The top reported proficiency rate is 38% in Math. The lowest is 33% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Homebridge
HomeBRIDGE is a public school in the Juneau Borough School District, serving students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is housed on Glacier Avenue at the Marie Drake building in Juneau. The school is not a charter school. Its enrollment is small for a program spanning so many grades, and the grade distribution skews toward the upper years, with the largest concentrations in grades seven through twelve and very few students in the early elementary grades.
The name and structure suggest an alternative or non-traditional program, possibly a correspondence, homeschool-support, or blended-learning model, though the data does not state this explicitly. What the data does show is consistent with that kind of setting. State assessment participation is well below typical levels for a conventional school. In math and English language arts, fewer than half of eligible students participated in testing, and in science the participation was lower still. Among the students who did test, proficiency was modest in math and low in ELA and science. These results should be read with caution. Low participation means the scores reflect only a fraction of enrolled students and may not represent the full student body. A parent considering HomeBRIDGE may want to ask the school directly how it handles state testing and what academic benchmarks it uses to track student progress, since the testing picture here is incomplete.
No graduation rate was provided for this school. This may reflect the alternative nature of the program, or it may be that the district does not report a separate rate for HomeBRIDGE students. We looked for the district's strategic priorities and recent changes and found little of lasting impact, so we left that out rather than guess.
The student body is racially diverse. White students make up the largest single group but do not form a majority. A substantial portion of students identify as two or more races, and there are meaningful populations of American Indian and Alaska Native students, along with Asian, Hispanic, and Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander students. A small number of Black students are enrolled as well. Free and reduced-price lunch data was not available, so the economic profile of the student body cannot be characterized from the data. Special education and English learner counts were also missing.
Juneau's housing market shapes the context for any family considering this school. Home values in the ZIP code sit above the Alaska state benchmark and above the national benchmark, with a price-to-income ratio that indicates a stretch for many buyers. Rents are more moderate relative to income, and the gap between monthly rent and an estimated mortgage payment is modest, which can make renting a practical option for families who want to live in the area without committing to a purchase. The broader economic backdrop includes a stable national unemployment picture, though local conditions in Juneau may differ.
Information on staffing, course access, discipline, attendance, and specific program offerings was not available. Civil rights data and neighbor comparisons were also absent. For a school like HomeBRIDGE, program details matter a great deal to a family's decision, and the lack of those specifics is a real gap. A parent would benefit from contacting the school or the Juneau Borough School District directly to understand the instructional model, how students are supported across such a wide grade range, what college and career pathways exist for older students, and how the school communicates academic progress to families.
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