Bayshore Elementary

Bayshore Elementary is one of the moderately sized primary schools in Anchorage, Alaska, run under Anchorage School District, with 338 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 22% above the typical public school in Alaska, which averages around 277 students.

Anchorage School District comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 40,587 students; Bayshore Elementary is among them.

On demographics, Bayshore Elementary shows that the largest single group is White at 48%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 22% multiracial, 9% Asian, 8% Native American, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Anchorage Municipality as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Bayshore Elementary logs 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.1:1. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 16% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Anchorage Municipality's rate of about 49%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, Bayshore Elementary sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 54.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Anchorage Municipality) logs that median household income runs about $103,284, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Anchorage Municipality runs 99 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students), of which Bayshore Elementary is one.

The closest other public school is Chinook Elementary, roughly 1.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Bayshore Elementary's enrollment has ticked down 28% since 2018, when it stood at 468 (now 338).

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