American Charter Academy

Set in Wasilla, Alaska, American Charter Academy is a middle-of-the-pack K-12 campus, one of the schools within Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District. It works with 193 students across grades K through 12.

Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District comprises 49 schools with combined enrollment of 19,495 students; American Charter Academy is among them.

On demographics, American Charter Academy logs that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school lists 8% multiracial, 5% Hispanic. By comparison, Matanuska-Susitna Borough as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 27.0:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Matanuska-Susitna Borough shows median household earnings sit near $94,031, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Matanuska-Susitna Borough runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,495 students), of which American Charter Academy is one.

The closest other public school is Midnight Sun Family Learning Center, roughly 1.1 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a small-town setting. American Charter Academy is a charter school, which puts it inside the public-school system but outside the standard district-managed model.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at American Charter Academy has declined 9%, going from 211 students in 2018 to 193 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 1% to 5%.

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