Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District (MSBSD) is a school district based in the city of Palmer, Alaska. It serves 40 schools across Mat-Su Borough, which each enroll from 15 to 1300 students. The estimated sum of the total number of students attending schools in this district is 15,969. MSBSD is the second-largest school district in Alaska, with the largest district being Anchorage School District.

In the 2007-2008 school year, Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District had an expenditure of $150,531,684, which is a $9,426 expenditure for every student.

The current superintendent is Dr. Randy Trani.

History
In April 2020 the school district board deemed five books, Catch-22, The Great Gatsby, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Invisible Man, and The Things They Carried, to be inappropriate for use in the classroom. Among the reasons cited were "anti-white" sentiments. A local attorney responded with a "book challenge," asking students to read all five works. In May of that year the school board restored the books to the curriculum.

K-12 schools

 * Beryozova School, a public K-12 school in Willow
 * Correspondence Study School, a public K-12 school in Wasilla
 * Glacier View School, a public K-12 school
 * Twindly Bridge Charter School, a public K-12 school, in Wasilla

6-12 schools

 * Susitna Valley Junior/Senior High School, a public secondary school, serving grades 6–12, in Talkeetna
 * Joe Redington Senior Junior/Senior High School, a public secondary school, serving grades 6–12, in Knik

High schools

 * Burchell High School, a public alternative school in Wasilla
 * Colony High School, a public secondary school near Palmer
 * Houston High School, a public secondary school in Houston
 * Mat-Su Career and Technical High School, a public secondary school in Wasilla
 * Palmer High School, a public secondary school in Palmer
 * Valley Pathways High School, a public alternative school in Palmer
 * Wasilla High School, a public 9–12 school in Wasilla

K-8 schools

 * Academy Charter School, a charter school, serving grades K–8, in Palmer
 * Fronteras Spanish Immersion Charter School K-8, a public charter school in Wasilla

Middle schools

 * Colony Middle School, a public middle school in Palmer
 * Houston Middle School, a public middle school in Big Lake
 * Palmer Middle School, a public middle school in Palmer
 * Teeland Middle School, a public middle school in Wasilla
 * Wasilla Middle School, a public middle school in Wasilla

Elementary schools

 * Big Lake Elementary School] in Big Lake
 * Butte Elementary School in Palmer
 * Cottonwood Creek Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Dena'ina Elementary in Wasilla
 * Finger Lake Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Goose Bay Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Iditarod Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Larson Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Machetanz Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Meadow Lakes Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Pioneer Peak Elementary School in Palmer
 * Sherrod Elementary School in Palmer
 * Snowshoe Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Sutton Elementary School in Sutton
 * Swanson Elementary School in Palmer
 * Talkeetna Elementary School in Talkeetna
 * Tanaina Elementary School in Wasilla
 * Trapper Creek Elementary School in Trapper Creek
 * Willow Elementary School in Willow