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Alaska School Districts Ranked by Expenditures

Normalized from state-comptroller audits and annual financial reports. Every agency is a live report card — click through for peer percentiles, fund balance, and distress indicators.

Cohort size 54
Median expenditures $13.4M
25th–75th percentile $7.2M  –  $40.0M
Total spend $2.88B
  1. #1
    Anchorage School District
    FY 2022 pop. 43,054
    Expenditures $805.0M
    Revenue $805.5M
  2. #2
    Matanuska Susitna Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 19,319
    Expenditures $362.3M
    Revenue $362.6M
  3. #3
    Fairbanks N STAR Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 12,331
    Expenditures $235.6M
    Revenue $243.9M
  4. #4
    Lower Kuskokwim Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 3,960
    Expenditures $200.7M
    Revenue $143.2M
  5. #5
    Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 8,423
    Expenditures $172.3M
    Revenue $174.5M
  6. #6
    Northwest Arctic Borough Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 1,877
    Expenditures $108.0M
    Revenue $99.6M
  7. #7
    Juneau Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 4,355
    Expenditures $95.4M
    Revenue $94.9M
  8. #8
    Bering Strait Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 1,879
    Expenditures $85.3M
    Revenue $71.1M
  9. #9
    Lower Yukon Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 1,995
    Expenditures $83.3M
    Revenue $72.2M
  10. #10
    North Slope Borough Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 2,058
    Expenditures $83.1M
    Revenue $82.3M
  11. #11
    Kodiak Island Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,277
    Expenditures $58.3M
    Revenue $60.3M
  12. #12
    Ketchikan-gateway Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 2,156
    Expenditures $51.0M
    Revenue $51.7M
  13. #13
    Galena CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 7,552
    Expenditures $45.9M
    Revenue $50.5M
  14. #14
    Yukon-koyukuk Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 3,400
    Expenditures $43.7M
    Revenue $38.8M
  15. #15
    Sitka Borough Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 1,136
    Expenditures $28.9M
    Revenue $28.5M
  16. #16
    Southwest Region Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 574
    Expenditures $27.0M
    Revenue $22.3M
  17. #17
    Kuspuk Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 359
    Expenditures $25.8M
    Revenue $21.2M
  18. #18
    LAKE AND Peninsula Borough Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 351
    Expenditures $21.5M
    Revenue $18.3M
  19. #19
    Valdez CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 707
    Expenditures $20.5M
    Revenue $21.2M
  20. #20
    Yupiit Schools
    FY 2022 pop. 445
    Expenditures $18.5M
    Revenue $17.0M
  21. #21
    NOME CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 687
    Expenditures $18.0M
    Revenue $17.1M
  22. #22
    Alaska Gateway Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 403
    Expenditures $16.9M
    Revenue $15.7M
  23. #23
    Yukon Flats Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 213
    Expenditures $16.3M
    Revenue $12.9M
  24. #24
    Dillingham CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 426
    Expenditures $15.4M
    Revenue $14.6M
  25. #25
    Nenana CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,701
    Expenditures $15.1M
    Revenue $14.8M
  26. #26
    Delta-greely Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 882
    Expenditures $15.0M
    Revenue $15.1M
  27. #27
    Annette Island Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 318
    Expenditures $14.1M
    Revenue $12.4M
  28. #28
    Mount Edgecumbe HIGH School Agency
    FY 2022 pop. 403
    Expenditures $12.7M
    Revenue $19.8M
  29. #29
    Aleutians EAST Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 207
    Expenditures $12.6M
    Revenue $10.8M
  30. #30
    Kashunamiut School District
    FY 2022 pop. 326
    Expenditures $12.1M
    Revenue $11.1M
  31. #31
    Denali Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 1,035
    Expenditures $11.6M
    Revenue $10.7M
  32. #32
    Petersburg CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 431
    Expenditures $11.2M
    Revenue $11.3M
  33. #33
    Unalaska CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 354
    Expenditures $11.1M
    Revenue $10.7M
  34. #34
    Iditarod Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 286
    Expenditures $10.0M
    Revenue $8.9M
  35. #35
    Copper River Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 431
    Expenditures $9.9M
    Revenue $9.9M
  36. #36
    Craig CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 705
    Expenditures $9.8M
    Revenue $9.3M
  37. #37
    Southeast Islands Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 155
    Expenditures $9.2M
    Revenue $8.0M
  38. #38
    Chugach Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 638
    Expenditures $8.7M
    Revenue $7.4M
  39. #39
    Cordova CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 322
    Expenditures $7.8M
    Revenue $8.3M
  40. #40
    ST Marys School District
    FY 2022 pop. 210
    Expenditures $7.7M
    Revenue $6.7M
  41. #41
    Haines Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 250
    Expenditures $7.0M
    Revenue $7.3M
  42. #42
    Bristol BAY Borough School District
    FY 2022 pop. 113
    Expenditures $6.7M
    Revenue $5.1M
  43. #43
    Wrangell CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 260
    Expenditures $6.0M
    Revenue $5.7M
  44. #44
    Chatham Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 139
    Expenditures $6.0M
    Revenue $5.8M
  45. #45
    Hydaburg CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 130
    Expenditures $5.3M
    Revenue $4.6M
  46. #46
    Klawock CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 120
    Expenditures $4.5M
    Revenue $4.5M
  47. #47
    KAKE CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 103
    Expenditures $4.4M
    Revenue $4.3M
  48. #48
    Hoonah CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 123
    Expenditures $4.1M
    Revenue $4.2M
  49. #49
    Skagway School District
    FY 2022 pop. 142
    Expenditures $3.9M
    Revenue $3.9M
  50. #50
    Pribilof Islands Regional Educational Attendance AREA (reaa)
    FY 2022 pop. 61
    Expenditures $3.5M
    Revenue $3.3M
  51. #51
    Yakutat School District
    FY 2022 pop. 96
    Expenditures $2.6M
    Revenue $2.5M
  52. #52
    Aleutian Region School District
    FY 2022 pop. 24
    Expenditures $2.4M
    Revenue $1.7M
  53. #53
    Tanana CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 26
    Expenditures $1.4M
    Revenue $1.0M
  54. #54
    Pelican CITY School District
    FY 2022 pop. 16
    Expenditures $695K
    Revenue $610K