Other · Alaska
Whittier Community School
Whittier Community School, a public other school in Whittier, Alaska: grades pre-k–12, 49 students, 9.8 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Chugach 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
- 49
- Teachers (FTE)
- 5.0
- Students per teacher
- 9.8
- Grades
- Pre-K–12
- Other
Fewer students per teacher than 62% of schools in Alaska
Median 11.5 · 209 schools compared
Fewer students per teacher than 65% of schools in the US
Median 12.7 · 3,627 schools compared
Smaller than 57% of schools in Alaska
Median 67 · 211 schools compared
Smaller than 79% of schools in the US
Median 207 · 3,982 schools compared
State test results
Share of students scoring proficient or above on Alaska's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.
Reading and writing
Alaska: 33%23%proficient
+14.4 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 70% of schools in Alaska
Median 14% · 187 schools compared
22 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Math
Alaska: 34%13%proficient
+8.9 points from 2023–24 school year
A higher share proficient than 52% of schools in Alaska
Median 12% · 188 schools compared
23 students tested, grades 3–8 · AK STAR; proficient means Levels 3-4
Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.
Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.
What it offers
- Grades
- Other · Grades Pre-K–12
- Type
- District school · Regular
- Instruction
- Some virtual classes
- Area
- Remote rural area
- Run by
- Chugach School District
Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Chugach School District.
Location
- Address
- Portage St, Whittier, AK 99693
- Phone
- (907)472-2575
- City or town
- Whittier
- County
- Chugach Census Area
Nearby schools
The closest public schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.
No other public schools within 25 miles.
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).
- State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.
Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.
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