📍 520 Fifth Ave, Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough, 99701
Alternative Learning Systems is an Alternative/PRU serving other age pupils, located in Fairbanks, Fairbanks North Star Borough. The school has 188 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Fairbanks North Star Borough School District school district. It serves grades Pre-K–12 in an urban setting. The school employs 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
Alternative Learning Systems enrolls 188 students across grades Pre-K–12. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 13.8 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 41% White, 23% American Indian or Alaska Native and 23% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 78 | 41% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 44 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 43 | 23% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 11 | 5.9% |
| Black or African American | 6 | 3.2% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 5 | 2.7% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
3 of the school's 188 students (1.6%) 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.
Alternative Learning Systems is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Small). It operates as a fully virtual school. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Alternative Learning Systems is one of 33 schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, based in Fairbanks, Alaska. The district serves 11,857 students district-wide and employs 647 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 188 students, Alternative Learning Systems is smaller than the district average of about 359 students per school.
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