Cantwell School
Cantwell · AK · Denali Borough School District · Public · K-12 combined
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Denali PEAK → Tri-Valley School → Anderson School → CyberLynx Correspondence Program → Nenana City School → Susitna Valley High → Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) → North Pole High School →📋 At a glance
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 6% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Cantwell School compares for families
What families should know about Cantwell 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: Denali PEAK, Tri-Valley School, Anderson 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.
👩🏫 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: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +20.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Denali PEAK Healy |
Public | 33.4 | 318 | +18.7% |
| Tri-Valley School Healy |
Public | 33.4 | 46 | — |
| Anderson School Anderson |
Public | 66.3 | 4 | — |
| CyberLynx Correspondence Program Nenana |
Public | 81.0 | 781 | +55.3% |
| Nenana City School Nenana |
Public | 81.0 | 130 | +19.3% |
| Susitna Valley High Talkeetna |
Public | 94.4 | 130 | +32.7% |
| Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA) Fairbanks |
Public | 103.8 | 2,215 | +14.8% |
| North Pole High School North Pole |
Public | 104.3 | 695 | +16.4% |