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Whaley School

Free meals for all

Whaley School, a public other school in Anchorage, Alaska: grades pre-k–12, 298 students, 6.4 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Anchorage School District.

Size and class size

Compared with 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: 298
Teachers (FTE): 46.9
Students per teacher: 6.4
Grades: Pre-K–12; Other

Fewer students per teacher than 89% of schools in Alaska

Median 11.5 · 209 schools compared

Fewer students per teacher than 80% of schools in the US

Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared

Larger than 91% of schools in Alaska

Median 67 · 211 schools compared

Larger than 60% of schools in the US

Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared

What it offers

Grades: Other · Grades Pre-K–12
Type: District school · Regular
Instruction: In person
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
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: 2220 Nichols St, Anchorage, AK 99508
Phone: (907)742-2350
City or town: Anchorage
County: Anchorage Municipality

Website Quality of life in Anchorage Schools in Anchorage

Nearby schools

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

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher
Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing	Pre-K–12	25	22.3	1.4 mi
Frontier Charter SchoolCharter	K–12	689	175.8	2.6 mi
AKChoice K-12 Learning	K–12	283	14.8	2.8 mi
Polaris K-12 School	K–12	483	22.1	2.8 mi
Family Partnership Correspondence School	K–12	1,008	80.1	2.9 mi
Bartlett High SchoolFree meals for all	Pre-K–12	1,431	21.7	3.5 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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