Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District (KGBSD)
Public schools for Ketchikan: Houghtaling Elementary (K-5), Ketchikan Charter School (K-8), Ketchikan High School 'Kayhi' (9-12), Revilla High School (6-12), Schoenbar Middle School (6-8), Tongass School of Arts & Sciences (PreK-6), plus PreK Early Learning Center at KHS and Pioneer Preschool. The 2026-27 school year began Monday Aug 31; bell times e.g. Kayhi 8:00-2:50, Schoenbar 7:45-2:33, Houghtaling 8:10-2:10, with 1-hour early release Fridays. Bus routes by First Student are posted on kgbsd.org. Point Higgins and Fawn Mountain elementary schools closed permanently in June 2026 (Board vote April 8, 2026); their K-5 students now attend Houghtaling. Free summer meals at Schoenbar (see summer feeding entry). Kayhi supply list: just something to write with and a notebook; Chromebooks are school-issued.