Alaska Fast Facts

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Alaska K–12 Education Spending

$2.6 Billion

Total Alaska Public Education Revenue

U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data (CCD)

Data last updated 6/2022.

Alaska Student Transportation

  • $976

    Avg. District Busing Expenditure Per Pupil

  • 9%

    Total Spending Per Pupil

U.S. Department of Education, NCES, Common Core of Data (CCD)

Data last updated 6/2022.

Inter-district

Alaska does not require public school districts to provide transportation to students transferring between districts.

Charter School

Alaska requires districts to provide transportation to charter school students.

Private School

Alaska requires school districts to provide transportation to private school students that travel distances comparable to, and over routes the same as, the distances and routes over which the children attending public schools are transported.

State Student Transportation Statutes

Inter-District: AS § 14.09

Charter Schools: AS § 14.09(d); 4 Alaska Admin. Code § 27.057

Private Schools: AS § 14.09.020

Transporting School Choice Students, 2020