📍 2220 Nichols St, Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality, 99508
Whaley School is a State/Public serving other age pupils, located in Anchorage, Anchorage Municipality. The school has 340 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Anchorage School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 6.7:1.
Whaley School enrolls 340 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 60% male and 40% female. A teaching staff of 50.6 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 6.7:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 39% White, 16% American Indian or Alaska Native and 16% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 131 | 39% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 56 | 16% |
| Two or more races | 53 | 16% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 32 | 9.4% |
| Asian | 26 | 7.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 22 | 6.5% |
| Black or African American | 20 | 5.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
266 of the school's 340 students (78%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Whaley School is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). Virtual instruction: Supplemental Virtual. The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Whaley School is one of 96 schools in Anchorage School District, based in Anchorage, Alaska. The district serves 42,573 students district-wide and employs 2,424 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 340 students, Whaley School is smaller than the district average of about 443 students per school.