Chapman School

As a small elementary campus in Anchor Point, Alaska, Chapman School works with 168 students from grades pre-K through 8, one of the schools within Kenai Peninsula Borough School District. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 277 students each, so Chapman School sits 39% below that benchmark.

Across the 42 schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District (8,510 students total), Chapman School accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, Chapman School records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 11% multiracial, 8% Native American, 7% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.3:1 average. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Kenai Peninsula Borough's rate of about 43%.

With demographic context factored in, Chapman School sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.7%; this one delivers 48.3%.

In the broader community, Kenai Peninsula Borough reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,538 per year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Kenai Peninsula Borough's 42 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,510 students), Chapman School is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: Nikolaevsk School, around 8.0 miles off.

Chapman School operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chapman School has increased 20%, going from 140 students in 2018 to 168 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 1% to 7% over that span.

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