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Alaska school systems.

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55school systems
488operating schools connected
131,243students in finance records
54complete 2019–2024 finance trends
19current board rosters
What changed from 2019 to 2024?

Alaska school finance after inflation.

Follow a consistent set of 54 systems across all six Census years. Dollar changes are converted with the national CPI-U annual average so a nominal increase is not mistaken for a real increase.

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2024 median spending / pupil$35,336Median of complete system records
Median change after inflation-2.3%Current spending per pupil · 2024 dollars
Median nominal change+19.9%Before the CPI-U adjustment
Aggregate enrollment change+0.2%Same complete systems in every year
Enrollment in consistently reporting systems54 systems in every year
201920202021202220232024132,017129,872
Current spending per pupil in 2024 dollarsWeighted by the enrollment attached to each spending record
201920202021202220232024$22,689$21,001

School finance: U.S. Census Bureau Annual Survey of School System Finances · inflation adjustment: BLS CPI-U series CUUR0000SA0, annual U.S. city average. This is a purchasing-power comparison, not a performance grade or local cost-of-living estimate.

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Sitka School District

Sitka, AK

Students
1,143
Schools
6
Spending / pupil
$23,859

-2.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -6.2% enrollment

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Denali Borough School District

Healy, AK

Students
924
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$11,761

-11.8% spending / pupil after inflation · -5.7% enrollment

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Nome Public Schools

Nome, AK

Students
710
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$27,124

+11.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +1.4% enrollment

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Craig City School District

Craig, AK

Students
696
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$13,555

-27.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +35.4% enrollment

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Valdez City School District

Valdez, AK

Students
573
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$30,328

+6.4% spending / pupil after inflation · -16.5% enrollment

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Petersburg Borough School District

Petersburg, AK

Students
476
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$24,836

-1.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.4% enrollment

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Dillingham City School District

Dillingham, AK

Students
403
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$37,504

+31.1% spending / pupil after inflation · -13.7% enrollment

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Mount Edgecumbe

Sitka, AK

Students
401
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$33,968

-4.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.6% enrollment

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Cordova City School District

Cordova, AK

Students
362
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,086

-13.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +3.1% enrollment

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Unalaska City School District

Unalaska, AK

Students
352
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$27,190

+2.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -15.8% enrollment

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Lake and Peninsula Borough School District

King Salmon, AK

Students
332
Schools
11
Spending / pupil
$60,416

+10.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -7.3% enrollment

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Haines Borough School District

Haines, AK

Students
272
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$25,625

-0.6% spending / pupil after inflation · +4.6% enrollment

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Wrangell Public School District

Wrangell, AK

Students
271
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$22,963

-12.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -10.6% enrollment

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Aleutians East Borough School District

Sand Point, AK

Students
205
Schools
4
Spending / pupil
$54,410

+17.0% spending / pupil after inflation · -12.8% enrollment

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Saint Mary's School District

Saint Mary's, AK

Students
191
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$47,885

+24.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.0% enrollment

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Skagway School District

Skagway, AK

Students
145
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$31,786

+13.0% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.8% enrollment

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Klawock City School District

Klawock, AK

Students
133
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$40,008

-5.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +14.7% enrollment

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Bristol Bay Borough School District

Naknek, AK

Students
118
Schools
3
Spending / pupil
$61,542

+18.4% spending / pupil after inflation · +10.3% enrollment

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Hydaburg City School District

Hydaburg, AK

Students
116
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$39,198

-26.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +19.6% enrollment

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Hoonah City School District

Hoonah, AK

Students
113
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$49,487

+17.3% spending / pupil after inflation · -4.2% enrollment

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Kake City School District

Kake, AK

Students
107
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$42,037

-5.5% spending / pupil after inflation · +2.9% enrollment

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Yakutat School District

Yakutat, AK

Students
106
Schools
2
Spending / pupil
$25,858

-12.7% spending / pupil after inflation · +21.8% enrollment

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Tanana City School District

closed, AK

Students
32
Schools
0
Spending / pupil
$50,500

+14.5% spending / pupil after inflation · -37.3% enrollment

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Pelican City School District

Pelican, AK

Students
15
Schools
1
Spending / pupil
$40,200

-35.9% spending / pupil after inflation · +25.0% enrollment

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Ilisagvik College

BARROW, AK

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Final 2024–25 NCES agency and school directories are joined by exact agency ID. Census school-finance records for 2019–2024 are connected only by exact Census PID6 or NCES LEAID and remain nominal dollars. Board coverage is added only from an official state or district source.