Enrollment
316
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000533
Bear Valley Elementary
15001 Mountain Air Dr, Anchorage, AK 99516 · (907) 742-5900 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL316 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
18 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
27 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 | 37 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (37) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
51%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
61.2%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.8pp since 2023
Math
64.0%
AK avg 34.6% . -7.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 7 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 61.2% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 71.4% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
68.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.5%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Alaska's top 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 Bear Valley Elementary
Bear Valley Elementary's state test result (68.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bear Valley Elementary this school | 316 | 8.5% | 68.4% |
| Ravenwood Elementary Eagle River | 367 | 11.4% | 68.3% |
| Chugach Optional Elementary Anchorage | 275 | 11.6% | 67.8% |
| Huffman Elementary Anchorage | 268 | 17.2% | 66.2% |
| O'Malley Elementary Anchorage | 350 | 11.1% | 57.8% |
| Homestead Elementary Eagle River | 255 | 13.7% | 53.0% |
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 Bear Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.4% | #2 of 134 | #1 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #13 of 150 ▼ 8 | #6 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.2% | #9 of 150 ▼ 4 | #4 of 62 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 316 | #66 of 169 | #30 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #91 of 125 | #41 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #100 of 125 | #47 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.5% | #141 of 142 | #57 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.5% | #48 of 115 | #28 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
316
+53 (+20%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 549
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 316 | 18.2 | 17.4:1 | 9% (27) |
| 2023-24 | 382 | 21.4 | 17.9:1 | 5% (19) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 20.5 | 19.4:1 | 5% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 263 | 19 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 413 | 23.1 | 17.9:1 | 7% (28) |
| 2015-16 | 397 | 21 | 18.9:1 | 5% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 26 | 16.6:1 | 7% (31) |
| 2000-01 | 469 | 23 | 20.4:1 | 2% (9) |
| 1990-91 | 549 | 24 | 22.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bear Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (413 to 316); teachers down 21% (23.1 to 18.2).
About Bear Valley Elementary
Bear Valley Elementary is a medium-sized elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska. The school serves 316 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Anchorage School District is the district for Bear Valley Elementary. It has 92 schools and 40,587 students.
A majority of students at Bear Valley Elementary, 67%, are White. Other reported shares: 15% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 4% Native American, and 3% Asian. Anchorage Municipality's residents are about 57% White, 11 points below the school's share. Bear Valley Elementary has a diversity index of 51%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Bear Valley Elementary counts 18.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.4 students for each one. Among elementary schools in Alaska, the typical ratio is 15.3:1. About 9% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality is 49%.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Bear Valley Elementary is 50.5%. It actually posts 68.4%, which is 17.9 points higher and in the top 10% of Alaska schools.
According to the American Community Survey, in Anchorage Municipality, median household income is about $103,284, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Bear Valley Elementary is one of 99 public schools in Anchorage Municipality, which together enroll about 41,241 students.
The closest other public school is South Anchorage High School, about 2.3 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Bear Valley Elementary ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Fringe.
The number of students grew from 263 to 316 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 13.8:1 to 17.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 Bear Valley Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Bear Valley Elementary. Bear Valley Elementary is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Bear Valley ElementaryMoreno Valley, CA · 721 students
- Bear Valley ElementaryBear Valley, CA · 6 students
Nearby schools
- South Anchorage High School2.3 mi · 1,239
- O'Malley Elementary2.6 mi · 350
- Huffman Elementary2.7 mi · 268
- Rabbit Creek Elementary3.0 mi · 288
- Bowman Elementary3.9 mi · 536
- Service High School3.9 mi · 1,518
Frequently asked questions
About Bear Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bear Valley Elementary?
Bear Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 316 students in grades PK-06.
Is Bear Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bear Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bear Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bear Valley Elementary is approximately 17.4:1 (18 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Bear Valley Elementary?
Student demographics at Bear Valley Elementary are roughly 67% White, 8% Hispanic, 1% Black, 3% Asian, 15% Two or more.
Is Bear Valley Elementary public or private?
Bear Valley Elementary is a public K-12 school, overseen by Anchorage School District.
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