Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
Public school district based in Fairbanks, Alaska. NCES district ID 0200600; state ID AK-16.
District totals on this page are sums of the school records in the 2024–25 Common Core of Data. They can differ from totals the district reports itself, which may include students or staff not assigned to a school. Why.
Operating schoolsDefinition
33
Enrollment (sum of schools)Definition
11,857
Teachers (FTE, sum of schools)Definition
608.2
Students per teacher FTEDefinition
19.5
Charter schoolsDefinition
5
Enrollment by grade
| Group | Students | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-Kindergarten | 150 | |
| Kindergarten | 884 | |
| Grade 1 | 911 | |
| Grade 2 | 919 | |
| Grade 3 | 919 | |
| Grade 4 | 915 | |
| Grade 5 | 956 | |
| Grade 6 | 935 | |
| Grade 7 | 873 | |
| Grade 8 | 896 | |
| Grade 9 | 846 | |
| Grade 10 | 870 | |
| Grade 11 | 956 | |
| Grade 12 | 827 |
Students by race/ethnicity
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 9.3% | |
| Asian | 2.3% | |
| Black or African American | 3.1% | |
| Hispanic/Latino | 10.9% | |
| Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander | 1.5% | |
| Two or more races | 18.0% | |
| White | 54.9% |
Race/ethnicity categories are those states report to NCES. Shares describe the district as a whole, not any one school or student.
Students by sex
| Group | Share | Bar |
|---|---|---|
| Female | 48.3% | |
| Male | 51.7% |
Schools in this district
Sorted by enrollment (a size measure, not a ranking). Locale mix: City 22, Suburb 5, Rural 6.
| School | Grades | Type | Students | Teacher FTE | Students / FTE | Locale |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lathrop High School Fairbanks | 9–12 | Regular | 788 | 45.6 | 17.3 | City: Small |
| Fairbanks B.E.S.T. Fairbanks | PK–12 | Regular | 784 | 1.0 | 784check | City: Small |
| West Valley High School Fairbanks | 9–12 | Regular | 782 | 41.0 | 19.1 | City: Small |
| North Pole High School North Pole | 9–12 | Regular | 695 | 34.8 | 20 | Suburb: Small |
| North Pole Middle School North Pole | 6–8 | Regular | 631 | 35.5 | 17.8 | Rural: Fringe |
| Tanana Middle School Fairbanks | 6–8 | Regular | 523 | 28.1 | 18.6 | City: Small |
| Ryan Middle School Fairbanks | 6–8 | Regular | 463 | 27.8 | 16.7 | City: Small |
| Barnette Magnet School Fairbanks | PK–8 | Regular | 417 | 22.7 | 18.4 | City: Small |
| Randy Smith Middle School Fairbanks | 6–8 | Regular | 413 | 24.8 | 16.6 | City: Small |
| Weller Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 413 | 21.0 | 19.7 | Suburb: Small |
| Pearl Creek Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 388 | 23.0 | 16.9 | Rural: Fringe |
| Ladd Elementary Fairbanks | PK–8 | Regular | 383 | 20.0 | 19.1 | City: Small |
| Anderson Crawford Elementary Eielson AFB | PK–5 | Regular | 369 | 19.0 | 19.4 | Rural: Fringe |
| University Park Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 361 | 21.0 | 17.2 | City: Small |
| Arctic Light Elementary Fort Wainwright | PK–5 | Regular | 361 | 20.0 | 18.1 | City: Small |
| Anne Wien Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 360 | 20.0 | 18 | City: Small |
| Hutchison High School Fairbanks | 9–12 | Career and Technical | 356 | 21.2 | 16.8 | City: Small |
| Ticasuk Brown Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 351 | 21.0 | 16.7 | Suburb: Small |
| Woodriver Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 342 | 19.0 | 18 | City: Small |
| Hunter Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 332 | 19.0 | 17.5 | City: Small |
| Midnight Sun Elementary School North Pole | PK–5 | Regular | 322 | 18.0 | 17.9 | Suburb: Small |
| North Pole Elementary North Pole | PK–5 | Regular | 312 | 17.5 | 17.8 | Suburb: Small |
| Denali Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 300 | 18.0 | 16.7 | City: Small |
| Boreal Sun Charter SchoolCharter Fairbanks | K–8 | Regular | 201 | 11.0 | 18.3 | City: Small |
| Watershed Charter SchoolCharter Fairbanks | K–8 | Regular | 200 | 9.8 | 20.4 | City: Small |
| North Star College Fairbanks | 11–12 | Regular | 197 | 0.0 | — | City: Small |
| Discovery Peak Charter SchoolCharter North Pole | K–8 | Regular | 193 | 10.0 | 19.3 | Rural: Fringe |
| Alternative Learning Systems Fairbanks | PK–12 | Alternative | 184 | 11.7 | 15.7 | City: Small |
| Chinook Montessori Charter SchoolCharter Fairbanks | K–8 | Regular | 158 | 9.0 | 17.6 | City: Small |
| Effie Kokrine Charter SchoolCharter Fairbanks | 7–12 | Regular | 139 | 7.9 | 17.6 | City: Small |
| Two Rivers School Fairbanks | PK–8 | Regular | 67 | 4.5 | 14.9 | Rural: Distant |
| Salcha Elementary Fairbanks | PK–5 | Regular | 59 | 3.0 | 19.7 | Rural: Distant |
| Golden Heart Academy Fairbanks | 5–12 | Alternative | 13 | 2.4 | 5.5 | City: Small |
Finance and graduation rates
District finance (NCES F-33, fiscal year 2023) and four-year graduation rates (ED Data Express, 2022–23) are being added. They will appear here with their own reporting years. See School Finance and Education Outcomes.
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Sources for this page
- NCES Common Core of Data (CCD), School Directory 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_029_2425_w_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Membership 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_052_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES CCD School Staff 2024–25, version 1a. File
ccd_sch_059_2425_l_1a_073025.zip, last checked 2026-11-06. - NCES EDGE Public School Geocodes 2024–25. File
EDGE_GEOCODE_PUBLICSCH_2425.zip, last checked 2026-11-06.
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