Academy Charter School

Academy Charter School is an elementary campus of moderately sized scale in Palmer, Alaska, part of Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, enrolling 268 students in grades K through 8.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 19,495 students. Academy Charter School is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, Academy Charter School logs that White students make up the majority at 76%. The remainder comes out to 11% multiracial, 7% Hispanic, 5% Native American. Compared to Matanuska-Susitna Borough overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at school resources, Academy Charter School logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Matanuska-Susitna Borough) shows that median household earnings sit near $94,031, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), of which Academy Charter School is one.

Swanson Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site. Academy Charter School operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. Academy Charter School's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 247 (now 268). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 today.

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