Enrollment
239
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000058
Baxter Elementary
2991 Baxter Rd, Anchorage, AK 99504 · (907) 742-1750 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL239 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Alaska public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
16.9:1
14 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
161 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 37 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 37 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (34) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (37).
Student demographics
84%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
8.1%
AK avg 36.1% . -11.6pp since 2023
Math
5.5%
AK avg 34.6% . -10.8pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 8 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 6 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 12 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 11 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 8.1% | 5.5% |
| 2023-24 | 19.7% | 16.3% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
30.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 15% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 30% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Baxter Elementary
Baxter Elementary's state test result (15.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baxter Elementary this school | 239 | 67.4% | 15.0% |
| Nunaka Valley Elementary Anchorage | 193 | 71.0% | 28.2% |
| Gladys Wood Elementary Anchorage | 267 | 76.0% | 35.4% |
| Denali Montessori Elementary Anchorage | 361 | 74.0% | 42.6% |
| Creekside Park Elementary Anchorage | 399 | 84.0% | 21.3% |
| College Gate Elementary Anchorage | 363 | 65.0% | 24.6% |
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 Baxter Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #126 of 134 | #50 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 5.5% | #150 of 150 ▼ 16 | #62 of 62 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 8.1% | #148 of 150 ▼ 22 | #61 of 62 ▼ 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 239 | #110 of 169 | #54 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #79 of 125 | #33 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 83.7% | #5 of 125 | #5 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.4% | #34 of 142 | #24 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.0% | #15 of 115 | #12 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
239
+34 (+17%) vs 2020
-49% since 1990-91, when it was 468
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 239 | 14.2 | 16.9:1 | 67% (161) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 17.8 | 16.4:1 | 68% (198) |
| 2022-23 | 269 | 18 | 15.0:1 | 68% (182) |
| 2020-21 | 205 | 16 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 362 | 26.6 | 13.6:1 | 73% (264) |
| 2015-16 | 370 | 26 | 14.2:1 | 75% (276) |
| 2010-11 | 378 | 25 | 15.1:1 | 61% (231) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 24 | 18.2:1 | 27% (118) |
| 1990-91 | 468 | 21 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baxter Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (362 to 239); teachers down 47% (26.6 to 14.2).
About Baxter Elementary
Baxter Elementary is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska. It enrolls 239 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 6.
Anchorage School District has 40,587 students in 92 schools, and Baxter Elementary is one of those schools.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Baxter Elementary is White, with 25% of students. Other groups include 16% Native American, 15% Asian, 15% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. The county population is about 57% White. The diversity index for Baxter Elementary is 84%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Teacher count: 14.2 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 16.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Alaska, 15.3:1, is lower. Roughly 67% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Anchorage Municipality, the average is 49%.
Baxter Elementary earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 3% of Alaska public elementary schools.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Baxter Elementary ranks in the bottom 10% in Alaska. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.0%, against a prediction of 30.1%.
In Anchorage Municipality, the median household earns about $103,284 a year, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Anchorage Municipality has 99 public schools with about 41,241 students, including Baxter Elementary.
Highland Academy Charter, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Baxter Elementary ranks 6th in a group of 6 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school grew from 205 students in 2020-21 to 239 in 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.9:1) than in 2020-21 (12.8:1).
On allk12, people connected to Baxter Elementary can post about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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
Other Baxter Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Baxter Elementary. Baxter Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- BAXTER ELEMENTARYBAXTER, MN · 506 students
- Baxter Elementary SchoolBaxter, IA · 209 students
Nearby schools
- Highland Academy Charter0.5 mi · 200
- Alaska State School for Deaf and Hard of Hearing0.5 mi · 25
- Scenic Park Elementary0.7 mi · 386
- College Gate Elementary0.7 mi · 363
- Susitna Elementary0.9 mi · 394
- Anchorage STrEaM Academy0.9 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Baxter ElementaryHow large is Baxter Elementary?
Baxter Elementary enrolls approximately 239 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Baxter Elementary serve?
Baxter Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Baxter Elementary?
Approximately 16.9:1 students per teacher at Baxter Elementary.
What is the student diversity at Baxter Elementary?
Student demographics at Baxter Elementary are roughly 25% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 15% Asian, 15% Two or more.
What district is Baxter Elementary in?
Baxter Elementary is part of Anchorage School District.
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