Its attendance area is northeast Anchorage and Elmendorf Air Force Base, and approximately 25% of its students are military dependents.

About 43.7% of the students are white, 18.9% are black, 6.1% are Hispanic, 13.5% are Asian/Pacific Islander, and 17.8% are American Indian/Alaska Native.

[2] The school district's 2003-2004 Profile of Performance reported three goals: "Improve school climate" (attained), "increase percentage of students passing HSGQE Math by 5%" (partially attained) and "reduce dropout rate" (attained).

[3] Bartlett High School was heavily damaged during the 7.0 earthquake that occurred on November 30, 2018.

[8] Begich Middle School opened for classes on August 22, 2007.