Enrollment
275
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000067
Chugach Optional Elementary
1205 E St, Anchorage, AK 99501 · (907) 742-3730 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL275 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
32 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 33 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 30 | 11% |
This year's kindergarten class (43) is 43% larger than its 6th grade class (30).
Student demographics
46%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
60.9%
AK avg 36.1% . +7.4pp since 2023
Math
63.6%
AK avg 34.6% . +4.4pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Alaska schools, those numbers are about 36 and 35. Reading and writing scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 4 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 60.9% | 63.6% |
| 2023-24 | 53.5% | 59.2% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of AK schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 49% typical for Alaska schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Alaska's top 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 Chugach Optional Elementary
Chugach Optional Elementary's state test result (67.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chugach Optional Elementary this school | 275 | 11.6% | 67.8% |
| Bear Valley Elementary Anchorage | 316 | 8.5% | 68.4% |
| Huffman Elementary Anchorage | 268 | 17.2% | 66.2% |
| Ravenwood Elementary Eagle River | 367 | 11.4% | 68.3% |
| Rabbit Creek Elementary Anchorage | 288 | 20.8% | 58.6% |
| Watershed Charter School Fairbanks | 200 | 12.5% | 68.6% |
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 Chugach Optional Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #4 of 134 | #3 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #14 of 150 ▲ 3 | #7 of 62 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #11 of 150 ▲ 5 | #6 of 62 ▲ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 275 | #91 of 169 | #41 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.1:1 | #103 of 125 | #45 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.6% | #114 of 125 | #55 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.6% | #138 of 142 | #54 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.0% | #11 of 15 | #6 of 7 |
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
275
+34 (+14%) vs 2020
+7% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
18.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 275 | 15.2 | 18.1:1 | 12% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 265 | 14 | 18.9:1 | 10% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 234 | 14.3 | 16.4:1 | 11% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 241 | 15 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 14.3 | 18.0:1 | 5% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 265 | 14 | 18.9:1 | 6% (15) |
| 2010-11 | 254 | 14 | 18.1:1 | 4% (10) |
| 2000-01 | 245 | 11 | 22.3:1 | 3% (8) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 12 | 21.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chugach Optional Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (257 to 275); teachers up 6% (14.3 to 15.2).
About Chugach Optional Elementary
Chugach Optional Elementary, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in Anchorage, Alaska. The school serves 275 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25.
Anchorage School District runs 92 schools with a combined 40,587 students. Chugach Optional Elementary is one of them.
Roughly 72% of students at Chugach Optional Elementary are White. Enrollment also includes 13% multiracial, 8% Hispanic, 3% Asian, and 3% Native American. Among people living in Anchorage Municipality, the White share is about 57%. The school's diversity index is 46%, meaning two students picked at random have a 46% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
With 15.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Chugach Optional Elementary was 18.1:1. On average, elementary schools in Alaska have 15.3:1, compared with 18.1:1 here. Chugach Optional Elementary's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 12%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Anchorage Municipality is 49%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Chugach Optional Elementary ranks in the top 10% in Alaska. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 67.8%, against a prediction of 49.4%.
Anchorage Municipality has these Census figures: the median household income is $103,284, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 39%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Anchorage Municipality has 99 public schools and roughly 41,241 students.
The nearest other public school, Central Middle School of Science, is about 0.2 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Chugach Optional Elementary is 1st of 5 nearby schools with test data.
For locale, NCES codes Chugach Optional Elementary as City: Large.
Chugach Optional Elementary's enrollment grew from 241 in 2020-21 to 275 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.1:1.
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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
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- 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
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- 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
- Central Middle School of Science0.2 mi · 545
- AKChoice K-12 Learning0.2 mi · 283
- Denali Montessori Elementary0.4 mi · 361
- Inlet View Elementary0.5 mi · 190
- North Star Elementary0.7 mi · 317
- Steller Secondary School0.9 mi · 305
Frequently asked questions
About Chugach Optional ElementaryHow many students attend Chugach Optional Elementary?
Chugach Optional Elementary enrolls approximately 275 students in grades PK-06.
Is Chugach Optional Elementary an elementary, middle, or high school?
Chugach Optional Elementary is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Chugach Optional Elementary have?
Chugach Optional Elementary employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 18.1:1.
How diverse is Chugach Optional Elementary?
Chugach Optional Elementary reports a student body of 72% White, 8% Hispanic, 0% Black, 3% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Chugach Optional Elementary?
Chugach Optional Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
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