Enrollment
240
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000054
Airport Heights Elementary
1510 Alder Dr, Anchorage, AK 99508 · (907) 742-4550 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 7% of Alaska public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Alaska public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
105%
251 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 16 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 35 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 33 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (33).
Student demographics
83%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 71% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
AK STAR + Alaska Science 2024-25 . % Advanced + ProficientEnglish Language Arts
5.9%
AK avg 36.1% . -7.8pp since 2023
Math
7.7%
AK avg 34.6% . -6.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 6 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 8 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are down about 8 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 5.9% | 7.7% |
| 2023-24 | 13.7% | 14.4% |
% Advanced + Proficient, all students and all tested grades.
Source: AK STAR + Alaska Science. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
11.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
17.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 11% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 17% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Alaska's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Where Airport Heights Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 11.4% | #130 of 134 | #54 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 7.7% | #148 of 150 ▼ 8 | #60 of 62 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 5.9% | #150 of 150 ▼ 12 | #62 of 62 ▼ 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #109 of 169 | #53 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #12 of 125 | #2 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 82.6% | #14 of 125 | #14 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 105% | #4 of 142 | #4 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.9% | #34 of 115 | #20 of 53 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
240
-6 (-2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 336
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 10.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 240 | 18.4 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2023-24 | 272 | 20.9 | 13.0:1 | N/A |
| 2022-23 | 261 | 21 | 12.4:1 | 97% (252) |
| 2020-21 | 246 | 23 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 22.5 | 14.8:1 | 100% (333) |
| 2015-16 | 337 | 23 | 14.7:1 | 100% (337) |
| 2010-11 | 323 | 24 | 13.5:1 | 77% (249) |
| 2000-01 | 286 | 17 | 16.8:1 | 31% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 336 | 17 | 19.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Airport Heights Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (333 to 240); teachers down 18% (22.5 to 18.4).
About Airport Heights Elementary
Airport Heights Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Anchorage School District, located in Anchorage, Alaska. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 240 students enrolled.
The district, Anchorage School District, operates 92 schools serving 40,587 students.
Asian students form the largest group at Airport Heights Elementary, 26% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 17% multiracial, 17% Native American, 15% Hispanic, and 13% Pacific Islander. Census estimates put the Asian share of Anchorage Municipality's population at about 10%. Airport Heights Elementary has a diversity index of 83%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Airport Heights Elementary total 18.4 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 13.0:1. The 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska is higher than this school's figure.
The allk12 Grade for Airport Heights Elementary is D. Compared with Alaska public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 7% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Airport Heights Elementary posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 11.4%, compared with a predicted 17.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Alaska schools on BeatsExpectations.
Among Anchorage Municipality residents, median household income is about $103,284, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 99 public schools in Anchorage Municipality, with a combined enrollment of about 41,241.
The closest public school to Airport Heights Elementary is Whaley School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Airport Heights Elementary, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Airport Heights Elementary ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Airport Heights Elementary has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment at Airport Heights Elementary was 246 in 2020-21 and 240 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 10.7:1 to 13.0:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Anchorage Municipality at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
288,976
Census ACS
Median income
$103,284
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
99
41,241 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Anchorage School District
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Other schools in Anchorage
- West High SchoolHigh · 1,702 students
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,636 students
- Service High SchoolHigh · 1,518 students
- Bartlett High SchoolCombined · 1,431 students
- Dimond High SchoolHigh · 1,373 students
- South Anchorage High SchoolHigh · 1,239 students
Nearby schools
- Whaley School0.7 mi · 298
- Dr. Etheldra Davis Fairview Elementary0.9 mi · 337
- Wendler Middle School0.9 mi · 602
- Bettye Davis East Anchorage High School1.0 mi · 1,636
- Alaska Middle College School1.0 mi · 272
- Martin Luther King Jr. Technical High School1.0 mi · 124
Frequently asked questions
About Airport Heights ElementaryHow large is Airport Heights Elementary?
Airport Heights Elementary enrolls approximately 240 students in grades PK-06.
Is Airport Heights Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Airport Heights Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Airport Heights Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Airport Heights Elementary is approximately 13.0:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Airport Heights Elementary?
At Airport Heights Elementary, the student body is approximately 10% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 26% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Airport Heights Elementary?
Airport Heights Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
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