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Highland Academy Charter

Charter

Highland Academy Charter, a public high school in Anchorage, Alaska: grades 6–12, 200 students, 18.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Anchorage School District.

Size and class size

Compared with high schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 200
Teachers (FTE): 10.6
Students per teacher: 18.8
Grades: 6–12; High

More students per teacher than 73% of high schools in Alaska

Median 14.6 · 71 schools compared

More students per teacher than 77% of high schools in the US

Median 14.4 · 20,809 schools compared

Smaller than 50% of high schools in Alaska

Median 211 · 72 schools compared

Smaller than 69% of high schools in the US

Median 414 · 22,064 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: High · Grades 6–12
Type: Charter school · Regular
Instruction: Some virtual classes
Area: Large city
Run by: Anchorage School District

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Anchorage School District.

Location

Address: 5530 E Northern Lights Ste 1, Anchorage, AK 99504
Phone: (907)742-1700
City or town: Anchorage
County: Anchorage Municipality

Website Quality of life in Anchorage Schools in Anchorage

Nearby high schools

The closest public high schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolFree meals for all	9–12	1,636	20.3	1.1 mi
Benny Benson Alternative High SchoolAlternativeFree meals for all	9–12	275	19.1	1.1 mi
Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High SchoolCareer and technical	10–12	124	4.7	1.9 mi
Alaska Middle College School	11–12	272	93.8	1.9 mi
McLaughlin Secondary SchoolAlternative	6–12	77	7.1	2.0 mi
S.A.V.E. High SchoolAlternative	9–12	156	19.3	3.7 mi

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).

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