NWABSD Home School
Kotzebue · AK · Northwest Arctic Borough School District · Public · K-12 combined
📄 Shareable scorecard →Similar nearby schools
Most similar nearby schools
Kotzebue Middle/High School → Aqqaluk High/Noorvik Elementary → Napaaqtugmiut School → Deering School → Kiana School → Davis-Ramoth School → Buckland School → Kisimgiugtuq School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
- 🎓 4-yr grad rate: 24% (Bottom 4% of US high schools by 4-yr grad rate)
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How NWABSD Home School compares for families
What families should know about NWABSD Home 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: Kotzebue Middle/High School, Aqqaluk High/Noorvik Elementary, Napaaqtugmiut School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
For Parents
Follow NWABSD Home School
Get an email when NWABSD Home School's numbers change — new admissions results, enrollment shifts, test scores. A few updates a year, no spam.
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 4% 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 -21.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 25 students:
A small or specialty program — naive trend math doesn't capture the school's full picture. Read the trend as directional, not predictive.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kotzebue Middle/High School Kotzebue |
Public | 0.0 | 158 | -16.8% |
| Aqqaluk High/Noorvik Elementary Noorvik |
Public | 42.1 | 49 | — |
| Napaaqtugmiut School Noatak |
Public | 47.5 | 57 | +14.0% |
| Deering School Deering |
Public | 57.3 | 17 | — |
| Kiana School Kiana |
Public | 58.3 | 24 | — |
| Davis-Ramoth School Selawik |
Public | 73.1 | 85 | — |
| Buckland School Buckland |
Public | 75.5 | 61 | — |
| Kisimgiugtuq School Kivalina |
Public | 77.1 | 53 | — |