This publication summarizes data gathered by Alaska's State Department of Education on school operations, facilities, programs, students, and personnel in each of Alaska's school districts. For each of the 55 districts that existed in 1989, the information is grouped into six subject headings: background, operating revenues and expenditures, funding community summary, student characteristics, staff ratios and statistics, and staff and student demographics. The background data include the district's size, population, unemployment, and percentage of adults with a high school diploma. The operating revenues and expenditures are financial characteristics about each district's general operations. The funding community summaries show the number of buildings in a district, grade levels served, and enrollment. Student characteristics include numbers of students enrolled in the following programs: gifted/talented, special needs, migrant, bilingual, Chapter 1, and vocational education. Staff ratios and statistics show numbers of teachers, instructional aides, and administrators in a district. The section also includes average salaries, average age, student ratios, and average years of experience for each group. The demographics section gives characteristics of teachers, aides, administrators, students, and high school graduates, broken down into gender and ethnic groups. All the data gathered for the publication are from school district reports or from state and federal sources. This document also contains state totals, a glossary of terms, and a listing of Alaska's school district offices and superintendents. (TES)