Enrollment
399
Elementary
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 277
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANCHORAGE SCHOOL DISTRICT·NCES 020018000071
Creekside Park Elementary
7500 E 6th Ave, Anchorage, AK 99504 · (907) 742-1550 · Anchorage Municipality
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL399 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.4:1 · STATE 15.3:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
335 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 | 16 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
85%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
19.9%
AK avg 36.1% . -3.5pp since 2023
Math
17.2%
AK avg 34.6% . -1.7pp since 2023
What this means: On the AK STAR + Alaska Science, Alaska's statewide test, about 20 of every 100 students at this school read and write at grade level and about 17 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 4 points since 2023, while math scores are down about 2 points.
AK STAR + Alaska Science results by year
| School year | English Language Arts | Math |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 19.9% | 17.2% |
| 2023-24 | 23.4% | 18.9% |
% 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
21.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
24.3%
based on AK schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 24% 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 Creekside Park Elementary
Creekside Park Elementary's state test result (21.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Creekside Park Elementary this school | 399 | 84.0% | 21.3% |
| Ptarmigan Elementary Anchorage | 392 | 83.2% | 19.1% |
| Chester Valley Elementary Anchorage | 191 | 87.4% | 18.6% |
| Spring Hill Elementary Anchorage | 291 | 86.6% | 19.5% |
| Baxter Elementary Anchorage | 239 | 67.4% | 15.0% |
| Denali Montessori Elementary Anchorage | 361 | 74.0% | 42.6% |
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 Creekside Park Elementary ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Alaska | In Anchorage Municipality |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.3% | #115 of 134 | #43 of 55 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.2% | #135 of 150 ▼ 10 | #52 of 62 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 19.9% | #128 of 150 ▼ 8 | #47 of 62 ▼ 4 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 399 | #21 of 169 | #8 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #99 of 125 | #44 of 56 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 84.8% | #2 of 125 | #2 of 56 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #18 of 142 | #14 of 57 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #96 of 115 | #46 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
399
+11 (+3%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 400
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 399 | 22.2 | 18.0:1 | 84% (335) |
| 2023-24 | 384 | 22.3 | 17.3:1 | 84% (322) |
| 2022-23 | 361 | 24.8 | 14.6:1 | 85% (307) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 25 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 28.1 | 15.5:1 | 90% (389) |
| 2015-16 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 82% (397) |
| 2010-11 | 421 | 27 | 15.6:1 | 75% (316) |
| 2000-01 | 424 | 27 | 15.7:1 | 43% (184) |
| 1990-91 | 400 | 19 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Creekside Park Elementary.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (434 to 399); teachers down 21% (28.1 to 22.2).
About Creekside Park Elementary
The public elementary school Creekside Park Elementary is located in Anchorage, Alaska. Grades offered run from pre-K through 6, with 399 students enrolled. The average among elementary schools in Alaska is roughly 277 students; this school is 44% above that.
Anchorage School District is responsible for 92 schools, Creekside Park Elementary included, with 40,587 students in all.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Creekside Park Elementary. The largest is multiracial students, at 22%. Smaller groups are 17% Pacific Islander, 13% Native American, 13% Asian, and 13% White. Creekside Park Elementary's diversity index is 85%, against a US figure of 70%.
The school reports 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 18.0 students per teacher. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.3:1 average for elementary schools in Alaska. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 84%. Across public schools in Anchorage Municipality, the average is 49%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 24.3% for Creekside Park Elementary. The school posts 21.3%, 3.0 points below the prediction.
In the county around the school, Anchorage Municipality, the median household income is $103,284, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Anchorage Municipality is home to 99 public schools and about 41,241 public school students.
Nicholas J. Begich Middle School is located about 0.6 miles from Creekside Park Elementary. The five-mile area around Creekside Park Elementary holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 21.3% average proficiency ranks 3rd among 8 nearby schools.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Federal data show a 3% enrollment gain, from 388 in 2020-21 to 399 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 18.0:1, from 15.5:1.
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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
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 School0.6 mi · 830
- Muldoon Elementary0.7 mi · 417
- Ptarmigan Elementary0.8 mi · 392
- Chester Valley Elementary0.8 mi · 191
- Bartlett High School1.1 mi · 1,431
- Susitna Elementary1.3 mi · 394
Frequently asked questions
About Creekside Park ElementaryWhat is the total enrollment at Creekside Park Elementary?
Creekside Park Elementary enrolls approximately 399 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Creekside Park Elementary serve?
Creekside Park Elementary serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Creekside Park Elementary?
Approximately 18.0:1 students per teacher at Creekside Park Elementary.
How diverse is Creekside Park Elementary?
Creekside Park Elementary reports a student body of 13% White, 12% Hispanic, 11% Black, 13% Asian, 22% Two or more.
Who oversees Creekside Park Elementary?
Creekside Park Elementary is overseen by Anchorage School District in Anchorage Municipality.
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