Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing
Anchorage · AK · Anchorage School District · Public · K-12 combined
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- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 1% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing compares for families
What families should know about Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing.
- ▸ 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: Highland Academy Charter, 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 · 2020-21Bottom 1% 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.
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.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -6.9%/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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Academy Charter Anchorage |
Public · charter | 0.0 | 107 | +4.9% |
| 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% |