Enrollment
191
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000065
Chester Valley Elementary
1751 Patterson Rd, Anchorage, AK 99504 · (907) 742-0335 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL191 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 13% of Alaska public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
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
17.8:1
11 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
167 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 | 11 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 22 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 27 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 39 | 20% |
| Grade 5 | 36 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (28) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (36).
Student demographics
84%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
17.0%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.4pp since 2023
Math
15.1%
AK avg 34.6% . +0.5pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 17 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 15 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 have held steady.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 15.1% |
| 2023-24 | 20.4% | 14.6% |
% 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
18.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
23.1%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 19% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 23% 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 Chester Valley Elementary
Chester Valley Elementary's state test result (18.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Valley Elementary this school | 191 | 87.4% | 18.6% |
| Nunaka Valley Elementary Anchorage | 193 | 71.0% | 28.2% |
| Creekside Park Elementary Anchorage | 399 | 84.0% | 21.3% |
| Spring Hill Elementary Anchorage | 291 | 86.6% | 19.5% |
| Ptarmigan Elementary Anchorage | 392 | 83.2% | 19.1% |
| Northwood ABC Anchorage | 255 | 79.6% | 26.4% |
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 Chester Valley Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 18.6% | #122 of 134 | #47 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.1% | #137 of 150 ▲ 2 | #54 of 62 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #134 of 150 ▼ 9 | #50 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 191 | #130 of 169 | #59 of 62 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.4% | #14 of 142 | #11 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.5% | #32 of 115 | #19 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
191
-52 (-21%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
17.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 191 | 10.7 | 17.8:1 | 87% (167) |
| 2023-24 | 227 | 14.2 | 16.0:1 | 87% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 220 | 13.9 | 15.9:1 | 83% (183) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 15 | 16.2:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 267 | 18.2 | 14.7:1 | 82% (218) |
| 2015-16 | 267 | 19 | 14.1:1 | 70% (188) |
| 2010-11 | 203 | 12 | 16.9:1 | 72% (146) |
| 2000-01 | 315 | 17 | 18.5:1 | 35% (111) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 20 | 20.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chester Valley Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (267 to 191); teachers down 41% (18.2 to 10.7).
About Chester Valley Elementary
Chester Valley Elementary runs as a small elementary school in Anchorage, Alaska. The school's enrollment of 191 students covers pre-K through 6. Enrollment is 31% lower than the average for elementary schools in Alaska, which is about 277.
Chester Valley Elementary is run by Anchorage School District, whose 92 schools enroll 40,587 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Chester Valley Elementary is Pacific Islander (24%). Smaller groups are 20% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 13% Native American, and 12% White. Chester Valley Elementary has a diversity index of 84%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Chester Valley Elementary total 10.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 17.8:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Alaska average 15.3:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 87%. The average for public schools in Anchorage Municipality is 49%.
The allk12 Grade for Chester Valley Elementary is D. Compared with Alaska public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 13% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Test results at Chester Valley Elementary are 4.5 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (18.6% actual, 23.1% predicted).
Census Bureau estimates for Anchorage Municipality show that median household income is about $103,284, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. A total of 99 public schools operate in Anchorage Municipality, serving about 41,241 students.
The shortest distance from Chester Valley Elementary to another public school is about 0.3 miles, to Nicholas J. Begich Middle School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Chester Valley Elementary is 6th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The student count in 2024-25 was 191, 21% below the 243 of 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 16.2 to 17.8 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
- Nicholas J. Begich Middle School0.3 mi · 830
- Susitna Elementary0.6 mi · 394
- Creekside Park Elementary0.8 mi · 399
- Ptarmigan Elementary0.9 mi · 392
- Baxter Elementary0.9 mi · 239
- Anchorage STrEaM Academy1.0 mi · 183
Frequently asked questions
About Chester Valley ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Chester Valley Elementary?
Chester Valley Elementary enrolls approximately 191 students in grades PK-06.
Is Chester Valley Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chester Valley Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Chester Valley Elementary?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Chester Valley Elementary is approximately 17.8:1 (11 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Chester Valley Elementary?
At Chester Valley Elementary, the student body is approximately 12% White, 15% Hispanic, 10% Black, 7% Asian, 20% Two or more.
What district is Chester Valley Elementary in?
Chester Valley Elementary is part of Anchorage School District.
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