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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
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
5
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. 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.
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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
417
-14 (-3%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
18.4:1
was 15.8:1
% White
61%
was 62%
% Hispanic
9%
was 7%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 3%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About Barnette Magnet School
As a heavily attended elementary campus in Fairbanks, Alaska, Barnette Magnet School hosts 417 students from grades pre-K through 8, operated by Fairbanks North Star Borough School District. Enrollment runs roughly 51% larger than the state mean of about 277.
Across the 34 schools in Fairbanks North Star Borough School District (12,214 students total), Barnette Magnet School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, Barnette Magnet School reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 21% multiracial, 9% Hispanic, 6% Native American, 2% Black.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 18.4:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 29% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Barnette Magnet School performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.2%, the actual is 51.6%, a residual of +8.4 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Fairbanks North Star Borough shows median household income runs about $88,267, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fairbanks North Star Borough runs 39 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,777 students), of which Barnette Magnet School is one.
Lathrop High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 3%: 431 students in 2018 compared to 417 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 today.
On the community side, members of the Barnette Magnet School community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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.