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Best ZIP codes for schools in Alaska
Ranked by the School Quality Index: district math and reading proficiency and graduation rates, weighted by how much of each district falls in the ZIP.
How we rank school quality
The School Quality Index summarizes district math and reading proficiency and four-year graduation outcomes. Results based on very small student samples are excluded, and missing measures do not count as zero.
A ZIP's score reflects the districts serving the area, with greater influence from districts covering more of the ZIP. It measures outcomes, not school ratings, spending, or individual schools.
Each state sets its own tests and proficiency cut scores, so the index compares ZIPs well within a state but not across states. That is why we rank ZIPs only within each state.
Only ZIPs with at least 1,000 residents are ranked, so a handful of households cannot top the list. 65 Alaska ZIPs qualify.
Alaska ZIP codes ranked by school quality
1ZIP 99840Skagway
Alaska
- School quality index
- 79.5
- ZIP population
- ~1k
- Avg. temperature
- 38°F
- Avg. commute
- 5 min
2ZIP 99835Sitka
Alaska
- School quality index
- 55.8
- ZIP population
- ~8k
- Avg. temperature
- 45°F
- Avg. commute
- 13 min
3ZIP 99623Wasilla
Alaska
- School quality index
- 53.6
- ZIP population
- ~23k
- Avg. temperature
- 38°F
- Avg. commute
- 39 min
4ZIP 99645Palmer
Alaska
- School quality index
- 53.6
- ZIP population
- ~32k
- Avg. temperature
- 38°F
- Avg. commute
- 31 min
5ZIP 99652Houston
Alaska
- School quality index
- 53.6
- ZIP population
- ~4k
- Avg. temperature
- 38°F
- Avg. commute
- 39 min
6ZIP 99654Wasilla
Alaska
- School quality index
- 53.6
- ZIP population
- ~45k
- Avg. temperature
- 38°F
- Avg. commute
- 34 min
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- Alaska median ZIP
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- Alaska median ZIP
- 16.1 min
- Middle 80% of ZIPs
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- Alaska median ZIP
- 80.2
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- Alaska median ZIP
- 91.8%
- Middle 80% of ZIPs
- 82.8% to 96.0%
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Ranked by avg. temperature
- Alaska median ZIP
- 38.1°F
- Middle 80% of ZIPs
- 27.6°F to 42.6°F