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What's the one class at Bayshore Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
338
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000059
Bayshore Elementary
10500 Bayshore Dr, Anchorage, AK 99515 · (907) 742-5360 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL338 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
55 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
2
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 | 35 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 67 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (35) is 48% smaller than its 5th grade class (67).
Student demographics
70%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
43.2%
AK avg 36.1% . -9.1pp since 2023
Math
50.5%
AK avg 34.6% . -10.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 51 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 9 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 10 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 43.2% | 50.5% |
| 2023-24 | 52.3% | 60.5% |
% 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
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Bayshore Elementary
Bayshore Elementary's state test result (54.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bayshore Elementary this school | 338 | 16.3% | 54.9% |
| Trailside Elementary Anchorage | 364 | 23.4% | 53.9% |
| Mendenhall River Community School Juneau | 308 | 20.8% | 37.9% |
| Huffman Elementary Anchorage | 268 | 17.2% | 66.2% |
| Kincaid Elementary Anchorage | 322 | 26.4% | 58.5% |
| Ravenwood Elementary Eagle River | 367 | 11.4% | 68.3% |
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 Bayshore Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.9% | #23 of 134 | #13 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.5% | #42 of 150 ▼ 26 | #21 of 62 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.2% | #59 of 150 ▼ 40 | #24 of 62 ▼ 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 338 | #54 of 169 | #25 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.1:1 | #117 of 125 | #53 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.8% | #44 of 125 | #35 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.3% | #132 of 142 | #51 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -27.8% | #35 of 115 | #21 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
338
-20 (-6%) vs 2020
-32% since 1990-91, when it was 499
Student : Teacher
19.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 338 | 17.7 | 19.1:1 | 16% (55) |
| 2023-24 | 434 | 21.3 | 20.4:1 | 14% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 428 | 22.2 | 19.3:1 | 15% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 358 | 24 | 14.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 468 | 25.6 | 18.3:1 | 23% (107) |
| 2015-16 | 462 | 26 | 17.8:1 | 24% (110) |
| 2010-11 | 527 | 31 | 17.0:1 | 18% (95) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 28 | 19.1:1 | 6% (32) |
| 1990-91 | 499 | 22 | 22.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bayshore Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (468 to 338); teachers down 31% (25.6 to 17.7).
About Bayshore Elementary
Bayshore Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska. The school's 338 students are in pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 22% higher than the average for elementary schools in Alaska, which is about 277.
Enrollment across the 92 schools in Anchorage School District totals 40,587 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Bayshore Elementary is White (48%). Smaller groups are 22% multiracial, 9% Asian, 8% Native American, and 8% Hispanic. For comparison, the population of Anchorage Municipality is roughly 57% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Bayshore Elementary belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 70%.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1 at Bayshore Elementary, with 17.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska is lower than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 16%. On average, public schools in Anchorage Municipality report 49%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Bayshore Elementary is 7.1 points above the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 54.9% actual, 47.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Alaska.
Across Anchorage Municipality, median household income is about $103,284, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Anchorage Municipality number 99 and enroll about 41,241.
Chinook Elementary is the closest public school, about 1.1 miles away in a straight line. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Bayshore Elementary ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Bayshore Elementary went from 358 students to 338. Its ratio of students to teachers was 14.9:1 in 2020-21, and 19.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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 Bayshore Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Bayshore Elementary. Bayshore Elementary is the 4th largest of the 4.
- BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPORT ST LUCIE, FL · 879 students
- BAYSHORE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLBRADENTON, FL · 711 students
- Bayshore Elementary SchoolLA PORTE, TX · 420 students
Nearby schools
- Chinook Elementary1.1 mi · 365
- Dimond High School1.2 mi · 1,373
- Klatt Elementary1.4 mi · 294
- Sand Lake Elementary1.9 mi · 367
- Gladys Wood Elementary2.2 mi · 267
- Ocean View Elementary2.3 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About Bayshore ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bayshore Elementary?
Bayshore Elementary enrolls approximately 338 students in grades PK-06.
Is Bayshore Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bayshore Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Bayshore Elementary have?
Bayshore Elementary employs 18 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.1:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bayshore Elementary?
At Bayshore Elementary, the student body is approximately 48% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 22% Two or more.
What district is Bayshore Elementary in?
Bayshore Elementary is part of Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.