📍 1150 North France Rd, Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 99645
Valley Pathways is an Alternative/PRU serving high age pupils, located in Palmer, Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The school has 200 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
Valley Pathways enrolls 200 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 50% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 10.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% White, 16% Two or more races and 12% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 124 | 62% |
| Two or more races | 31 | 16% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 24 | 12% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 18 | 9% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
162 of the school's 200 students (81%) 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.
Valley Pathways is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Fringe). 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.
Valley Pathways is one of 49 schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, based in Palmer, Alaska. The district serves 19,495 students district-wide and employs 998 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 200 students, Valley Pathways is smaller than the district average of about 398 students per school.
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