Enrollment
168
Elementary
DISTRICT 206 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KENAI PENINSULA BOROUGH SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020039000152
Chapman School
73286 School Ave, Anchor Point, AK 99556 · (907) 235-8671 · Kenai Peninsula Borough
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL168 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
86 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 24 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 15 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 19 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 20 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 17 | 10% |
| Grade 7 | 18 | 11% |
| Grade 8 | 17 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (15) is 12% smaller than its 8th grade class (17).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 48% · 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
41.8%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.2pp since 2023
Math
34.6%
AK avg 34.6% . -6.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 35 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 | 41.8% | 34.6% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Chapman School
Chapman School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chapman School this school | 168 | 51.2% | 48.3% |
| Nikiski North Star Elementary Kenai | 214 | 49.1% | 36.7% |
| Tustumena Elementary Kasilof | 155 | 56.8% | 54.0% |
| West Homer Elementary Homer | 211 | 46.4% | 57.6% |
| McNeil Canyon Elementary Homer | 144 | 47.2% | 56.0% |
| Paul Banks Elementary Homer | 189 | 40.7% | 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 Chapman School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Kenai Peninsula Borough |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #45 of 134 | #5 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.6% | #91 of 150 ▼ 25 | #13 of 15 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 41.8% | #64 of 150 ▼ 18 | #8 of 15 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 168 | #139 of 169 | #11 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.2% | #54 of 142 | #3 of 15 |
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
168
+42 (+33%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 224
Student : Teacher
12.5:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 168 | 13.5 | 12.5:1 | 51% (86) |
| 2023-24 | 160 | 13 | 12.3:1 | 43% (68) |
| 2022-23 | 160 | 14.3 | 11.2:1 | 48% (76) |
| 2020-21 | 126 | 12 | 10.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 140 | 10.7 | 13.1:1 | 49% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 112 | 10 | 11.2:1 | 46% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 100 | 8 | 12.5:1 | 59% (59) |
| 2000-01 | 166 | 12 | 13.8:1 | 49% (82) |
| 1990-91 | 224 | 13 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chapman School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (140 to 168); teachers up 26% (10.7 to 13.5).
About Chapman School
At 73286 School Ave in Anchor Point, Alaska, Chapman School operates as a low-enrollment elementary school. In all, 168 students attend the school in pre-K through 8. It has 39% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Alaska (about 277).
Chapman School is part of a district of 42 schools: Kenai Peninsula Borough School District, with 8,510 students.
More than half of the students at Chapman School are White (73%). The next largest groups are 11% multiracial, 8% Native American, and 7% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Chapman School scores 44%.
Its ratio of 12.5:1 is based on 13.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Alaska have an average ratio of 15.3:1. In all, 51% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 43% average among public schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough.
Chapman School is 12.6 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (48.3% versus 35.7%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Alaska.
The county, Kenai Peninsula Borough, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $80,538 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 30%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Chapman School, Kenai Peninsula Borough has 42 public schools.
Of the public schools around it, Chapman School is closest to Nikolaevsk School, about 8.0 miles away. On average proficiency, Chapman School is 5th of 6 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Chapman School in rural territory far from an urban area (Rural: Remote).
The school grew from 126 students in 2020-21 to 168 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.5:1.
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Kenai Peninsula Borough at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
60,413
Census ACS
Median income
$80,538
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
42
8,510 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in Kenai Peninsula Borough School District
- ConnectionsCombined · 1,188 students
- Soldotna High SchoolHigh · 695 students
- Kenai Central High SchoolHigh · 525 students
- Mt. View ElementaryElementary · 449 students
- Kenai Middle SchoolMiddle · 408 students
- Kalifornsky Beach ElementaryElementary · 384 students
Other Chapman schools
One other US public school is named Chapman. Chapman School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Chapman SchoolCheshire, CT · 369 students
Nearby schools
- Nikolaevsk School8.0 mi · 19
- Fireweed Academy13.1 mi · 104
- West Homer Elementary13.1 mi · 211
- Homer Middle School13.4 mi · 205
- Homer High School13.7 mi · 357
- Homer Flex School14.0 mi · 36
Frequently asked questions
About Chapman SchoolHow large is Chapman School?
Chapman School enrolls approximately 168 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Chapman School serve?
Chapman School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Chapman School?
Approximately 12.5:1 students per teacher at Chapman School.
What is the student diversity at Chapman School?
Student demographics at Chapman School are roughly 73% White, 7% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is Chapman School in?
Chapman School is part of Kenai Peninsula Borough School District.
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