Knik Charter School

Knik Charter School is a small high school in Wasilla, AK, serving 98 students in grades -1-12 in the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. That headcount is below the 402-student average for schools in the district.

EDFacts assessment data puts 62% of students at or above grade level in combined math and reading, a little above the national midpoint where roughly half of tested students clear the bar. That is 9 points above the 53% average for the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. Against the 49% Alaska statewide average, the school sits 13 points higher.

Over the last three reported years the district proficiency rate this school inherits has risen by about 6 points. As a high school, it reports a 93% adjusted-cohort graduation rate, the share of first-time ninth-graders who earn a regular diploma within four years.

The student-teacher ratio is 12.3 to 1, below the U.S. average of roughly 16 to 1, which generally allows more adult attention per student. A relatively low 3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It operates as a charter school — publicly funded and tuition-free, under an authorizer-issued charter.