The Sitka School District (or SSD) provides for the educational needs of citizens of

Sitka russian: Ситка , native_name_lang = tli , settlement_type = Consolidated city-borough , image_skyline = File:Sitka 84 Elev 135.jpg , image_caption = Downtown Sitka in 1984 , image_size ...

Alaska Alaska ( ; russian: Аляска, Alyaska; ale, Alax̂sxax̂; ; ems, Alas'kaaq; Yup'ik: ''Alaskaq''; tli, Anáaski) is a state located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America. A semi-exclave of the U.S., ...

. The district's offices are located in Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School. The Sitka School District's enrollment usually hovers between 1,400 and 1,500 students in its k-12 enrollment figure. A common misconception especially among those outside of Sitka is that the statewide public boarding high school,

Mt. Edgecumbe High School Mt. Edgecumbe High School (abbreviated MEHS) is a public boarding high school in Sitka, Alaska in the United States. Located on Japonski Island, across Sitka Harbor from the northwestern corner of downtown Sitka, the school is situated on a por ...

, is part of the district when in fact it is administered directly by the State of Alaska.

List of Sitka School District schools

* Baranof Elementary School * Blatchley Middle School * Keet Gooshi Heen Elementary School (formerly Verstovia Elementary) *

Pacific High School (Sitka) Pacific High School is an alternative education, alternative high school in the Sitka School District located in Sitka City and Borough, Alaska, Sitka, Alaska. It serves as an educational alternative to Sitka High School. It is based on the Expedi ...

(the local alternative high school) *

Sitka High School Sitka High School (abbreviated SHS) is the principal high school for the Southeast Alaskan community of Sitka and the Sitka School District. The school's student body is primarily composed of Alaskan Natives, and Asian-Pacific Islanders and ...

(the primary local high school)

External links

* School districts in Alaska Education in Sitka, Alaska {{Alaska-school-stub

List of Sitka School District schools

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