Best Elementary Schools in Alaska

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The list is updated annually upon the release of the STAR and ASA test scores by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr. The most recent update was on Friday, August 30, 2024.

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School															Students/Teachers											Per Pupil Expenditures (2019)							Ranking (2024 vs 2023)
ID	Rank (of 173)	School	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	# Students	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Disc Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Per Pupil Expenditures: Total	Personnel from Federal Funds	Non-Personnel from Federal Funds	Total from Federal Funds	Personnel from State and Local Funds	Non-Personnel from State and Local Funds	Total from State and Local Funds	Average Standard Score (2024)	Average Standard Score (2023)	Rank (2023)	Rank Change from 2023	SchoolDigger Rating (2024)
020018000530	81	Frontier Charter School	Public, Charter, Alternative	K-12	400 W Northern Lights Blvd #9	Anchorage	99503	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	Yes	No	No	No	(907) 742-1180	447	5	89.4	0.7%	268 (60.0%)	25 (5.6%)	45 (10.1%)	17 (3.8%)	30 (6.7%)	5 (1.1%)	57 (12.8%)	$10,604			$358			$10,246	56.6	59.3	68	13
020027000144	82	Haines Elementary	Public	PK, KG-8	604 Haines Hwy	Haines	99827	Haines Borough	Haines Borough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 766-6700	166	13	12.7	34.3%	115 (69.3%)	1 (0.6%)	2 (1.2%)	5 (3.0%)	42 (25.3%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	$21,221			$2,165			$19,056	55.9	54.1	81	1
020045000179	83	Klawock City School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	715 Bayview Blvd	Klawock	99925	Prince of Wales-Hyder Census Area	Klawock City School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 755-2220	124	14	8.6	100.0%	31 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.8%)	0 (0.0%)	81 (65.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (4.8%)	$34,935			$14,072			$20,862	54.8	45.4	99	16
020018000088	84	Turnagain Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	3500 W Northern Lights Blvd	Anchorage	99517	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-7200	308	18	16.8	40.9%	155 (50.3%)	2 (0.6%)	17 (5.5%)	14 (4.5%)	41 (13.3%)	25 (8.1%)	54 (17.5%)	$14,018			$1,068			$12,950	54.4	59.8	65	19
020039000539	85	Kalifornsky Beach Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	1049 E Poppy Lane	Soldotna	99669	Kenai Peninsula Borough	Kenai Peninsula Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 260-1300	412	26	16.1	41.5%	273 (66.3%)	2 (0.5%)	29 (7.0%)	6 (1.5%)	34 (8.3%)	1 (0.2%)	67 (16.3%)								54.2	36.5	114	29
020018000072	86	Denali Montessori Elementary	Public, Magnet	PK, KG-6	148 East Ninth Ave	Anchorage	99501	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	Yes	No	No	(907) 742-4500	362	25	14.6	0.8%	145 (40.1%)	21 (5.8%)	52 (14.4%)	20 (5.5%)	37 (10.2%)	18 (5.0%)	69 (19.1%)	$17,122			$1,197			$15,924	53.9	37.8	111	25
020018000598	87	Fire Lake Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	13801 Harry McDonald Rd	Eagle River	99577	Anchorage Municipality	Anchorage School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 742-3350	229	17	13.4	38.9%	130 (56.8%)	7 (3.1%)	19 (8.3%)	16 (7.0%)	16 (7.0%)	6 (2.6%)	35 (15.3%)	$19,548			$1,568			$17,979	52	53	82	5
020051000733	88	Knik Elementary School	Public	K-5	6350 W Hollywood	Wasilla	99654	Matanuska-Susitna Borough	Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District	No	No	No	Yes	(907) 352-0300	245	19	12.8	45.7%	157 (64.1%)	0 (0.0%)	23 (9.4%)	4 (1.6%)	23 (9.4%)	3 (1.2%)	35 (14.3%)	$14,106			$925			$13,181	51.6	47.8	93	5
020015000584	89	Point Higgins School	Public	PK, KG-6	981 North Point Higgins Rd NTG	Ketchikan	99901	Ketchikan Gateway Borough	Ketchikan Gateway Borough School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 247-1500	241	21	11.4	27.0%	173 (71.8%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	6 (2.5%)	41 (17.0%)	2 (0.8%)	15 (6.2%)	$18,962			$795			$18,167	50.2	55.3	76	13
020086200453	90	Raven School	Public, Alternative	PK, KG-12	4762 Old Airport Way	Fairbanks	99709	Fairbanks North Star Borough	Yukon-Koyukuk School District	No	No	No	No	(907) 357-9573	2,771	24	116.6	0.1%	1,708 (61.6%)	61 (2.2%)	102 (3.7%)	46 (1.7%)	497 (17.9%)	85 (3.1%)	272 (9.8%)	$5,756			$05			$5,751	50.2	54.2	79	11

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About our rankings:

Schooldigger calculates school rankings based on STAR English Language Arts, STAR Mathematics, ASA Science test scores released by the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
These rankings were last updated on August 30, 2024, and are based on the most recent test scores available. We update rankings as we receive new test scores from the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr, usually on a yearly basis.
Our sources of data include the National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.
For more information about our ranking process, please see our Ranking FAQ. Details about our methodology are here.

Educational resources:

Student-Teacher Ratios and their Impact on Class Sizes & School Selection

No Child Left Behind (NCLB): A Comprehensive Analysis of Its Impact on Education

SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Alaska Department of Education and Early Developmenr.