The top reported proficiency rate is 44% in English language arts. The lowest is 41% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Alaska Homeschool
Alaska Homeschool is a public school program operated by the Delta/Greely School District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade out of Delta Junction. It is not a charter school or magnet program. As a homeschool model, it functions differently from a conventional brick-and-mortar school. Families enroll through the district and receive support for educating their children at home, while the program itself provides an enrollment structure, state assessment participation, and a connection to the broader district. The enrollment is modest for a school covering the full pre-K through high school range, and the student body is predominantly white, with small numbers of students from other racial and ethnic backgrounds. Free-or-reduced-price lunch data was not available, and the same gap appears for special-education and English-learner counts, so the economic and special-population picture here is incomplete.
State assessment results from the most recent year are available for math and English language arts in grades three through eight, but they come with an important caveat. Participation rates were very low, with roughly one in ten eligible students taking the tests. This is a pattern often seen in homeschool and alternative programs, where families may opt out of state testing at higher rates than in traditional schools. Among the small number of students who did participate, proficiency rates in both math and English language arts were moderate. Science results were suppressed, likely because the number of test-takers was too small to report reliably, and participation there was even lower. The tiny tested group means these proficiency figures should be read as a limited snapshot rather than a representative picture of the full student body. A parent considering this program may want to ask the school how it supports assessment participation and how it tracks academic progress for students who do not test.
No graduation rate was reported for this school, which is consistent with its homeschool program structure rather than a gap indicating a problem. Course access, staffing, attendance, and discipline data were also not available. We looked for program offerings such as dual credit, career pathways, or Advanced Placement and found nothing reported, so a family would need to inquire directly about what curricular supports, advising, and enrichment resources the program provides, especially for high school students planning for college or work.
Delta Junction itself is a small, rural highway town at the terminus of the Alaska Highway in interior Alaska. The local economy is anchored by Fort Greely, a U.S. Army missile defense installation, the Pogo Gold Mine, and agriculture, including Alaska Range Dairy, the only dairy in the state. Tourism and support industries also play a role. The town is very low-density and entirely car-dependent, with no public transit. Commercial activity clusters near the junction of the Alaska and Richardson Highways, an area locals call the Triangle. Shopping is limited enough that residents routinely travel about a hundred miles to Fairbanks for goods and services. The community also has a distinct Ukrainian and Russian Orthodox Old Believer presence, publicly reported as the highest share of Ukrainian-born residents of any U.S. town.
Housing in the area is more affordable than the state and national benchmarks, with typical home values well below Alaska's overall level and showing a modest recent decline. The price-to-income ratio sits below the national figure, which suggests that relative to earnings, housing costs are manageable for working families. Rental data was not available.
The Delta/Greely School District, which operates Alaska Homeschool, also serves neighboring communities including Big Delta, Fort Greely, Gerstle River, and Healy Lake. We searched for recent parent-relevant changes in the district and found little to report. For a family already living in the Delta Junction area, or considering a move there, Alaska Homeschool offers a district-supported pathway for home-based education across all grade levels. The academic picture is thin in the data, and the testing snapshot is narrow, so a family would want to have a direct conversation with the program about curriculum, advising, and how it handles the transition from homeschool into college or career.
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