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Juneau Borough School District

Juneau, Alaska · Public school district · #6 of 17 Alaska districts by enrollment

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4,085

Students

2024-25 school year

Schools

2024-25 school year

$21,685

Spending per student

FY2020-21 · about the same as the Alaska median

17.7

Students per teacher

2024-25 · Alaska median 16.7

Juneau Borough School District is a public school district based in Juneau, Alaska, serving 4,085 students in 13 schools. By enrollment it ranks #6 of the 17 Alaska districts with 1,000 or more students, larger than about 69% of them. Its schools average 314 students each, more than the Alaska median of 227. It spends about $21,685 per student on day-to-day operations, about the state median. It has roughly 17.7 students per teacher.

How Juneau Borough compares

Juneau BoroughAlaska median, districts with 1,000+ students

Spending per student$21,685

Alaska median $21,685 · about the same · FY2020-21

Instruction spending per student$12,482

Alaska median $12,224 · about the same · FY2020-21

Students per school314

Alaska median 227 · 38% above · 2024-25

Students per teacher17.7

Alaska median 16.7 · 6% above · 2024-25

Students per counselor454

Alaska median 454 · about the same · 2024-25

Spending and staffing

Where the money comes from$93.6 million in revenue · FY2020-21

Federal 10%State 56%Local 34%

Measure	Juneau Borough	Alaska median	Year
Current spending per student	$21,685	$21,685	FY2020-21
Instruction spending per student	$12,482	$12,224	FY2020-21
Total spending	$92.1 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Total revenue	$93.6 million	n/a	FY2020-21
Teachers (full-time equivalent)	231	n/a	2024-25
Total staff (full-time equivalent)	520	n/a	2024-25
Students per teacher	17.7	16.7	2024-25
Students per counselor	454	454	2024-25

Spending: NCES school district finance survey (F-33), FY2020-21. Staffing and enrollment: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25. Via the Urban Institute Education Data Portal. The Alaska median compares districts with 1,000 or more students.

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Peer districts in Alaska

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District	Students	Schools	Spending per student	Students per teacher	Rank
Juneau Borough School DistrictJuneau · this district	4,085	13	$21,685	17.7	#6
Yukon-Koyukuk School DistrictFairbanks	4,024	11	$7,543	52.3	#7
Lower Kuskokwim School DistrictBethel	3,823	27	$39,091	15.0	#8
Nenana City School DistrictNenana	2,279	2	$6,763	84.4	#9
Kodiak Island Borough School DistrictKodiak	2,122	12	$24,102	14.2	#10

Similar-size districts nationally

District	Students	Spending per student	Students per teacher
Waynesboro Area School DistrictWaynesboro, PA	4,090	$11,689	15.4
Lapeer Community SchoolsLapeer, MI	4,089	$11,555	19.3
Maywood-Melrose Park-Broadview 89Melrose Park, IL	4,081	$16,206	12.8
Pell CityPell City, AL	4,079	$9,961	16.9

Peers are the districts closest in enrollment, so they can still differ in many other ways. Enrollment, school counts and phone numbers are from the NCES Common Core of Data, 2024-25.

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