Chester Valley Elementary

Chester Valley Elementary operates as a tight-knit primary school in Anchorage, Alaska, operated by Anchorage School District. Current enrollment sits at 191 students spanning grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Alaska's public schools average about 277 students each, so Chester Valley Elementary sits 31% leaner than that benchmark.

Anchorage School District comprises 92 schools with combined enrollment of 40,587 students; Chester Valley Elementary is among them.

On the student-mix side, Chester Valley Elementary records that the largest single group is Pacific Islander at 24%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 20% multiracial, 15% Hispanic, 13% Native American, 12% White.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.3:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Anchorage Municipality runs at roughly 49%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Anchorage Municipality) records that the typical household earns roughly $103,284 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Chester Valley Elementary is one of 99 public schools in Anchorage Municipality (combined enrollment of about 41,241 students).

Nearest neighbor: Nicholas J. Begich Middle School, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around Chester Valley Elementary.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at Chester Valley Elementary has shrank 28%, going from 267 students in 2018 to 191 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 26% to 12% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 17.8:1 today.

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