Enrollment
201
Elementary
DISTRICT 294 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FAIRBANKS NORTH STAR BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020060000761
Boreal Sun Charter School
2404 S Barnette St, Fairbanks, AK 99701 · (907) 456-5444 · Fairbanks North Star Borough
GRADES KG–08ELEMENTARY13-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL201 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Alaska public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
18.3:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
26%
53 students
DISTRICT 35% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 24 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 25 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 23 | 11% |
| Grade 7 | 20 | 10% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (20) is 9% smaller than its 8th grade class (22).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
34.7%
AK avg 36.1% . +0.4pp since 2023
Math
38.8%
AK avg 34.6% . +11.2pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 34.7% | 38.8% |
| 2023-24 | 34.3% | 27.6% |
% 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
40.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.3%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Boreal Sun Charter School
Boreal Sun Charter School's state test result (40.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boreal Sun Charter School this school | 201 | 26.4% | 40.8% |
| Eagle River Elementary Eagle River | 266 | 30.5% | 46.2% |
| William H. Seward Elementary School Seward | 205 | 36.6% | 36.1% |
| Alpenglow Elementary Eagle River | 278 | 17.3% | 51.3% |
| Birchwood ABC Elementary Eagle River | 246 | 24.8% | 58.9% |
| XOOTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL Sitka | 137 | 21.2% | N/A |
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 Boreal Sun Charter School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Fairbanks North Star Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.8% | #73 of 134 | #8 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.8% | #80 of 150 ▲ 23 | #9 of 18 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.7% | #87 of 150 ▼ 6 | #10 of 18 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 201 | #124 of 169 | #15 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.3:1 | #106 of 125 | #11 of 16 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.1% | #83 of 125 | #13 of 16 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 26.4% | #117 of 142 | #13 of 17 |
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
201
+10 (+5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.3:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 201 | 11 | 18.3:1 | 26% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 189 | 10.5 | 18.0:1 | 31% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 197 | 11.1 | 17.7:1 | 27% (53) |
| 2020-21 | 191 | 12 | 15.9:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 179 | 10.4 | 17.2:1 | 2% (3) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Boreal Sun Charter School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (179 to 201); teachers up 6% (10.4 to 11).
About Boreal Sun Charter School
Boreal Sun Charter School is a small elementary school found in Fairbanks, Alaska. It reports enrollment of 201 students in kindergarten through 8. The school is 27% below the average for elementary schools in Alaska.
A total of 34 schools make up Fairbanks North Star Borough School District, with 12,214 students enrolled.
The share of White students at Boreal Sun Charter School is 63%, a majority. The remaining students are 17% multiracial, 13% Hispanic, and 5% Native American. A diversity index of 55% means there is a 55% chance two randomly chosen students at Boreal Sun Charter School are from different groups.
Boreal Sun Charter School reported 11 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 18.3:1. The school's 18.3:1 compares with an average of 15.3:1 for elementary schools in Alaska. Roughly 26% of students at Boreal Sun Charter School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Boreal Sun Charter School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Alaska public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Boreal Sun Charter School would score about 44.3%. It scores 40.8%, 3.6 points below that figure.
In the wider Fairbanks North Star Borough area, median household income comes to about $88,267, roughly 33% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Fairbanks North Star Borough's 39 public schools enroll about 23,777 students and include Boreal Sun Charter School.
About 0.5 miles separate Boreal Sun Charter School from the closest public school, Hunter Elementary. The five-mile area around Boreal Sun Charter School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 31.1% on proficiency, and Boreal Sun Charter School is above that at 40.8%.
The federal government classifies Boreal Sun Charter School's location as City: Small. This is a charter school, which is a tuition-free public school operating under a charter.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 15.9:1 to 18.3:1 over the same years.
Boreal Sun Charter School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Hunter Elementary0.5 mi · 332
- Chinook Montessori Charter School0.7 mi · 158
- Lathrop High School0.7 mi · 788
- Ryan Middle School0.8 mi · 463
- Barnette Magnet School0.9 mi · 417
- Golden Heart Academy1.1 mi · 13
Frequently asked questions
About Boreal Sun Charter SchoolHow large is Boreal Sun Charter School?
Boreal Sun Charter School enrolls approximately 201 students in grades KG-08.
What age range does Boreal Sun Charter School serve?
Boreal Sun Charter School serves students from grade KG through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Boreal Sun Charter School?
Approximately 18.3:1 students per teacher at Boreal Sun Charter School.
How diverse is Boreal Sun Charter School?
Boreal Sun Charter School reports a student body of 63% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 17% Two or more.
Who oversees Boreal Sun Charter School?
Boreal Sun Charter 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.