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kenai Central High School Kenai |
Public | 0.8 | 525 | +20.4% |
| Soldotna High School Soldotna |
Public | 6.9 | 695 | -0.3% |
| Cook Inlet Academy Soldotna |
Private | 7.6 | 126 | +22.3% |
| Connections Soldotna |
Public | 7.7 | 517 | +25.5% |
| River City Academy Soldotna |
Public | 8.8 | 52 | -39.5% |
| Nikiski Middle/Senior High School Nikiski |
Public | 11.8 | 166 | -8.3% |
| Tebughna School Tyonek |
Public | 34.8 | 2 | — |
| Ninilchik School Ninilchik |
Public | 39.2 | 35 | — |