Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School

Bettye Davis East Anchorage
High School
Address
Map
4025 East Northern Lights Boulevard

Anchorage, Alaska
99508

United States
Coordinates61°12′02″N 149°48′20″W / 61.200472°N 149.80545°W / 61.200472; -149.80545
Information
Other nameEast High School
Former nameEast Anchorage High School
TypePublic high school
Established1954 (70 years ago) (1954)
School districtAnchorage School District
SuperintendentJharrett Bryantt[1]
CEEB code020002
PrincipalRon Brown
Teaching staff90.65 (FTE)[2]
Grades9-12
Enrollment1,763 (2019–20)[2]
Student to teacher ratio19.45[2]
Color(s)Red and blue
  
MascotThunderbird
Websitewww.asdk12.org/east

Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School (BDEAHS) is a public high school which serves grades 9–12 in Anchorage, Alaska, United States. It is part of the Anchorage School District. The current principal is Ron Brown.[3] East's mascot is the Thunderbird, and the school colors are red and blue.[3] With an enrollment of 1,765 students as of the 2019–2020 school year, East High School is the second largest school in Alaska, after West Anchorage High School, which enrolled 1,772 students in the same school year.[2][4] In October 2020, it was decided by the Anchorage School District Board to rename East Anchorage High School as Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School after the late Bettye Davis.[5]

  1. ^ "Dr. Jharrett Bryantt, Superintendent". Anchorage School District. Retrieved September 17, 2022.
  2. ^ a b c d "East High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "East High | Anchorage School District". www.asdk12.org. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  4. ^ "School Enrollment by Grade as of October 1, 2018" (PDF). education.alaska.gov. Retrieved November 10, 2021.
  5. ^ Media, Tegan Hanlon, Alaska Public (October 22, 2020). "Anchorage School Board renames high school after Bettye Davis, Alaska's 1st Black state senator". KTOO. Retrieved October 23, 2020.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)