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Alaska school board elections, 2017
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Elections
A total of three Alaska school districts among America's largest school districts by enrollment held elections in 2017 for seven seats. The elections were scheduled on various dates.
Here are several quick facts about Alaska's school board elections in 2017:
- The largest Alaska school district by enrollment with an election in 2017 was the Anchorage School District with 48,089 K-12 students in the 2014-2015 school year.
- The smallest Alaska school district among the nation's largest with an election in 2017 was the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District with 13,863 K-12 students in the 2014-2015 school year.
- Two districts had two seats on the 2017 ballot.
- One district had three seats on the 2017 ballot.
The districts listed below served 79,980 K-12 students during the 2014-2015 school year, according to the National Center for Education Statistics.[1] Click on the district names for more information on each one and its school board elections.
| 2017 Alaska School Board Elections | |||||||
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| District | Primary Election | General Election | Runoff Election | Regular term length | Seats up for election | Total board seats | 2014-15 enrollment |
| Anchorange School District | N/A | 4/4/2017 | N/A | 3 | 2 | 7 | 48,089 |
| Fairbanks North Star Borough School District | N/A | 10/3/2017 | N/A | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13,863 |
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District | N/A | 10/3/2017 | N/A | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18,028 |
Academic performance
- See also: Public education in Alaska
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NAEP scores
- See also: NAEP scores by state
The National Center for Education Statistics provides state-by-state data on student achievement levels in mathematics and reading in the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP). The chart below presents the percentage of fourth and eighth grade students that scored at or above proficient in reading and math during school year 2012-2013. Compared to its relative neighbors, fourth grade students in Alaska tied with California for the lowest percentage (27 percent) scoring at or above proficient in reading.
The table below show the percentage of students in Alaska and its neighboring states who were proficient or above proficient in math and reading in fourth grade and eighth grade during the 2012-2013 school year.[2]
| Percent of students scoring at or above proficient, 2012-2013 | ||||
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| Math - Grade 4 | Math - Grade 8 | Reading - Grade 4 | Reading - Grade 8 | |
| Alaska | 37% | 33% | 27% | 31% |
| California | 33% | 28% | 27% | 29% |
| Oregon | 40% | 34% | 33% | 37% |
| Washington | 48% | 42% | 40% | 42% |
| U.S. average | 41% | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| Source: United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables" | ||||
Graduation, ACT and SAT scores
The following table shows the graduation rates and average composite ACT and SAT scores for Alaska and surrounding states during the 2012-2013 school year. All statements made in this section refer to that school year.[3][4][5]
In the United States, public schools reported graduation rates that averaged to about 81.4 percent. About 54 percent of all students in the country took the ACT, while 50 percent reported taking the SAT. The average national composite scores for those tests were 20.9 out of a possible 36 for the ACT, and 1498 out of a possible 2400 for the SAT.[6]
Alaska schools reported a graduation rate of 71.8 percent, second lowest among its neighboring states.
In Alaska, more students took the SAT than the ACT, earning an average SAT score of 1,495.
| Comparison table for graduation rates and test scores, 2012-2013 | |||||||
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| State | Graduation rate, 2013 | Average ACT composite, 2013 | Average SAT composite, 2013 | ||||
| Percent | Quintile ranking** | Score | Participation rate | Score | Participation rate | ||
| Alaska | 71.8% | Fifth | 21.1 | 37% | 1,495 | 52% | |
| California | 80.4% | Third | 22.2 | 26% | 1,505 | 57% | |
| Oregon | 68.7% | Fifth | 21.5 | 34% | 1,539 | 49% | |
| Washington | 76.4% | Fourth | 22.8 | 21% | 1,537 | 60% | |
| U.S. averages | 81.4% | 20.9 | 54% | 1,498 | 50% | ||
| **Graduation rates for states in the first quintile ranked in the top 20 percent nationally. Similarly, graduation rates for states in the fifth quintile ranked in the bottom 20 percent nationally. Sources: United States Department of Education, "ED Data Express" ACT.org, "2013 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 28, 2015 The Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT scores by state, 2013" | |||||||
Dropout rate
- See also: Public high school dropout rates by state for a full comparison of dropout rates by group in all states
The high school event dropout rate indicates the proportion of students who were enrolled at some time during the school year and were expected to be enrolled in grades nine through 12 in the following school year but were not enrolled by October 1 of the following school year. Students who have graduated, transferred to another school, died, moved to another country, or who are out of school due to illness are not considered dropouts. The average public high school event dropout rate for the United States remained constant at 3.3 percent for both school year 2010–2011 and school year 2011–2012. The event dropout rate for Alaska was higher than the national average at 6.9 percent in the 2010-2011 school year, and 7.0 percent in the 2011-2012 school year.
State profile
State profile
| Demographic data for Alaska | ||
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| Alaska | U.S. | |
| Total population: | 737,709 | 316,515,021 |
| Land area (sq mi): | 570,641 | 3,531,905 |
| Race and ethnicity** | ||
| White: | 66% | 73.6% |
| Black/African American: | 3.4% | 12.6% |
| Asian: | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Native American: | 13.8% | 0.8% |
| Pacific Islander: | 1.2% | 0.2% |
| Two or more: | 8.4% | 3% |
| Hispanic/Latino: | 6.5% | 17.1% |
| Education | ||
| High school graduation rate: | 92.1% | 86.7% |
| College graduation rate: | 28% | 29.8% |
| Income | ||
| Median household income: | $72,515 | $53,889 |
| Persons below poverty level: | 11.3% | 11.3% |
| Source: U.S. Census Bureau, "American Community Survey" (5-year estimates 2010-2015) Click here for more information on the 2020 census and here for more on its impact on the redistricting process in Alaska. **Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here. | ||
Presidential voting pattern
- See also: Presidential voting trends in Alaska
Alaska voted Republican in all seven presidential elections between 2000 and 2024.
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See also
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Footnotes
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "ELSI Table Generator," accessed November 22, 2016
- ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "State Profiles," accessed May 12, 2014
- ↑ United States Department of Education, ED Data Express, "State Tables," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ ACT, "2012 ACT National and State Scores," accessed May 13, 2014
- ↑ Commonwealth Foundation, "SAT Scores by State 2013," October 10, 2013
- ↑ StudyPoints, "What's a good SAT score or ACT score?" accessed June 7, 2015
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