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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020060000259
Barnette Magnet School
1000 Barnette St, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 456-6072 · Fairbanks North Star Borough
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 68% of Alaska public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+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
18.4:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
123 students
DISTRICT 35% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 6 | 45 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 46 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 44 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is about the same size as its 8th grade class (44).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
47.8%
AK avg 36.1% . +1.1pp since 2023
Math
49.1%
AK avg 34.6% . -0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 1 points since 2023, while math scores have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 47.8% | 49.1% |
| 2023-24 | 46.7% | 49.6% |
% 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
51.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.2%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 →
Schools most like Barnette Magnet School
Barnette Magnet School's state test result (51.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barnette Magnet School this school | 417 | 29.5% | 51.6% |
| Weller Elementary Fairbanks | 413 | 31.7% | 43.3% |
| Woodriver Elementary Fairbanks | 342 | 32.7% | 54.5% |
| North Pole Elementary North Pole | 312 | 34.6% | 32.8% |
| Fred and Sara Machetanz Elementary School Wasilla | 468 | 29.1% | 59.7% |
| Pearl Creek Elementary Fairbanks | 388 | 26.3% | 49.7% |
Matched among Alaska elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Barnette Magnet School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Fairbanks North Star Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.6% | #36 of 134 | #4 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 49.1% | #46 of 150 ▼ 8 | #4 of 18 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.8% | #37 of 150 ▲ 3 | #6 of 18 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #18 of 169 | #1 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.4:1 | #111 of 125 | #12 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.3% | #75 of 125 | #10 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #108 of 142 | #12 of 17 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #111 of 115 | #13 of 13 |
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
417
+68 (+19%) vs 2020
-9% since 1990-91, when it was 456
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 417 | 22.7 | 18.4:1 | 29% (123) |
| 2023-24 | 423 | 26.7 | 15.9:1 | 26% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 24.9 | 17.1:1 | 25% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 22 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 431 | 27.4 | 15.8:1 | 22% (95) |
| 2015-16 | 412 | 28 | 14.7:1 | 25% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 424 | 25 | 17.0:1 | 21% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 392 | 27 | 14.5:1 | 54% (213) |
| 1990-91 | 456 | 26 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barnette Magnet School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (431 to 417); teachers down 17% (27.4 to 22.7).
About Barnette Magnet School
Barnette Magnet School is a high-enrollment elementary school in Alaska, located in Fairbanks. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 417 students in pre-K through 8. Against the 277-student average for elementary schools in Alaska, enrollment here is 51% higher.
Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, which runs Barnette Magnet School, has 34 schools and 12,214 students.
White students account for 61% of enrollment at Barnette Magnet School. Smaller groups are 21% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 6% Native American, and 2% Black. Barnette Magnet School has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal staffing data show 22.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Barnette Magnet School and a ratio of 18.4:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Alaska is 15.3:1, lower than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 29% of enrollment.
allk12 grades Barnette Magnet School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Alaska public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Barnette Magnet School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 51.6% is 8.4 points above the 43.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Fairbanks North Star Borough show that median household income is about $88,267, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 33%, and about 3% of people live in poverty. Barnette Magnet School is one of 39 public schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough, which together enroll about 23,777 students.
The closest other public school is Lathrop High School, about 0.2 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Barnette Magnet School is ahead of the 28.6% nearby average, ranking 1st of 6.
Barnette Magnet School has an NCES locale of City: Small.
Enrollment was 349 in 2020-21 and 417 in 2024-25, a gain of 68 students. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 18.4:1 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Barnette Magnet School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Fairbanks North Star Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
95,460
Census ACS
Median income
$88,267
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
39
23,777 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- North Pole High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- North Pole Middle SchoolMiddle · 631 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Other schools in Fairbanks
- Interior Distance Education of Alaska (IDEA)Combined · 7,876 students
- Raven SchoolCombined · 3,687 students
- Lathrop High SchoolHigh · 788 students
- Fairbanks B.E.S.T.Combined · 784 students
- West Valley High SchoolHigh · 782 students
- Tanana Middle SchoolMiddle · 523 students
Nearby schools
- Lathrop High School0.2 mi · 788
- Ryan Middle School0.2 mi · 463
- Hunter Elementary0.4 mi · 332
- Denali Elementary0.6 mi · 300
- Boreal Sun Charter School0.9 mi · 201
- Golden Heart Academy1.1 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Barnette Magnet SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Barnette Magnet School?
Barnette Magnet School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Barnette Magnet School serve?
Barnette Magnet School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Barnette Magnet School?
Approximately 18.4:1 students per teacher at Barnette Magnet School.
How diverse is Barnette Magnet School?
Barnette Magnet School reports a student body of 61% White, 9% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 21% Two or more.
Who oversees Barnette Magnet School?
Barnette Magnet School is overseen by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District in Fairbanks North Star Borough.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.