Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District

Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District
Address
2610 Fourth Avenue
Ketchikan
, Alaska, 99901
United States
District information
TypePublic
GradesPre-K–12[1]
NCES District ID0200150[1]
Students and staff
Students2,043[1]
Teachers147.5[1]
Staff169.5[1]
Student–teacher ratio13.85[1]
Other information
Websitewww.kgbsd.org Edit this at Wikidata

The Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District provides K–12 public education to the children of the Ketchikan Gateway Borough and Ketchikan, Alaska. The district is governed by a school board of seven community-elected members, with one advisory student member present during the school year, elected by the students of Ketchikan High School.

Schools

High schools

Middle school

Elementary schools

  • Houghtaling Elementary School
  • Fawn Mountain Elementary School
  • Point Higgins Elementary School
  • Ketchikan Charter School
  • Tongass School of Arts & Sciences

World War II

The Territory of Alaska presented Alaska's Liberty brick to the Ketchikan Schools on Pearl Harbor Day, 1943 for having the best Schools at War performance in the territory in the previous school year. Each of Ketchikan's schools also received a Minute Man Flag. The brick, displayed in a glass case, was to be permanently belong to the Ketchikan Schools.[2] As of 2021, it is in the collection of the Tongass Historical Museum in Ketchikan.[3]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 "Search for Public School Districts – District Detail for Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District". National Center for Education Statistics. Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved April 17, 2026.
  2. ↑ "Pearl Harbor Day Observed By Students Liberty Brick and Minute Man Flag Presented by Ryan; Bond Sales High". Ketchikan Alaska Chronicle. Ketchikan. December 8, 1943.
  3. ↑ "Tongass Historical Museum Object Record Philadelphia Liberty Hall Award". ketchikan.pastperfectonline.com. Retrieved May 15, 2021.
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