What information can people find on their school district website in Alaska?
This page captures a snapshot of the information contributed by Sunshine Review users after they've studied the information made available on Alaska school district websites.
See also: School districts websites, state-by-state comparison, to compare what you can find on Alaska' school district websites to what can be found on school district websites in other states.
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Check the Sunshine Review page about each school district for more detailed information about what information is available on the school district website, along with recommendations SR users have made for positive changes.
Conclusions chart
2012
In 2012, Sunshine Review evaluated the ten largest school districts: Anchorage School District, Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Juneau School District, Lower Kuskokwim School District, Galena City School District, Kodiak Island Borough School District, Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, and Northwest Arctic Borough School District. These school districts average a C website transparency grade.
Comparison chart
| School district
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Grade
|
Taxes
|
Budget
|
Meetings
|
Elected Officials
|
Admin. Officials
|
Contracts
|
Audits
|
Public records
|
Academics
|
Background checks
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| Anchorage School District, Alaska
|
A-
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Alaska
|
B-
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Galena City School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Juneau School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
| Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Alaska
|
A+
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, Alaska
|
D
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Kodiak Island Borough School District, Alaska
|
B
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Lower Kuskokwim School District, Alaska
|
C-
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, Alaska
|
A-
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Northwest Arctic Borough School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
2010
The overall transparency grade in 2010 for school districts in Alaska was 22 percent, earning it an F transparency score.
Comparison chart
| School district
|
Grade
|
Taxes
|
Budget
|
Meetings
|
Elected Officials
|
Admin. Officials
|
Contracts
|
Audits
|
Public records
|
Academics
|
Background checks
|
| Alaska Gateway School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Aleutian Region School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Aleutians East Borough School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Anchorage School District, Alaska
|
A-
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Annette Island School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Bering Strait School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Bristol Bay Borough School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Chatham School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Chugach School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
| Copper River School District, Alaska
|
D
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Cordova School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
P
|
| Craig City School District, Alaska
|
D
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Delta/Greely School District, Alaska
|
C-
|
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Denali Borough School District, Alaska
|
C-
|
N
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
P
|
| Dillingham City School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, Alaska
|
B-
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Galena City School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Haines Borough School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Hoonah City School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Iditarod Area School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Juneau School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
| Kake City School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Kashunamiut School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, Alaska
|
A+
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District, Alaska
|
D
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Klawock City School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Kodiak Island Borough School District, Alaska
|
B
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Kuspuk School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
| Lake and Peninsula School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Lower Kuskokwim School District, Alaska
|
C-
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Lower Yukon School District, Alaska
|
D
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, Alaska
|
A-
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Nenana City School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
| Nome Public Schools, Alaska
|
D
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
| North Slope Borough School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Northwest Arctic Borough School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Pribilof School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Saint Mary's School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Sitka School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Southeast Island School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Valdez City School District, Alaska
|
D
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Wrangell Public School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
| Yakutat School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Yukon-Koyukuk School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
| Yukon Flats School District, Alaska
|
F
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
P
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
P
|
N
|
| Yupiit School District, Alaska
|
D-
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
Y
|
N
|
N
|
N
|
Y
|
N
|
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