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What's the one class at Bowman Elementary every student should take?
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Enrollment
536
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000713
Bowman Elementary
11700 Gregory Rd, Anchorage, AK 99516 · (907) 742-5600 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL536 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
155 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
6
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 | 54 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 76 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
71%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
46.3%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.3pp since 2023
Math
50.9%
AK avg 34.6% . -6.3pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 46 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 3 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 6 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 46.3% | 50.9% |
| 2023-24 | 49.6% | 57.2% |
% 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
53.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Bowman Elementary
Bowman Elementary's state test result (53.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bowman Elementary this school | 536 | 28.9% | 53.8% |
| Trailside Elementary Anchorage | 364 | 23.4% | 53.9% |
| Sand Lake Elementary Anchorage | 367 | 32.4% | 48.5% |
| Rogers Park Elementary Anchorage | 354 | 35.6% | 66.0% |
| Harborview Elementary Juneau | 349 | 30.1% | 35.6% |
| SIT EETI SHAANAX - GLACIER VALLEY SCHOOL Juneau | 322 | 31.1% | 39.5% |
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 Bowman Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.8% | #28 of 134 | #15 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.9% | #41 of 150 ▼ 19 | #20 of 62 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.3% | #45 of 150 ▼ 17 | #20 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 536 | #4 of 169 | #2 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #66 of 125 | #29 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.4% | #42 of 125 | #34 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #111 of 142 | #41 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.1% | #84 of 115 | #42 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
536
+40 (+8%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 589
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 536 | 33.1 | 16.2:1 | 29% (155) |
| 2023-24 | 572 | 39.6 | 14.5:1 | 26% (151) |
| 2022-23 | 542 | 35.4 | 15.3:1 | 27% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 496 | 34 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 603 | 37.4 | 16.1:1 | 27% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 535 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 27% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 32 | 14.5:1 | 26% (120) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 8% (47) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bowman Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (603 to 536); teachers down 12% (37.4 to 33.1).
About Bowman Elementary
Bowman Elementary is a public elementary school run by Anchorage School District in Anchorage, Alaska. School enrollment was 536 students in 2024-25, in pre-K through 6. For comparison, elementary schools in Alaska average about 277 students.
Anchorage School District serves 40,587 students across 92 schools.
At Bowman Elementary, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. It is also 19% multiracial, 11% Asian, 10% Hispanic, and 8% Native American. For comparison, the population of Anchorage Municipality is roughly 57% White. Bowman Elementary's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reported 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 16.2:1. That is 0.9 students per teacher above the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 29%. The gap from the 49% average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality is 20 points.
Test results at Bowman Elementary are 10.4 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (53.8% actual, 43.4% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Anchorage Municipality show that the median household income is $103,284, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Bowman Elementary is one of 99 public schools in the county.
Ocean View Elementary is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles away. The five-mile area around Bowman Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Bowman Elementary at 3rd of 8.
Bowman Elementary is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 40 more students in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher rose from 14.6 to 16.2 over 4 years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Ocean View Elementary1.1 mi · 285
- Hanshew Middle School1.2 mi · 822
- Huffman Elementary1.3 mi · 268
- Rabbit Creek Elementary1.3 mi · 288
- Spring Hill Elementary1.4 mi · 291
- FOCUS Homeschool1.5 mi · 549
Frequently asked questions
About Bowman ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Bowman Elementary?
Bowman Elementary enrolls approximately 536 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Bowman Elementary serve?
Bowman Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Bowman Elementary?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Bowman Elementary.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bowman Elementary?
At Bowman Elementary, the student body is approximately 47% White, 10% Hispanic, 2% Black, 11% Asian, 19% Two or more.
What district is Bowman Elementary in?
Bowman Elementary is part of Anchorage School District.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.