Homer High School (Alaska)
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Homer High School is located in Homer, Alaska
Homer, Alaska
Homer is a city located in Kenai Peninsula Borough in the U.S. state of Alaska. According to 2005 Census Bureau estimates, the population was 5,364. One of Homer's nicknames is "the cosmic hamlet by the sea"; another is "the end of the road"...

 at 600 E Fairview Ave. It is part of the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District serves 21 communities and 9,400 students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. KPBSD is the largest employer on the Kenai Peninsula providing $4.9 million in gross payroll each month.- Schools :...

. The school's mascot is a Mariner, usually represented by a wheel or sometimes an anchor.

Ethnicity

According to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District serves 21 communities and 9,400 students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. KPBSD is the largest employer on the Kenai Peninsula providing $4.9 million in gross payroll each month.- Schools :...

 website the student body consists of 320 Caucasian
Caucasian race
The term Caucasian race has been used to denote the general physical type of some or all of the populations of Europe, North Africa, the Horn of Africa, Western Asia , Central Asia and South Asia...

 students, 22 Alaska Native students, 13 Hispanic
Hispanic
Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Andorra, Gibraltar, Portugal and Spain. During the Modern Era, Hispanic sometimes takes on a more limited meaning, particularly in the United States, where the term means a person of ...

 students, 2 African American
African American
African Americans are citizens or residents of the United States who have at least partial ancestry from any of the native populations of Sub-Saharan Africa and are the direct descendants of enslaved Africans within the boundaries of the present United States...

 student, 11 Asian Pacific Islander students and 7 multi ethnic students.

Income

According to the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
The Kenai Peninsula Borough School District serves 21 communities and 9,400 students in the Kenai Peninsula Borough. KPBSD is the largest employer on the Kenai Peninsula providing $4.9 million in gross payroll each month.- Schools :...

website 39% of the students are classified as low income.

Sperm Whale Skeleton

There is a sperm whale skeleton hanging in the commons of Homer High School.

Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center

Attached to Homer High School is the Kate Kuhns Aquatic Center, which has a 25 yard, 6-lane indoor pool. The facility also includes a high and low dive, handicap access stairwell and shallow-end splash slide.

Mariner Theater

The Mariner Theater is located adjacent to Homer High School's commons. Several community and school sponsored productions take place a the theater.

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