Bartlett-Begich High School

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Bartlett-Begich High School is a high school in Anchorage, Alaska. It has 2,015 students and 125 certificated staff members as of 2005 according to A.S.A.A.. The school was built in 1971.

Bartlett's attendance area includes Fort Richardson and Elmendorf Air Force Base. Approximately 25% of the students are military dependents. The student intake is ethnically diverse, with 59% Caucasian students, 16% African-American; 10% Alaska Native or American Indian; 8% Asian or Pacific Islander, and 7% Hispanic.

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). The dropout rate in 2003-4 was 7.3%.

The school is named for Alaskan politicians Bob Bartlett and Nick Begich. "Bartlett" was originally the high school and "Begich" was a junior high school sharing the same building, as also occurred at other area schools of the period, but the Begich name has not yet been transferred to a separate middle school.

Bartlett is part of the Anchorage School District and is accredited by the Northwest Association of Schools and Colleges.